Mets get Matthews Jr. & $21MM cash from Angels for Stokes

[yount19.u]

http://sports.espn.go.com...lb/news/story?id=4848752

 

The cash amount has not been made official, but this seems like a ridiculous amount of money to pay just to get rid of Matthews. Stokes is not even a prospect that would justify that type of payment.

 

Edit: Fixed spelling in thread title --cc

[Funketown]

With how terrible Matthews has been over the past three years, the Angels should be happy that the Mets were willing to pick up so much of that salary. If he were a FA, and the Brewers were to offer him a minor league deal with an ST invite I'd be infuriated.

[crewcrazy]

This trade probably doesn't happen if Carlos Beltran didn't go ahead with that knee surgery. They were really scrambling for a replacement in centerfield, and didn't really have anything to trade. I'm sure the Angels are just thankful for the roster spot.

[DHonks]

wow, Stokes was throwing 98 when the Brewers faced the Mets. I was shocked, as he was on my AFL team. I remember him being a really genuine guy, a hard worker, and had mediocre stuff. More impressive was he was among two DRays players on the squad that were not drafted!

[TooLiveBrew]

This trade probably doesn't happen if Carlos Beltran didn't go ahead with that knee surgery. They were really scrambling for a replacement in

centerfield, and didn't really have anything to trade. I'm sure the Angels are just thankful for the roster spot.

The Mets probably will be better off just going with Angel Pagan in CF. I really don't understand what value they believe Matthews brings aside from negative. I'm sure they could have found an equally terrible player to be their 4th or 5th OF for even cheaper than the $1M AAV they're giving Sarge Jr.

[endaround]

Given you could have Gabe Gross for nothing its a terrible deal for the Mets.

[Funketown]

Given you could have Gabe Gross for nothing its a terrible deal for the Mets.

Yeah, but Gabe Gross might not believe he can be a top-line center fielder.

"[W]hen I’m playing every day, I feel I can be a top-line center fielder, and that, I would think, is what a lot of teams want.” - Gary Matthews Jr.