Fuck you Gary

YAHOO!

“Anaheim wants Gary Matthews Jr. out of Anaheim?”

But really who would take him? If they have been discussing this since last year, apparently Reagins has had no luck in moving him.

“I don’t expect to be back; it’s time to move on,” outfielder Gary Matthews Jr. said as he packed his belongings in the team’s Angel Stadium clubhouse today. “I’m ready to play for an organization that wants me to play every day. This organization has other plans, and that’s OK.”

If there’s some over-priced pitcher out there (especially a closer), I’d be willing to entertain the offer.

Fangraphs values GMJ’s 2009 season as worth $5.2 million dollars. Except not a positive $5.2 million dollars, a NEGATIVE $5.2 million dollars.

Don’t let the door hit your ass on the way out, my friend!

And Anaheim wants GMJ out….

servicable when we were plagued with injuries, but I would love to have his contract off the books!

Straight up?

With Lackey potentially walking there’s an open 5th spot in the rotation. Butcher could straighten him out.

I remember the Sarge, and you sir, are no Sarge.

Some have talked about how if he is let loose or traded the club will have to eat some of the contract. I say the club is already eating 10M a year so why not get rid of him and eat half of it instead of all of it. Just more to add to the Justin Speier5.25M they will eat in 2010

You do have to admit that he manned up and didn’t say word one during the season, when it would hurt the team. He waited until it was all over to vent.

The signing was awful, and everyone knew it from day one. Even GMJ knew it. It was a destined-for-failure mess. What did we end up getting out of it? One serviceable first year, in which he basically held his own enough to not deserve an outright benching.

Then Hunter came along and repaired the mess.

But the end result is everyone sitting here, cursing his name, saying “fuck you,” and just generally degrading the guy. But at the end of the day, what did he do that anyone else in the world wouldn’t have? If any of you was absolutely awful at your job, but managed to do okay for a year or so, and someone came along with a heaping pile of cash and said “come work for my company, and all of this is yours,” who in their right mind would say NO? Nobody. So “fuck you” to Bill Stoneman, to management, and to any scouts who signed off on the deal. I don’t hate any of them, but fuck them for the burden they’ve caused that was so avoidable?

As for GMJ? I’m sorry you didn’t have the talent to live up to your contract. Congrats on getting the money, I guess. I can’t hate you for deciding to take money that a stranger senselessly thrust upon you. And for what it’s worth, he raked in the clutch this year (.358 with RISP, .395 with 2 out and RISP, and OPS’d .864 from August 1st, on).

There are clubs out there on which GMJ could easily start. Any NL team short an outfielder could plop him in and probably expect slightly-less-than-average hitting production from him. If not for the contract, he’s a serviceable enough guy who might be able to give you a .750 OPS in full playing time. For the money it’s bad, but he’s not wrong in that there are teams out there that could probably use him as an outfield solution more than us, and if he wants to play, maybe he’s doing us a favor by asking to go. He hasn’t burned bridges, or yelled at Scioscia on live T.V., or thrown clubhouse tirades, or shown up his coaches and teammates. He hasn’t thrown people under the bus. He’s even waited to make his desires known, rather than pulling a Manny “trade me or I’ll be a sideshow from now on” stunt. He’s just signed a bad contract and not lived up to what no one was expecting of him, anyway. If he wants to go, godspeed.

Well, he was decent when he did play for us and filled in well this year. Maybe we can get a reliever or something for sending him where he wants. The Reds could use outfield help couldn’t they?

don’t let the door hit you on the way out.

But our collective aim is getting better.

Thre must be a huge line of GM reps forming outside the stadium even now…

He deserved more playing time.

Bye!

….and really believes he can be a productive major league center-fielder, then put your money where your mouth is and opt out of your contract and become a free-agent.

We all know that is not going to happen.

Matthews is 35 years old. In his three years with the Halos, he’s hit .248/.325/.383. How well he hit in part-time roles over the past several months is not going to matter when compared to the diminishing results he’s strung together over the last several years.

The fact of the matter is that the Angels are not going to get a player of real value in return for Matthews in a trade, so the only purpose in making any move involving Matthews is to reduce the financial commitment to him. The trading of bad contracts (e.g. Zito for Matthews) solves nothing.

Reagins should get with Matthews agent and make it clear – Gary’s going to be the 5th outfielder with the Angels in 2010 unless he agrees to a negotiated buyout of his contract (target 60 to 70 cents on the dollar). The Angels reduce their financial commitment to him and Matthews can be free to sign with another team. It’s a win-win and both parties can move forward cleanly.

and one guy proposed a GMJ for Derek Lowe. This can be good.

Brian Sabean… I don’t know how and who but when it comes to obviously stupid trades or signings he is the man.
Come on Ninja, do it.

we’ll be nice and just accept soria in return. hell, we’ll do them a favor and throw in napoli and settle for just greinke.