Five months after making him their highest-paid relief pitcher, the Tampa Bay Rays have traded Phil Maton to the New York Mets for either cash considerations or a player to be named later.
The Tampa Bay Rays have traded right-handed relief pitcher Phil Maton to the New York Mets, the teams announced Tuesday evening.
Tampa Bay, on the other hand, was able to recall right-handed pitcher Manuel Rodríguez from Triple-A Durham. Even before they shipped Maton and his contract off to Queens, though, the Rays were unlikely to pick that option up. “Not the way we envisioned it, both the team’s record at this point and Phil’s contributions,” Rays president of baseball operations Erik Neander said to reporters after the trade was finalized. “Certainly, he’s been throwing the ball better lately.
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