Matthews Jr. Available

I saw this one and got worried about GMDM doing something there... what's the blogosphere think?

about 2 years ago 306008 13 comments 0 recs |

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Can't see it

The Angels would have to eat a TON of money for us to afford it unless they took back Jose Guillen, who they have already released for being a dick. Can’t see it happening thankfully.

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by RoyalsRetro on Dec 18, 2009 12:53 PM EST reply actions

I am all for getting Matthews

by Mac'n'Seitz on Dec 18, 2009 12:53 PM EST reply actions

I'm not sure what I think about it.

I doubt GMDM would trade for him, but with the Dodgers moving Pierre and 9 million, you never know what could happen.

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by 306008 on Dec 18, 2009 1:23 PM EST reply actions

I mean... look at it this way....

RamRam for CoCo.
Leo for Jacobs.
JoGui for $12 million/year.
JP Howell for Gathright…

You get the idea…

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by 306008 on Dec 18, 2009 1:24 PM EST up reply actions

Matthews is so horrible (How horrible is he?)

His cumulative WAR over the first three years of his contract is -1.1 wins:

2007 0.5 WAR
2008 -0.8 WAR
2009 -0.8 WAR

Even Jose Guillen has a positive WAR (+0.4) over those three years.

by Gopherballs on Dec 18, 2009 1:41 PM EST reply actions

So you're saying he's an RF upgrade?

He might be a +2 player. I mean +2 runs above replacement.

(And yes, I know Guillen was more valuable over the last three seasons)

I love how this is announced… “He’s available!” Oh, really? What about Jason Schmidt? Or Barry Zito? Or Vernon Wells? Any chance those guys can be pried away from their teams?

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by Matt Klaassen on Dec 18, 2009 2:39 PM EST up reply actions