Upon assuming control of the Angels, Moreno cut ticket and beer prices at the stadium, and soon demonstrated a willingness to spend the money necessary to sign premium players, including star outfielder Vladimir Guerrero, to improve the team.
In 2005, he was signed to a minor league contract with the Angels and was called up after an injury to Vladimir Guerrero.
Taveras is one of the highest-rated prospects (top 100) in all of Minor League Baseball due in part to wielding a Major League-ready bat likened to the style of Vladimir Guerrero, with a smooth, balanced stroke that allows him to hit pitches well outside of the strike zone.
He fared better in a national TV ad for Pepsi with the Yankees' third baseman Alex Rodriguez; the two engaged in a personal home run competition that ended up with the moon being broken.
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In an interview with Yahoo! Sports, he attributed this to helping his grandfather pull cows home barehanded as a young boy in the Dominican Republic.
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In 2002, both Vladimir Guerrero of the Montreal Expos and Alfonso Soriano of the New York Yankees were only one home run short of reaching 40–40 after achieving 40 and 41 stolen bases, respectively.