The veteran outfielder agreed yesterday to a two-year, $19 million contract to stay with the Angels rather than test the free agent market again.

“I really feel happy here with Los Angeles,’’ Abreu said in a telephone interview from Las Vegas. “I really enjoy [playing] for them, and I think when they started with the conversation for the contract and we didn’t have any problems back and forth, it was a nice negotiation.’’

After earning $16 million with the Yankees in 2008 under the final year of a contract he originally signed with the Phillies, Abreu became a free agent. He didn’t find a new home until Feb. 12, just before spring training, when the Angels gave him a one-year contract that guaranteed $5 million.

He earned an additional $1 million based on plate appearances, but the Venezuelan still was one of the majors’ biggest bargains. Mostly playing right field, Abreu hit .293 with 15 homers, 103 RBIs, 30 steals, and 94 walks as a durable contributor to one of the majors’ top offenses.

Abreu’s new contract calls for $9 million salaries in each of the next two seasons. It includes a 2012 option for $9 million with a $1 million buyout, and the option would become guaranteed if Abreu has 550 plate appearances in 2011 or 1,200 in 2010-11 combined.

State Patrol said the 2008 Cy Young Award winner was pulled over for speeding on Interstate 5 about 4 miles north of the Oregon border Oct. 30. An officer approached Lincecum’s 2006 Mercedes and smelled marijuana. Police said Lincecum immediately complied with a request to hand over the drug and a marijuana pipe.

Lincecum, who pleaded not guilty Monday, is currently scheduled to appear before a judge Dec. 22. Lincecum faces a potential fine of $622.

The Giants said they were aware of the situation but did not immediately have a comment.