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Getty Images Joel Sherman supplies us with some more details regarding the Francisco Rodriguez trade to Milwaukee. He says that the Mets have sent $5 million to the Brewers.
Which makes total sense, of course. It basically gives the Brewers the money to pay K-Rod’s salary for the rest of the year, though they still have to pay his $3.5 million buyout. For the Mets, paying any amount short of around $8.5 million means that they’ve saved money this year (salary plus the buyout), and of course, eliminating even the possibility of Rodriguez’s gigantic option from vesting next year is a plus.
In other news, one of ESPN’s Twitter feeds said this this morning:
Hmm: you have a great closer already, and even if, for some reason, you decide to replace him with a worse one, it’s gonna cost you, like, $14.5 million. Wait! Don’t make me answer yet! I’m still thinking!
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- orangeflh - Jul 13, 2011 at 11:02 AM
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This makes the Brewers bullpen downright dangerous. Life is good.
Let’s go Crew!
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- buckybadger - Jul 13, 2011 at 11:42 AM
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Looking forward to seeing the gang here this weekend in Denver. Go Rockies!!! but still Go Brewers rest of the year.
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- aronmantoo - Jul 13, 2011 at 12:35 PM
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The Mets sent K-Rod and 5 mill to Milwaukee for?
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- The Dangerous Mabry - Jul 13, 2011 at 1:24 PM
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2 Players To Be Named Later. This is basically a salary dump for the Mets since the Brewers’ system is pretty thin.
