http://www.fantasysp.com/mlb_player_news/Gary_Matthews FantasySP / MLB / Gary Matthews Copyright 2009 632792 Jon Heyman, of SI.com, reports the Chicago Cubs are not interested in trading OF Milton Bradley for Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Gary Matthews Jr. http://www.fantasysp.com/player/mlb/Gary_Matthews/632792 632792 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:48:01 EDT kffl.com 11 days 13 hours 41 minutes http://www.fantasysp.com/player/mlb/Gary_Matthews/632792 Bruce Levine, of ESPNChicago.com, reports the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim could be interested in trading OF Gary Matthews Jr. to the Chicago Cubs in exchange for OF Milton Bradley. http://www.fantasysp.com/player/mlb/Gary_Matthews/616533 616533 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:44:02 EDT kffl.com 19 days 22 hours 45 minutes http://www.fantasysp.com/player/mlb/Gary_Matthews/616533 Updating previous reports, the Los Angeles Times' Mike DiGiovanna reports Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Gary Matthews Jr. said he wants to be traded in the offseason to a team that will allow him to play every day. The team will likely have to absorb most of the $23 million remaining on his contract. He requested a trade last March and again around the All-Star break and has had numerous discussions with general manager Tony Reagins, who appears willing to accommodate Matthews' request. The Angels have two outfield spots open due to free agency, but Matthews still wants out. http://www.fantasysp.com/player/mlb/Gary_Matthews/606408 606408 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 8:24:02 EDT kffl.com 25 days 5 hours 5 minutes http://www.fantasysp.com/player/mlb/Gary_Matthews/606408 Gary Matthews Jr. is ready to leave the Angels after serving a reduced role in 2009, according to the Los Angeles Times. He said, "I do not expect to be back; it is time to move on. I am ready to play for an organization that wants me to play every day. This organization has other plans, and that is OK."

Our View: Matthews inked a five-year deal worth $50MM in 2007, but was hindered by a knee injury over the second half of that season. He had surgery on the knee last winter, which led to the club reeling in star Torii Hunter. Matthews has $23MM left on his contract with a no-trade clause that will allow him to block deals to four teams of his choosing. http://www.fantasysp.com/player/mlb/Gary_Matthews/605914 605914 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:16:01 EDT fanball.com 25 days 18 hours 13 minutes http://www.fantasysp.com/player/mlb/Gary_Matthews/605914 Mike DiGiovanna, of the Los Angeles Times, reports Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Gary Matthews Jr. does not expect to return to the team despite having two years left on his contract. "I don't expect to be back; it's time to move on," Matthews said. "I'm ready to play for an organization that wants me to play every day. This organization has other plans, and that's OK." Matthews has $23 million remaining on his contract and a no-trade clause that will let him block a trade to four teams of his choosing. http://www.fantasysp.com/player/mlb/Gary_Matthews/605768 605768 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:44:02 EDT kffl.com 25 days 19 hours 45 minutes http://www.fantasysp.com/player/mlb/Gary_Matthews/605768 It was 12:01 AM when the clock struck midnight for the Los Angeles Angels. It is, of course, somewhat ridiculous to cast a club with the game's seventh-highest payroll, and one that won the second-most games in the majors during the regular season, in a Cinderella role. But the Angels' payroll of $116.7 million is just 56 percent of the Yankees', and the 97 games they won were six fewer than the Yankees, and even as they won, by one run apiece, two of the three games in Anaheim to narrow the Yankees' ALCS lead to 3-2, there was a sense that if the Angels were somehow able to win two in a row and take the series, it would be a shocking, almost historic accomplishment. Not the equivalent of the Red Sox' recovery from a 3-0 deficit to win the 2004 ALCS, perhaps, but something close to it. But then Mariano Rivera struck out Gary Matthews Jr. with an 89 mile-per-hour fastball one minute after Sunday had become Monday, and the Angels, slipperless, flew home to California for the winter. http://www.fantasysp.com/player/mlb/Gary_Matthews/603126 603126 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 2:52:01 EDT Ben Reiter 27 days 10 hours 37 minutes http://www.fantasysp.com/player/mlb/Gary_Matthews/603126 The Los Angeles Times' Mike DiGiovanna reports Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Juan Rivera was nearly benched in favor of OF Gary Matthews Jr. in Game 5 of the ALCS because Rivera was just 2-for-20 in the series. http://www.fantasysp.com/player/mlb/Gary_Matthews/598280 598280 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 8:24:01 EDT kffl.com 30 days 5 hours 5 minutes http://www.fantasysp.com/player/mlb/Gary_Matthews/598280 The Los Angeles Times reports Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Gary Matthews Jr. recorded his 50th RBI Saturday, Oct. 3, giving the Angels 11 players with 50 or more RBIs. That is the first time this has happened in team history. http://www.fantasysp.com/player/mlb/Gary_Matthews/566608 566608 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 2:32:01 EDT kffl.com 48 days 10 hours 57 minutes http://www.fantasysp.com/player/mlb/Gary_Matthews/566608 Vladimir Guerrero got a day-off on Wednesday. Bob Abreu served as the DH, while Gary Matthews Jr. played in right field.

Our View: Vlad was just getting a routine day-off today, mainly because it was a day game. He should be back when the Angels return to the field. http://www.fantasysp.com/player/mlb/Gary_Matthews/544013 544013 Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:56:02 EDT fanball.com 59 days 20 hours 33 minutes http://www.fantasysp.com/player/mlb/Gary_Matthews/544013