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Originally Posted by Westheim
(lies on the bed, face buried in the pillow)
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Originally Posted by Westheim
(groans bone-shatteringly into his pillow)
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Oh, will you knock it off?
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I am getting excited about these Mets, and I'm not even a fan!
For one thing, you really are going to miss Matz?
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Matz’s contract for this year was a non-guaranteed $5.2 million, and for that he still was being steadily nudged from the rotation, especially after the trade for another lefty starter, the Padres’ Joey Lucchesi, earlier this month.
Matz was entering 2021 without a defined role on these Mets -- once again compete for a starting job in spring training, maybe end up as a swingman in middle relief. It couldn’t have been very appealing for him, and the Mets didn’t have much of an appetite for such a plan either.
Instead, they found a taker in the Blue Jays for a classic change-of-scenery gamble, trim $5.2 million from the payroll, create some sought-after depth/flexibility for the pitching staff down into the minors -- and perhaps even prepare for signing Trevor Bauer, the biggest fish left on the free-agent market.
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Plus they got three decent prospects for him.