CRC, Yanks and Angels are apples and Oranges. When the angels tried to get Texiera at the begining of the year they could not compete with the Yankees.
The Angels Make a lot of their Aquisitions with trades. They have a excellent Farm System and Scouting.
Sciosa may be the best manager out there. The players they have aquired have came in trades. You can see their players all over the AL and NL. The Molina brothers, Eckstein, Adam Kennedy, Anderson, Troy Glaus. the list goes on and on.
At the end of the year the Yankees just go out and buy what they want and it does not always work out for them. The angels do not spend any where near what the Yanks spend. They develop and make trades.
That being said, the yanks will be hard to beat. And I got my fingers crossed the Angels can get past the sox.
I bet, the Angels are the team the Yankees least want to face.