Post by sirpaul on Jul 27, 2011 21:17:19 GMT -5
refused to agree to come to the Tribe and then denied it.
In a story first reported Tuesday by Peter Gammons of MLB.com, the Indians offered to pay the remainder of Beltran's $18.5 million contract this year and give the Mets a player. The Indians were told it was a no go.
Beltran has a complete no-trade clause in his contract. If the deal had been made, the Indians would have been responsible for about $7 million in salary. Beltran can be a free agent at the end of the season and has a clause in his contract that the team he ends the season with cannot offer him arbitration. That means there would be no compensation draft picks for that team if he signed with another ballclub during the winter.
On Tuesday, Beltran told New York reporters that the deal was never presented to him. It's evident that Beltran's agent, Scott Boras, has given the Mets a list of teams that Beltran would be willing to lift his no trade clause for and that Indians aren't on it.
www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2011/07/cleveland_indians_rebuffed_in.html#incart_hbx
In a story first reported Tuesday by Peter Gammons of MLB.com, the Indians offered to pay the remainder of Beltran's $18.5 million contract this year and give the Mets a player. The Indians were told it was a no go.
Beltran has a complete no-trade clause in his contract. If the deal had been made, the Indians would have been responsible for about $7 million in salary. Beltran can be a free agent at the end of the season and has a clause in his contract that the team he ends the season with cannot offer him arbitration. That means there would be no compensation draft picks for that team if he signed with another ballclub during the winter.
On Tuesday, Beltran told New York reporters that the deal was never presented to him. It's evident that Beltran's agent, Scott Boras, has given the Mets a list of teams that Beltran would be willing to lift his no trade clause for and that Indians aren't on it.
www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2011/07/cleveland_indians_rebuffed_in.html#incart_hbx
