A person familiar with the negotiations says the contract is for $56 million. The Diamondbacks would acquire minor league left-hander Gabe Speier, a person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press, speaking on condition of anonymity because the trade was pending approval of medical records. Zobrist grew up in Eureka, Ill., less than 150 miles away from Chicago. The Cubs, on the other hand, took pitcher Adam Warren and another player yet to be named from the Yankees.
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A three-time All-Star shortstop with the Cubs, Castro slumped during the first half of 2015 and was eventually switched to second base, the position he’ll handle at Yankee Stadium.
David Banks/Getty Images Castro strengthens the Yankees up the middle. He batted. 303 with two home runs, six RBIs, 15 runs scored and one stolen base as the team’s No. 2 hitter throughout the postseason.
The Yankees’ newest addition and new second baseman up until last August was a career shortstop.
He also vigorously defended Cincinnati Reds closer Aroldis Chapman, who was accused of choking his girlfriend and shooting a gun during an incident in October.
As a reminder, we are bringing you episodes of the show every night this week, including tonight at 9 PM ET, when we will recap Day 3 of the Winter Meetings from Nashville, so stay tuned. “The evaluation comes down to the 130 games or more from an everyday position player versus the value I was giving up in Warren”. “That’s just how it is”.
When Cubs manager Joe Maddon held his introductory press conference in November 2014, he immediately set expectations by talking about a playoff push in his first season and insinuating anything can happen after that. “But I didn’t want to be a bad teammate or be bad with my guys”.
“That was a really tough moment for me, ” Castro said of being briefly benched, after being used to playing 150-plus games per season. The Yankees are getting younger and making that splash in the free agency pool is not the agenda.
“I’m certain there’s going to be the right mentor within that clubhouse that can help him out”.
Ben Zobrist is considered a special player when on the field.
The Davie (Fla.) Police Department released its report on the October 30 incident Tuesday. But the matter appears to have put on hold a proposed trade sending Chapman to the Los Angeles Dodgers.
“All of a sudden his offense settled in and he started driving the ball again”, Maddon said.
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-Colorado agreed to two-year deals with a pair of relievers, guaranteeing Jason Motte $10 million and Chad Qualls $6 million. He has a. 236 average in three big league seasons with 49 homers and 171 RBI. Motte missed 2013 after Tommy John surgery. Warren was drafted by NY in 2009 and has spent his career in the Yankees’ organization up to this point. It had been reported earlier in the day that signing Zobrist would mean the Cubs needed to have a deal in place for Castro, the last remaining player to play for the pre-Theo Epstein Cubs.
