The Yankees, meanwhile, get minor league right-handed pitchers Dillon Tate, Nick Green and Erik Swanson.
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Green was taken in the seventh round of the 2014 draft and Swanson in the eighth. That run of contention and being legitimately considered a team that could win a championship on a year-in and year-out basis has gone on for a long time.
A 39-year-old switch-hitter, Beltran led the Yankees with a.304 batting average, 22 homers and 64 RBIs.
“All in, to me, means you push all your chips on the table and you’ve got nothing left for the next hand”. But when it happens, it hits you, Beltran said.
“Ultimately where we made a decision to go… let’s boost the lineup in a big way, let’s improve the defense, let’s fortify the bullpen and we feel like we got two aces and a number of other good pitchers, let’s get Colby (Lewis) and Derek (Holland) back healthy and take our shot”.
Nova, who like Beltran is eligible for free agency after the World Series, was sent to Pittsburgh for two players to be named.
He was traded from Kansas City to Houston in June 2004 and from the New York Mets to San Francisco in July 2011. While he has appeared in the playoffs with the Astros, Mets, Cardinals and Yankees, Beltran remains in search of his first World Series title.
The nine-time all-star ranks among American League leaders in batting average (9th), slugging percentage (4th, .546), at-bats per home run (9th, 16.3) and at-bats per RBI (10th, 5.6).
The afternoon trade deadline had barely passed when the TV baseball shows were giddily projecting the Rangers’ new starting lineup.
Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw is on the disabled list with back trouble, and they don’t know when he’ll be back. I also want to add that numerous last few world series champions have had a two-way catcher, in Yadier Molina (Cardinals), Buster Posey (Giants), Salvador Perez (Royals). “It’s not about being. a second wild-card team and winning one game or losing one”. Goody, whom the Yankees selected in the sixth round of the 2012 draft, made his major league debut last season, when he had a 4.76 ERA in 5 2/3 innings spread out over seven appearances.
The Cleveland Indians acquired outfielder Brandon Guyer from Tampa Bay for two minor leaguers, outfielder Nathan Lukes and right-hander Jhonleider Salinas. Switching catchers mid-season might be a little weird for the pitching staff at first, but his bat should tide the Rangers over, and it’s worth pointing out Lucroy’s defensive reputation is stellar.
Ortiz was considered among some to be Texas’ top pitching prospect, and despite injury issues, was pitching above his age at double-A Frisco.
“If he was doing what he was doing out of the draft previous year that got him picked fourth, we couldn’t touch him”, Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said of Tate on a conference call Monday. From now, no player can be dealt unless he goes unclaimed by everyone else.
Lucroy, 30, strengthens a now-potent Rangers offense – which also added veteran outfielder Carlos Beltran earlier in the day. He can really get it done.
In another tweet, Lucroy thanked Brewers fans and said they would always have a special place in his heart.
To make room on the 40-man roster for Lucroy and Jeffress, the team has designated catcher Bobby Wilson for assignment.
Bundy has started three games with mixed results.
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Jeffress, 29, is 2-2 with 27 saves and a 2.22 ERA in 47 games this season, the first year as a closer for the 2006 first-round pick. He joins a bullpen that has a high ERA at 4.54, but has a formidable group in recently acquired Dario Alvarez, last years deadline steal in Sam Dyson, another “other guy” in Jake Diekman, reclamation project of Matt Bush, and Japanese “import” of Tony Barnette. He is a career.284 hitter, hitting.299 this year with 13 home runs and an.841 OPS.
