The Angels jump into the lead for "worst FA signing" of the 2006 off-season.
Now, don't get me wrong ... Matthews has a nice combination of skills, but .... he is 32! He had his career year (in a batter's park) at 32! And now you turn around and give him 5 (!) years? At 10 million per year?
OT: Baseball-Reference now has individual batting and pitching gamelogs for each player AND you can look at batting splits for each player. Very cool stuff!
USS Mariner has a great write-up/analysis of the GM Jr signing. Here is one paragraph. The Angels apparently think that's a repeatable skill, and are now going to pay Matthews Jr $10 million a season for his age 32, 33, 34, 35, and 36 seasons. They could have claimed him on waivers any one of four times during the past five years, or traded a non-prospect for him, or signed him to a minor league contract when he was released by the Braves.
Now, don't get me wrong ... Matthews has a nice combination of skills, but .... he is 32! He had his career year (in a batter's park) at 32! And now you turn around and give him 5 (!) years? At 10 million per year?
(shaking my head)
nicely done angels!
i think johnny damon may be the biggest bargain ever
OPS Home: .908
OPS Away: .827
HR Rate Home: 1 HR per 26.6 at bats
HR Rate Away: 1 HR per 40.9 at bats
FYI.
vr, Xei
6 years $85mil?
vr, Xei
http://www.baseball-reference.com/pi.shtml
The Angels apparently think that's a repeatable skill, and are now going to pay Matthews Jr $10 million a season for his age 32, 33, 34, 35, and 36 seasons. They could have claimed him on waivers any one of four times during the past five years, or traded a non-prospect for him, or signed him to a minor league contract when he was released by the Braves.
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