OT - "Angels sign free agent Matthews"

Escobar · 11-23-2006, 02:29 AM

http://tsn.ca/mlb/news_story/?ID=185468&hubname=mlb

Gary Matthews Jr. signs on With the Angels for 5 years 50 million. I guess we can scratch them off the list as possible trading partners for Wells.

Noob · 11-23-2006, 10:04 AM

Wells will be looking for around 15 million a year after Matthews gets 10. Texas needs a CF now and if Wells doesn't resign, we know where he will be going.

TrueBlueJay · 11-23-2006, 03:37 PM

Its a shame I was really hoping we could have pulled off a Santana/Aybar/Saunders for Wells deal.

Would have really plugged some holes and saved us a whack of money

Noob · 11-23-2006, 07:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TrueBlueJay

Its a shame I was really hoping we could have pulled off a Santana/Aybar/Saunders for Wells deal.

Would have really plugged some holes and saved us a whack of money

I would rather keep Wells.

Ultimate · 11-24-2006, 02:03 PM

What a waste of money. Matthews is an alright player. Plays good D and has turned into a decent hitter. But 10 Million a year, I would maybe give him 3 year 18 million. But thats ridiculous.

gojays2007 · 11-24-2006, 03:21 PM

I would rather keep Wells.

and then lose wells for nothing next offseason.

TheShaker99 · 11-28-2006, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by gojays2007

I would rather keep Wells.

and then lose wells for nothing next offseason.

Well it would'nt be nothing, we'd get 2 picks for him!! And I hear the 2008 draft is going to be the best it's been in like 15 years.

So keeping him this year at 5.6 and taking a run at the WS is'nt too bad either. And who's to say we don't sign him anyhow,right.

TrueBlueJay · 11-28-2006, 03:29 PM

I would have liked to trade Wells if it meant we could have got Santana, Saunders and Aybar. If not then I would have kept Wells

Not sure if the Angels would have done that, yet they did make an "opening" offer of Santana and Aybar.

In a perfect world we would have made the trade I wanted, and ran with a pitching rotation of:

Doc
AJ
Gus
Santana
Saunders

Then with the money saved on not signing Wells ($15 + million) and not signing an expensive pitcher like Lilly ($9 million?) and not having to sign a Lugo or Kennedy or other option at 2B/SS ($5 million+) we would have had about $30 million.

Spend about $13 Million of that to get JD Drew, which replaces Wells' bat and takes him away from the Red Sox.

We'd still have had a murderers row of:

LF Reed
CF Rios
RF Drew
DH Thomas
3B Glaus
1B Overbay
C Zaun
2B Hill
SS Aybar

And we would have saved abotu $15 million + for the future (trade deadline pickup, big signing next year, bank the money to keep the current team together in the future, etc)

OK you guys can pinch me, since there is a ZERO % chance of that happening now, but it would have been sweet!

11-23-2006, 02:29 AM	#1 (permalink)
Escobar Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 13	OT - "Angels sign free agent Matthews" http://tsn.ca/mlb/news_story/?ID=185468&hubname=mlb Gary Matthews Jr. signs on With the Angels for 5 years 50 million. I guess we can scratch them off the list as possible trading partners for Wells.

11-23-2006, 10:04 AM	#2 (permalink)
Noob Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 35	Wells will be looking for around 15 million a year after Matthews gets 10. Texas needs a CF now and if Wells doesn't resign, we know where he will be going.

11-23-2006, 03:37 PM	#3 (permalink)
TrueBlueJay Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 174	Its a shame I was really hoping we could have pulled off a Santana/Aybar/Saunders for Wells deal. Would have really plugged some holes and saved us a whack of money

11-24-2006, 02:03 PM	#5 (permalink)
Ultimate Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 116	What a waste of money. Matthews is an alright player. Plays good D and has turned into a decent hitter. But 10 Million a year, I would maybe give him 3 year 18 million. But thats ridiculous.

11-24-2006, 03:21 PM	#6 (permalink)
gojays2007 Banned Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 177	I would rather keep Wells. and then lose wells for nothing next offseason.

11-28-2006, 03:29 PM	#8 (permalink)
TrueBlueJay Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 174	I would have liked to trade Wells if it meant we could have got Santana, Saunders and Aybar. If not then I would have kept Wells Not sure if the Angels would have done that, yet they did make an "opening" offer of Santana and Aybar. In a perfect world we would have made the trade I wanted, and ran with a pitching rotation of: Doc AJ Gus Santana Saunders Then with the money saved on not signing Wells ($15 + million) and not signing an expensive pitcher like Lilly ($9 million?) and not having to sign a Lugo or Kennedy or other option at 2B/SS ($5 million+) we would have had about $30 million. Spend about $13 Million of that to get JD Drew, which replaces Wells' bat and takes him away from the Red Sox. We'd still have had a murderers row of: LF Reed CF Rios RF Drew DH Thomas 3B Glaus 1B Overbay C Zaun 2B Hill SS Aybar And we would have saved abotu $15 million + for the future (trade deadline pickup, big signing next year, bank the money to keep the current team together in the future, etc) OK you guys can pinch me, since there is a ZERO % chance of that happening now, but it would have been sweet!