Hunter undergoes physical

Torii Hunter was in Southern California on Monday to undergo a physical, and the Angels’ new center fielder, who agreed to a five-year, $90-million contract last week, will be introduced at an Angel Stadium news conference Wednesday.

“Everything went very well,” Angels spokesman Tim Mead said of Hunter’s medical tests.

Hunter will be joined at Wednesday’s media gathering by pitcher Jon Garland, who was acquired from the Chicago White Sox for shortstop Orlando Cabrera on Nov. 19.

The Angels also continue to pursue power-hitting third baseman Miguel Cabrera, but trade talks with Florida appear to have hit a snag over the combination of players the Marlins are seeking for the 24-year-old slugger.

The Angels, according to baseball sources, are willing to part with just about any player who has been mentioned in trade rumors -- second baseman Howie Kendrick, catcher Jeff Mathis, pitchers Ervin Santana, Joe Saunders or Nick Adenhart, outfielder Reggie Willits and perhaps top infield prospect Brandon Wood.

But if the Angels are going to trade two young pitchers to the Marlins, they are reluctant to include Kendrick and Mathis in a package for Cabrera, who has averaged 31 home runs and 115 runs batted in for the last four seasons.

And if they have to give up Kendrick, whom many project as a .320 hitter with 25-homer potential, along with a young pitcher or two, they are reluctant to part with one of their top two prospects, Adenhart or Wood.

Unless the Marlins, who want three or four top young players, are willing to make some kind of concession, the Angels may not be able to land Cabrera, an impact player who would give the Angels a solid one-two punch with Vladimir Guerrero.

Though a broken leg suffered in Venezuela in December knocked him out for all but one month of the 2007 season, outfielder Juan Rivera has resumed playing winter ball in his native country, with the Angels’ blessings.

“We’re OK with it,” General Manager Tony Reagins said. “He wanted to get out there and get some at-bats because he was so limited during the season. Physically, he’s able to do everything. If he wasn’t, we wouldn’t allow him to play.”

Rivera, who hit .310 with 23 homers and 85 RBIs in 2006, was activated in September and hit .279 with two homers and eight RBIs in 14 games. He hit .300 (12 for 40) in his first 10 games in the Venezuela winter league.

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