Former Yankee Stanton Agrees to Deal With Mets
Stanton to Get $9M Over Three Years
By JOSH DUBOW
.c The Associated Press
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Dec. 16) -- Mike Stanton will stay in New York after all, agreeing to a $9 million, three-year contract with the Mets on Monday.
Stanton, a stalwart in the Yankees' bullpen for six seasons, will move across town in the Mets' second free-agent signing of the offseason.
"This is where I wanted to be,'' Stanton said. "I'm happy we got it done.''
Stanton will join former Atlanta teammate Tom Glavine at Shea Stadium next season. Glavine signed a $35 million, three-year deal earlier this month.
Stanton and Glavine have a history of success -- they are the only two players to play in every postseason since 1991. That's important for the Mets, who finished in last place this year.
"He's a good fit,'' Mets general manager Steve Phillips said about Stanton. "For us to get a guy who's been in the postseason so many years to go with Tom Glavine, who's been in the postseason so many years, it adds an attitude to the clubhouse that we feel was necessary.''
there you go Czar,the Mets get a lefty in the pen.!!
Stanton to Get $9M Over Three Years
By JOSH DUBOW
.c The Associated Press
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Dec. 16) -- Mike Stanton will stay in New York after all, agreeing to a $9 million, three-year contract with the Mets on Monday.
Stanton, a stalwart in the Yankees' bullpen for six seasons, will move across town in the Mets' second free-agent signing of the offseason.
"This is where I wanted to be,'' Stanton said. "I'm happy we got it done.''
Stanton will join former Atlanta teammate Tom Glavine at Shea Stadium next season. Glavine signed a $35 million, three-year deal earlier this month.
Stanton and Glavine have a history of success -- they are the only two players to play in every postseason since 1991. That's important for the Mets, who finished in last place this year.
"He's a good fit,'' Mets general manager Steve Phillips said about Stanton. "For us to get a guy who's been in the postseason so many years to go with Tom Glavine, who's been in the postseason so many years, it adds an attitude to the clubhouse that we feel was necessary.''
there you go Czar,the Mets get a lefty in the pen.!!
