December 11, 2008
Franklin Gutiérrez and 11 others: Cleveland GuardiansNew York MetsSeattle Mariners
A multi-team deal: each club is scored on what it received.
Cleveland Guardians received
Joe Smith+4.4WAR (control) · 5 yr83
On the day: +1.3 WAR over the prior three seasons, wRC+ -100, FIP− 89, salary $398K.
Luis Valbuena-0.4WAR (control) · 3 yr24
| Received | Status | Salary that year | Paid | WAR | $/WAR | Surplus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Smith | pre-arb | $398K | $6.6M | +4.4 | $1.5M | $11.5M |
| Luis Valbuena | pre-arb | est. | $1.3M | -0.4 | — | −$2.4M |
| Total over the control window | $7.9M | +4.0 | $2.0M | $9.1M | ||
New York Mets received
J. J. Putz-0.1WAR (control) · 1 yr19
too little playing time to rate quality
On the day: +7.2 WAR over the prior three seasons, FIP− 62, salary $4.4M, signed through 2010.
Sean Green-0.2WAR (control) · 2 yr24
On the day: +1.6 WAR over the prior three seasons, FIP− 85, salary $405K.
Jeremy Reed-0.7WAR (control) · 1 yr7
On the day: +1.0 WAR over the prior three seasons, wRC+ 12.
| Received | Status | Salary that year | Paid | WAR | $/WAR | Surplus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. J. Putz | signed thru 2010 | $4.4M | $6.0M | -0.1 | — | −$5.9M |
| Sean Green | pre-arb | $405K | $1.4M | -0.2 | — | −$2.0M |
| Jeremy Reed | arb 2 | est. | $0.9M | -0.7 | — | −$3.3M |
| Total over the control window | $8.4M | -1.0 | — | −$11.2M | ||
Seattle Mariners received
Endy Chávez+0.4WAR (control) · 1 yr52
On the day: +2.9 WAR over the prior three seasons, wRC+ 85, salary $1.8M.
Aaron Heilman0.0WAR (control)45
never reached the majors for SEA
On the day: +4.0 WAR over the prior three seasons, FIP− 87, salary $1.2M.
Maikel Cleto0.0WAR (control)45
never reached the majors for SEA
Ezequiel Carrera0.0WAR (control)45
never reached the majors for SEA
Mike Carp+0.9WAR (control) · 4 yr74
Jason Vargas+4.8WAR (control) · 3 yr81
On the day: +0.3 WAR over the prior three seasons, wRC+ -100, FIP− 183.
Franklin Gutiérrez+9.3WAR (control) · 3 yr88
On the day: +2.7 WAR over the prior three seasons, wRC+ 106, salary $404K.
| Received | Status | Salary that year | Paid | WAR | $/WAR | Surplus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Endy Chávez | signed (FA) | $1.8M | $2.0M | +0.4 | — | −$0.5M |
| Aaron Heilman | arb 3 | $1.2M | $0.0M | 0.0 | — | $0.0M |
| Maikel Cleto | prospect | est. | $0.0M | 0.0 | — | $0.0M |
| Ezequiel Carrera | prospect | est. | $0.0M | 0.0 | — | $0.0M |
| Mike Carp | prospect | est. | $1.8M | +0.9 | $2.0M | $1.6M |
| Jason Vargas | arb 1 | est. | $3.3M | +4.8 | $0.7M | $21.0M |
| Franklin Gutiérrez | arb 1 | $404K | $7.1M | +9.3 | $0.8M | $53.1M |
| Total over the control window | $14.2M | +15.5 | $0.9M | $75.2M | ||
What this became
- Aaron Heilman → CHCAaron Heilman, CHC ⇄ SEA, 2009+0.6 WAR
- Ezequiel Carrera → CLERussell Branyan, CLE ⇄ SEA, 2010+0.6 WAR
- Maikel Cleto → STLBrendan Ryan, SEA ⇄ STL, 2010-0.7 WAR
- Jason Vargas → LAAKendrys Morales, LAA ⇄ SEA, 2012+1.8 WAR
- Ronny Cedeño → PITJack Wilson, PIT ⇄ SEA, 2009+0.9 WAR
- Aaron Heilman → ARIARI ⇄ CHC, 2009-0.8 WAR
- Brendan Ryan → NYYBrendan Ryan, NYY ⇄ SEA, 2013+0.2 WAR
- Jack Wilson → ATLATL ⇄ SEA, 2011-0.1 WAR
- Brendan Ryan → CHCStarlin Castro, CHC ⇄ NYY, 20150.0 WAR
- Adam Warren → NYYGleyber Torres, CHC ⇄ NYY, 2016+2.0 WAR
- Starlin Castro → MIAGiancarlo Stanton, MIA ⇄ NYY, 2017+4.1 WAR