Mets unload Alomar to White Sox for three prospects
July 1, 2003
New York Mets second baseman Roberto Alomar has been traded to the Chicago White Sox for three minor league prospects, SportsLine.com has confirmed.
The Mets received minor league pitchers Royce Ring and Edwin Almonte and infielder Andrew Salvo.
Alomar came to the Mets from Cleveland in an eight-player deal on Dec. 11, 2001. He had been selected for 12 consecutive All-Star games and won 10 Gold Gloves. He batted .336 with 20 home runs and 100 RBI in his final season with the Indians.
With the Mets last season, he hit just .266 as the team finished last in the NL East. He was hitting .262 with two home runs when the trade was made.
The trade returns Alomar to the American League where he batted .313 in 11 seasons with Toronto, Baltimore and Cleveland and 168 of his 203 career home runs. He spent his first three major league seasons with the San Diego Padres.
In Chicago, Alomar also will be reunited with his brother. Catcher Sandy Alomar signed as a free agent with the White Sox before the season.
Alomar is in the final year of his contract which pays him $8 million this season. The Mets will pay the remainder of his contract, about $3.9 million. He had asked the team for a contract extension during spring training but the team preferred to wait.
Almonte, 26, is 2-6 with 14 saves and a 6.88 ERA in 30 games at Triple-A Charlotte. The right-hander is 21-29 with 83 saves and a 3.12 ERA in six minor league seasons.
Ring, 22, is 1-4 with 19 saves and a 2.52 ERA in 36 games at Double-A Birmingham. The left-hander was the club's first-round pick in the 2002 draft.
Salvo, 23, has split the season between Class A Kannapolis and Class A Winston-Salem, hitting .223 with one home run and six RBI in 42 games. The second baseman is a career .273 hitter in three seasons.
(The Associated Press contributed to this report.)
July 1, 2003
New York Mets second baseman Roberto Alomar has been traded to the Chicago White Sox for three minor league prospects, SportsLine.com has confirmed.
The Mets received minor league pitchers Royce Ring and Edwin Almonte and infielder Andrew Salvo.
Alomar came to the Mets from Cleveland in an eight-player deal on Dec. 11, 2001. He had been selected for 12 consecutive All-Star games and won 10 Gold Gloves. He batted .336 with 20 home runs and 100 RBI in his final season with the Indians.
With the Mets last season, he hit just .266 as the team finished last in the NL East. He was hitting .262 with two home runs when the trade was made.
The trade returns Alomar to the American League where he batted .313 in 11 seasons with Toronto, Baltimore and Cleveland and 168 of his 203 career home runs. He spent his first three major league seasons with the San Diego Padres.
In Chicago, Alomar also will be reunited with his brother. Catcher Sandy Alomar signed as a free agent with the White Sox before the season.
Alomar is in the final year of his contract which pays him $8 million this season. The Mets will pay the remainder of his contract, about $3.9 million. He had asked the team for a contract extension during spring training but the team preferred to wait.
Almonte, 26, is 2-6 with 14 saves and a 6.88 ERA in 30 games at Triple-A Charlotte. The right-hander is 21-29 with 83 saves and a 3.12 ERA in six minor league seasons.
Ring, 22, is 1-4 with 19 saves and a 2.52 ERA in 36 games at Double-A Birmingham. The left-hander was the club's first-round pick in the 2002 draft.
Salvo, 23, has split the season between Class A Kannapolis and Class A Winston-Salem, hitting .223 with one home run and six RBI in 42 games. The second baseman is a career .273 hitter in three seasons.
(The Associated Press contributed to this report.)
