35-year-old closer for the Los Angeles Angels, Brian Fuentes, is wrapping up a season where he’s been one of the most reliable relievers since mid-June. He’s allowed one earned run in 19 innings of his last 19 games, while saving 13 games in 14 opportunities.

Fuentes in the final year of his two-year, $17.5 million deal that he signed before the 2009 season. There is a $9 million option for 2011 that will automatically vest if he finishes 55 games this season. He’s currently at 31 games finished, so he has 46 games left this season to finish 24 games – a pretty tough task. So with the vesting option unlikely to trigger, what will the Angels do this winter?

Mike DiGiovanna of the Los Angeles Times says the Angels could look to re-sign the closer to a new contract.

“I don’t think that far ahead — I just worry about today,” Fuentes said. “That’s always been my approach, whether I was a rookie trying to make the team, going into an arbitration year, or whether there was a question of what role I was going to play.

“It’s all speculation, and there’s no point speculating on what is going to happen when nothing is guaranteed. All that stuff takes care of itself if I pitch the way I can. … Right now I’ve got the blinders on, and I’m moving forward.”