But he refused to waive his no-trade clause and turned down a chance to join a contender.
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“There were some circumstances that came up that made me void it, obviously”, Lucroy told reporters.
Francona addressed the situation with Miller, Allen and reliever Bryan Shaw before Monday’s game and tried to explain his plan as best as he could.
Although they have one of the game’s best starting staffs, the Indians bullpen needed a proven lefty and there is none better than Miller, who possesses a almost unhittable slider and brings a 6-1 record, 1.39 ERA and postseason experience.
As for the Prospects that are going to New York Include Clint Frazier who was picked in the top 5 by the Indians in the 2014 Major League Baseball draft. “We want to win every night and making this trade now is a big deal to us because it helps us get better this year and the next three years after that”.
“When you are dealing with life-changing, life-altering decisions like this, there are a lot of factors that come into play, mostly family”, he said before the Brewers’ 4-2 win over the Pirates.
Miller’s name had swirled in trade rumors for weeks. He was not shocked by the deal but admitted it wont be easy leaving the Yankees.
Now New York will be playing without two very talented relievers in the game.
“Frazier is the closest of (all the new additions)”, Cashman said.
“I like the guys here”. Im going to miss that. “There are going to be times when maybe the upcoming inning has three lefties, which would seem to make sense to have Andrew pitch that inning”. So, you have to look at the positives and helping those guys reach their goals..
The first order of business when Miller arrives will be for manager Terry Francona to decide how he is going to use him. “We’re trying to get back to a situation where we can build an uber-team, and a sustainable one”. If you don’t think other teams wanted him, you’re insane. They didn’t go halfway. This is a team that not only can go deep in the playoffs, but may challenge the Chicago Cubs for best team in Major League Baseball. Theres no better message.. The deal of Aroldis Chapman to the Cubs might’ve signaled that for most teams, but even after it, the Yankees could’ve said “hey, we still have a lights-out closer in Miller” and pretended that they were truly shooting for the playoffs.
In Cleveland, Miller will be no closer to home than he was in NY, but he and wife Katie Roark get back there for Gator football or basketball games whenever possible. At 31-years-old and signed through 2018 at $9 million per year, Miller has the potential to continue to dominate while pitching for a very good Indians team for several more years. He has allowed runs in just 8 of 44 outings and has not allowed multiple runs in an appearance this season. He now owns the sixth-lowest relief ERA. On the other side, Tyler Clippard has a 2-3 record with a 4.30 ERA over 37 ½ innings and has one save. According to ESPN’s Buster Olney, the Yankees will get top prospects outfielder Clint Frazier and starting pitcher Justus Sheffield. Sheffield is a left-hander.
The 30-year-old Lucroy is batting.300 with 13 homers and 50 RBIs.
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Cleveland, which leads the AL Central, has been looking for a catcher since Yan Gomes separated his shoulder earlier in July.
