He struggled with the Cubs, however, posting a 5.91 ERA in 35 innings this season.
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Gleyber Torres, a 19-year-old shortstop considered one of the game’s top prospects, headlines the package of players heading to NY in the deal that was announced by both clubs Monday afternoon.
The New York Yankees are looking to make a push for a spot in the playoffs as rumors are swirling that they are close to trading Aroldis Chapman for Chicago Cubs’ Gleyber Torres. The Cardinals haven’t scored in their past 25 innings against Chapman, who has a lifetime 2.01 ERA to go with an.099 batting average with 51 strikeouts in 31 innings against them.
(2) It forces Yankees fans to wonder if their club has surrendered in this 2016 campaign even before the dawn of August, and, as a result, how loudly King George may be bellowing out there on the other side. NY sported one of baseball’s best reliever trios in Dellin Betances, Andrew Miller and Chapman, but the Yankees opted to retain Miller due to his longer contract. The Nationals were in competition to acquire him, too, but the cost was too high for two months of a reliever who will be a free agent at the end of the season, according to MASN’s Mark Zuckerman. We’re quite familiar with him from his years in the N.L. Central with the Reds.
Now that the Yankees have dealt Chapman will they also deal Miller and have Dellin Betances become the closer? Torres hit.275 with nine home runs, 47 RBIs, 19 stolen bases and 62 runs in 94 games.
Maybe they plan to add a prospect like Torres with an eye to the future – he is still only in Double-A ball – because the Yankees aren’t entirely sold on Didi Gregorius. Interestingly, they also get pitcher Adam Warren. They made the decision to trade Chapman after his agents said he would not agree to a new contract that would start in 2017, a person familiar with the talks said.
“Today, prior to completing the trade, Theo, Jed and I spoke with Aroldis”.
Flipping Chapman for a top prospect, a reliable and versatile big-league pitcher and, in effect, Castro – who was acquired for Warren in the offseason – is a smart move by the Yankees.
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No, Chapman, 28 and lugging some heavy domestic-abuse baggage, was not going to drag the Yanks into October, but neither will those four trinkets collected this afternoon.
