fromthedugout.freedomblogging.com - 25 days ago
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One way to exise Gary Matthews, Jr. would be a bad-contract swap, like when the Angels traded Steve Finley for Edgardo Alfonzo in 2005. MLB Trade Rumors helpfully lists the contracts teams might be eager to unload. Let’s subtract from each contract the $23 million still owed to Matthews ...
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Halo Headlines – 11/5/09
Monkey With A Halo —
... The Story: Someone didn’t like my Gary Matthews for Francisco Cordero trade idea. The Monkey Says: The ideas Sam Miller offered up are probably more likely to happen, but certainly less appealing. For the record though, if you read my post he linked to, I stated that it wasn’t a straight up swap. The Angels would have to eat a good chunk of the money and throw in some prospects to balance out the deal. ...
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