Gary Matthews Jr. Traded to Mets, good or bad?

Question

Matthews gives the New York Mets 8 players making $9 million-plus in 2010. That's tied with Red Sox for 2nd most in MLB.

Matthews Jr. was 1st among 107 MLB outfielders in FanGraphs' UZR/150 rankings in 2002. Last year, he was 109th out of 115 OF.

His new home Citi Field has a huge field the 35-year-old might struggle to cover all that ground.

Answer 1

Angels get brian stokes in matthews jr. deal. #angels pay $21.5 mil of $23.5 mil left on matthews deal