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Originally Posted by Jason14h
To me this is a trade both teams win.
Rivera will have people going nuts by the all star game, and in a bad way! He oinly hits HR when you are down 8-1 in the last inning! Wait till you see him try and hit a breaking ball. He is only included for salary. Napoli is under control for 2 years, so a nice 6-7 hitter and catcher insurance.
For Anahiem, they have money to burn. Wells instantly ungrades their team, and with Oakland and Texas both having good offseasons (Relatively) they had to do something.
They surrendered no prospects, and got a CF who was one of the best Sluggers last season and can "sorta" play good D still.
It is amazing we were able to ditch 80 million. But Wells is a very very good player when healthy, and has been nothing but class act to Toronto. I truely hope he gets a great round of applause when he is here next.
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I see no way how this trade can be a win for both teams... Wells has probably the worst contract in baseball... its amazing the Angels made the trade with no cash in return...
As for Rivera who cares what he will do, that fellow is on his last year of a 3 year deal... I would bet he was thrown in balance the salary some what this year
The key to this deal is getting rid of the contract, and getting Napoli....