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February 03, 2007
Angels: Matthews praise slights Angels
Sports Illustrated's Jon Heyman ranked the personalities who benefited the most this winter and at No. 7 was the Angels new center fielder Gary Matthews Jr.
It's not new to say the Angels might have overpayed for Matthews at five years and $50 million. It makes you wonder how Matthews will react in the upcoming season. Will he be able to forget about the money and continue to improve like he did last season or will he press in an attempt to prove himself?
It all makes Matthews the story of the season. Not exactly the way to reduce pressure. And to say Matthews' agent Scott Leventhal "took advantage" of Matthews' 2006 season, like Heyman did, isn't so flattering to the Angels since it is implied they were taken advantage of. But again, Heyman isn't the only one to have floated that premise.
Posted by Doug Padilla at February 3, 2007 10:19 PM