The Yankees, meanwhile, get minor league right-handed pitchers Dillon Tate, Nick Green and Erik Swanson. Green, a 2014 draft pick, has had success with short-season Spokane recently, and possesses a plus fastball and curveball, if little-to-no idea what he’s doing with them, yet.
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The Mets also got pitcher Jon Niese, who spent his first eight years in NY, from Pittsburgh for reliever Antonio Bastardo. He has batted.304 with 22 home runs and 64 RBI in 99 games with the Yankees this season. They had already traded relief aces Aroldis Chapman and Andrew Miller leading up to the deadline.
Yankees vice president of player development Gary Denbo happened to be a coach on that team.
If you’re the type that considers the “closer” role to be a real thing that matters, Jeffress will probably lose that coveted position – incumbent closer Sam Dyson is performing admirably this season, though he has hit some bumps in the road lately, surrendering an.853 OPS against over his last 11 outings.
“Unfortunately, this is what happens in baseball when you get to the point where you’re about to be a free agent, and you’re having a good season, things could happen”, Beltran said to Ryan Hatch of NJ.com.
He has that now with the Rangers, who know that the additions of Beltran and Lucroy don’t guarantee a World Series title.
He was traded from Kansas City to Houston in June 2004 and from the New York Mets to San Francisco in July 2011. Carlos Beltran gets to be the designated hitter and mash, which is where he belongs at 39 despite a successful past as a center fielder.
The Dodgers still have their share of drama hanging over them in the form of Clayton Kershaw’s injury problems and Yasiel Puig’s situation, but Hill and Reddick will have a chance to give them a boost.
The Rangers have an AL-high 62 wins after a four-game series sweep of the defending World Series champion Royals.
NY has played one postseason game since 2012, losing to Houston in last year’s AL wild-card matchup.
After multiple injuries have set back the Ranger’s pitching rotation, the team was initially seeking pitchers before Monday’s trade deadline, but that all changed after Lucroy vetoed a trade to the Cleveland Indians, making him available to Texas.
The Yankees entered Wednesday with a.500 record and were not completely out of the playoff chase, being 5.5 games out of the final postseason spot behind four other AL teams. Outfielder Clint Frazier, the fifth overall pick in the 2013 draft, was acquired from Cleveland on Sunday in the trade for Miller.
The Mets obtained Bruce from Cincinnati prior to Monday’s non-waiver trading deadline for infielder Dilson Herrera and minor league left-hander Max Wotell.
Luis “Lulu” Ortiz is 20 years old, and was the top pitching prospect in the Rangers’ organization.
For their debut with the Rangers, Beltran was inserted in the No. 3 slot in the lineup and Lucroy was in the 6-hole.
The Marlins acquired Rea on Friday in a seven-player deal with the Padres, but he had to leave Saturday’s game against St. Louis in the fourth inning and was put on the 15-day disabled list with a right elbow sprain.
So the Rangers acquired a DH with some pop, an All-Star catcher, and a reliable bullpen arm at the deadline. “It’s not about being. a second wild-card team and winning one game or losing one”. Really excited and cant wait to get after it!. Jonathan Lucroy is the new backstop, and takes over with a.299/.359/.482 line that is better than anyone on the Rangers except for Ian Desmond.
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The lineup that was posted in the Texas Rangers’ clubhouse Tuesday afternoon was quite the attention-getter. Lucroy is a huge offensive upgrade from Robinson Chirinos.
