I have 1 thing to say to you Jonathan LUCROY YOU ARE ABSOLUTLEY CRAZY TO STAY WITH A TEAM THAT IS OUT OF CONTENTION. “I’m not going to think about it”. I’m going to be the same way here.
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Lucroy said Sunday he wasn’t going to go into the details behind his decision, but the long term is more important than the short term for him and his family.
As the deadline approaches for trades and transactions, Major League Baseball has teams cementing their rosters in preparation for the season.
That faith extends to the clubhouse and general manager Brian Cashman added right-hander Tyler Clippard in a separate Sunday trade with Arizona.
Cleveland, which leads the AL Central, has been looking for a catcher since Yan Gomes separated his shoulder.
Andrew Miller will make his debut in a Cleveland uniform on Monday night, when the Indians host the Minnesota Twins in the first game of a four-game series.
“It certainly should help us a lot”, Francona said. “I know when we go into NY next week, we don’t have to face Andrew Miller, which will be really nice”.
So will his ability to mix and match Miller with RHP Bryan Shaw in the late innings before handing the ball to RH closer Cody Allen.
Cleveland sent four minor leaguers, including highly touted outfielder Clint Frazier, to NY for the 31-year-old setup man.
The Indians, who now lead the AL Central, included two of their top three minor league players in the deal for Miller.
“He’s the flawless guy to have and we got him”, Indians closer Cody Allen said before the club’s series finale with Oakland.
“We’re trying to get back to a situation where we can build an uber team, a sustainable one”, Cashman said. Now, Betances is the Yankees’ third closer in a week – elevated by manager Joe Girardi following the Miller deal. “I did it a little bit a year ago, so that kind of helps”. Now they have arguably the best left-handed reliever in the game. Though they might carry a heavy salary cap but if it means getting into the World Series then it might have been a great gamble on their part.
According to a source, Betances was one of three or four players to cry as they said goodbye to Miller before the game, unhappy to see their friend leave. The bullpen needs him badly because with Miller as there set up man the Indians will be better with there bullpen. Campos, 24, is 9-3 with a 3.20 ERA this year in 20 combined starts for Class AA Trenton and Class AAA Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.
The Baltimore Orioles have acquired left-hander Wade Miley in a trade with the Seattle Mariners.
Miley, 29, is 7-8 in 19 starts with a 4.98 ERA this season. He’s pitched before him in the seventh and eighth inning. The Cuban pitcher has spent most of the year with Class AAA Norfolk. He appeared in the SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game on July 10 and went 2 for 3 with a double and a run and also played in the Eastern League All-Star Game on July 13. NY views Frazier, the fifth overall pick in the 2013 amateur draft, as a Mike Trout-type player.
The Wisconsin native was drafted by Cleveland in the 22nd round of the 2013 First-Year Player Draft out of Olivet Nazarene University (Ill.). Seattle received minor-league LHP Ariel Miranda in the trade.
-The St. Louis Cardinals suffered a potentially damaging loss in the first inning of Sunday’s game against the Miami Marlins when rookie shortstop Aledmys Diaz was hit by an Andrew Cashner fastball.
Duke, 33, is 2-0 with a 2.63 ERA in an American League-leading 53 appearances this season.
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The 28-year-old Betances said he would not hesitate to ask Miller questions like he did last season.
