Gary Matthews Jr
Gary Matthews Jr, The Mets will acquire Gary Matthews Jr. and cash from the Angels for Brian Stokes. Matthews, who receives $500K for being traded, is set to make $11MM in 2010 and $12MM in 2011. The Angels will pick up all but $2MM of the $23.5MM remaining on the deal.
Matthews joined the Angels before the 2007 season, signing a $50MM deal. He leaves without much fanfare, as he’s coming off a season in which he combined poor defense with a .250/.336/.361 line. That’s far from the .866 OPS he posted in his 2006 walk year.
The 30-year-old Stokes allowed 72 hits and 38 walks in 70.1 innings last year, striking out 45 for a 3.97 ERA.
Gary Matthews Jr was first posted on January 22, 2010 at 10:57 pm.
Yankees Angels Game 5
Yankees Angels Game 5, Only when all looked lost, the Los Angeles Angels had a tip from an old friend.
With their Rally Monkey does its best work in years, the angels sent the AL championship series back to New York.
Kendry Morales drove in the go-ahead run with a two-out single in the seventh inning and the Angels responded to the Yankees’ six-run comeback moments earlier for a 7-6 victory Thursday night, New York se lead in the ALCS that trimmed to 3-2.
Vladimir Guerrero’s single tied it in the seventh for the Angels, who somehow did surrender after blowing a 4-0 lead moments earlier not. New York struck immediately after the manager Mike Scioscia removed dead John Lackey, with Robinson Canó limiting the rally with a two-run triple.
The Game 5 theater continued until the last resort, when Angels closer Brian Fuentes retired Nick Swisher on a full-count popup with the bases loaded.
“Everybody thought we had off,” Angels outfielder Torii Hunter said.
Game 6 is Saturday night at Yankee Stadium, with Andy Pettitte facing Los Angeles’ Joe Saunders. Also in the pipeline: a big rain storm.
When Cano is in New York to 6-4, all in the dark Angel Stadium recall a clinching victory and a 40th AL pennant for the Yankees.
Yankees Angels Game 5 was first posted on October 23, 2009 at 12:12 pm.
