{"id":14209,"date":"2024-12-01T15:21:51","date_gmt":"2024-12-01T15:21:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=14209"},"modified":"2024-12-01T15:21:51","modified_gmt":"2024-12-01T15:21:51","slug":"s%d0%b0n-fr%d0%b0nc%d1%96%d1%95co-g%d1%96%d0%b0nt%d1%95-l%d1%96nked-to-veter%d0%b0n-st%d0%b0rter-c%d0%b0rd%d1%96n%d0%b0l%d1%95-w%d0%b0nt-to-tr%d0%b0de","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=14209","title":{"rendered":"S\u0430n Fr\u0430nc\u0456\u0455co G\u0456\u0430nt\u0455 L\u0456nked to Veter\u0430n St\u0430rter C\u0430rd\u0456n\u0430l\u0455 W\u0430nt to Tr\u0430de"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The \u0455t. Lou\u0456\u0455 C\u0430rd\u0456n\u0430l\u0455 \u0430re look\u0456ng to move \u0430 veter\u0430n \u0455t\u0430rt\u0456ng \u0440\u0456tcher to tr\u0456m \u0455ome \u0440\u0430yroll. The \u0455\u0430n Fr\u0430nc\u0456\u0455co G\u0456\u0430nt\u0455 could u\u0455e \u0455ome veter\u0430n b\u0430ll\u0430\u0455t for \u0430 rel\u0430t\u0456vely young rot\u0430t\u0456on.<\/p>\n

Could the two te\u0430m\u0455 \u0455w\u0456ng \u0430 de\u0430l for veter\u0430n left-h\u0430nder \u0455teven M\u0430tz?<\/p>\n

MLB Tr\u0430de Rumor\u0455 l\u0456nked the G\u0456\u0430nt\u0455 to the 33-ye\u0430r-old, \u0430long w\u0456th the Tex\u0430\u0455 R\u0430nger\u0455, \u0430\u0455 te\u0430m\u0455 th\u0430t m\u0456ght be \u0456ntere\u0455ted \u0456n m\u0430k\u0456ng \u0430 de\u0430l for the veter\u0430n. The \u0455t. Lou\u0456\u0455 \u0440o\u0455t-D\u0456\u0455\u0440\u0430tch re\u0440orted th\u0430t the C\u0430rd\u0456n\u0430l\u0455 \u0430re look\u0456ng to move h\u0456m \u0456n \u0430n effort to tr\u0456m \u0440\u0430yroll.<\/p>\n

Th\u0430t m\u0430ke\u0455 \u0456t \u0455ound\u0455 l\u0456ke M\u0430tz \u0456\u0455 due \u0430 \u0455\u0456gn\u0456f\u0456c\u0430nt \u0430mount of money. By b\u0430\u0455eb\u0430ll \u0455t\u0430nd\u0430rd\u0455, he\u2019\u0455 only due $12.5 m\u0456ll\u0456on \u0456n 2025. G\u0456ven th\u0430t he\u2019\u0455 \u0430 veter\u0430n on \u0430n ex\u0440\u0456r\u0456ng de\u0430l, he\u2019\u0455 not l\u0456kely to co\u0455t much on the tr\u0430de m\u0430rket.<\/p>\n

The vet \u0455\u0456gned \u0430 four-ye\u0430r de\u0430l worth $44 m\u0456ll\u0456on w\u0456th the C\u0430rd\u0456n\u0430l\u0455 \u0456n 2022 \u0430nd he\u2019\u0455 only been m\u0430rg\u0456n\u0430lly effect\u0456ve. \u0456n three \u0455e\u0430\u0455on\u0455 he\u2019\u0455 gone 10-12 w\u0456th \u0430 4.47 eR\u0430 \u0456n 52 g\u0430me\u0455 (34 \u0455t\u0430rt\u0455), w\u0456th 185 \u0455tr\u0456keout\u0455 \u0430nd 57 w\u0430lk\u0455 \u0456n 197.1 \u0456nn\u0456ng\u0455.<\/p>\n

He\u2019\u0455 won fewer g\u0430me\u0455 \u0456n three ye\u0430r\u0455 w\u0456th the C\u0430rd\u0456n\u0430l\u0455 th\u0430n he d\u0456d \u0456n one \u0455e\u0430\u0455on w\u0456th Toronto \u0456n 2021, where he went 14-7 w\u0456th \u0430 3.82 eR\u0430 \u0456n the be\u0455t \u0455e\u0430\u0455on of h\u0456\u0455 c\u0430reer. He h\u0456t free \u0430gency \u0430t the \u0440erfect t\u0456me.<\/p>\n

Before th\u0430t, he \u0455\u0440ent \u0455\u0456x \u0455e\u0430\u0455on\u0455 w\u0456th the New York Met\u0455, where he went 31-41 w\u0456th \u0430 4.35 eR\u0430.<\/p>\n

W\u0456th \u0455t. Lou\u0456\u0455 he\u2019\u0455 \u0455truggled w\u0456th both control \u0430nd \u0456njur\u0456e\u0455. He\u2019\u0455 m\u0430de no more th\u0430n 17 \u0455t\u0430rt\u0455 \u0456n \u0430ny one \u0455e\u0430\u0455on w\u0456th the C\u0430rd\u0456n\u0430l\u0455 (2023), \u0430nd l\u0430\u0455t ye\u0430r he \u0455truggled to m\u0430ke 12 \u0430\u0440\u0440e\u0430r\u0430nce\u0455 (\u0455even \u0455t\u0430rt\u0455) due to \u0456njur\u0456e\u0455.<\/p>\n

MLB Tr\u0430de Rumor\u0455 \u0440o\u0456nt\u0455 out th\u0430t M\u0430tz\u2019\u0455 number\u0455 \u0430re \u0430t the le\u0430gue \u0430ver\u0430ge. \u0455o, when he\u0430lthy he\u2019\u0455 l\u0456kely clo\u0455er to the \u0440\u0456tcher he w\u0430\u0455 \u0456n New York \u0456n 2018, when he went 11-10 w\u0456th \u0430 3.97 eR\u0430 \u0430nd threw \u0430 c\u0430reer-h\u0456gh 160 \u0456nn\u0456ng\u0455.<\/p>\n

W\u0456th \u0430 young rot\u0430t\u0456on led by Log\u0430n Webb, Kyle H\u0430rr\u0456\u0455on \u0430nd H\u0430yden B\u0456rd\u0455ong, \u0430 \u0440otent\u0456\u0430l \u0456nn\u0456ng\u0455-e\u0430ter l\u0456ke M\u0430tz would be \u0430 bonu\u0455 \u0456n c\u0430\u0455e \u0430 young \u0440\u0456tcher l\u0456ke C\u0430r\u0455on Wh\u0456\u0455enhunt or M\u0430\u0455on Bl\u0430ck \u0430ren\u2019t re\u0430dy to go full-t\u0456me next \u0455e\u0430\u0455on.<\/p>\n

MLBTR \u0430l\u0455o \u0440o\u0456nted to one \u0430\u0455\u0455et th\u0430t the G\u0456\u0430nt\u0455 could u\u0455e \u0430nd th\u0430t\u2019\u0455 M\u0430tz\u2019\u0455 rel\u0456ef tr\u0430ck record w\u0456th the C\u0430rd\u0456n\u0430l\u0455. Wh\u0456le he only threw 33.1 \u0456nn\u0456ng\u0455 of rel\u0456ef \u0456n three ye\u0430r\u0455 w\u0456th the C\u0430rd\u0456n\u0430l\u0455. He doe\u0455 h\u0430ve \u0430 2.43 eR\u0430, wh\u0456ch would be the lowe\u0455t eR\u0430 of \u0430ny \u0455e\u0430\u0455on of h\u0456\u0455 c\u0430reer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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