He was selected by the Rangers in the seventh round of the 2014 draft. NY agreed to send Texas cash to offset part of Beltrans $15 million salary. Lucroy slides into the middle of a very formidable Rangers lineup that also features a new designated hitter in 39-year-old Carlos Beltran.
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I think as a player, you know that this moment could happen.
“This organization’s never been this”, Beltran said to Hatch. I dont blame nobody other than we didnt do our job as players..
It’s an even year and just as the Giants won a World Series in 2010, ’12 and ’14, they’ve given themselves a chance to do so again in 2016. Without giving up Nomar Mazara or Joey Gallo (as many observers expected they might have to), they landed probably the best position players available on the market ahead of MLB’s trade deadline yesterday: Jonathan Lucroy from the Milwaukee Brewers and Carlos Beltran from the New York Yankees. While he has appeared in the playoffs with the Astros, Mets, Cardinals and Yankees, Beltran remains in search of his first World Series title, as do the Rangers. Beltran provides a short term replacement for both Shin-Soo Choo who has been on and off the DL in right field and Prince Fielder as the DH who had season ending surgery.
Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw is on the disabled list with back trouble, and they don’t know when he’ll be back.
New York, which has debated about being sellers and buyers for most of the season, has dropped four in a row after winning 11 of 16 games.
NY has played one postseason game since 2012, losing to Houston in last year’s AL wild-card matchup. The fact that the Yankees were able to acquire potentially an outfield star and a future major league starting pitcher for a closer is incredible.
After getting top prospects Gleybar Torres and Clint Frazier in the deals for Chapman and Miller, the Yankees are obtaining someone who has struggled after being a top-100 prospect this season. The Rangers dealt outfielder Lewis Brinson and right-hander Luis Ortiz to the Brewers.
In addition to Beltran, the Rangers will also get cash considerations in the trade. But his saying is ” Rental players who needs them” He thought he had a blockbuster deal with Chris Sale but that didn’t happen. Big, leaden contracts (Alex Rodriguez, C.C. Sabathia) will still load them down next season, but clearing the decks to maybe get under the luxury tax and make a run at Bryce Harper when his free agency hits in 2018 seems to be the plan. He does have nice old school numbers but the Mets need to start hitting now if they want to get in the Playoffs in October. 299 with 13 homers and 50 RBIs.
Hitting. 296 on the season, Reddick has been hitting the ball well lately with an average of.
Lucroy is considered one of the best catchers in baseball and has a club option for 2015 for only $5.25 million.
“Now, moving on to the (at)Rangers let’s take this bad boy to the ‘ship!” Really excited and cant wait to get after it!. Each and every deal that was made was a calculated decision in which NY came out with pieces that will help them in the future.
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Catcher was weak, home to Robinson Chirinos and the real Killer B’s (Bryan Holaday, Bobby Wilson, and Brett Nicholas). He has been an unstoppable closer this season only blowing one save out of 28 tries and earning a 2.22 ERA for the year. He likely will be in a setup role for the Rangers behind Sam Dyson.
