But he refused to waive his no-trade clause and turned down a chance to join a contender.
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“It was becoming increasingly hard to play him because he was having a tough time”, Francona said of Uribe, who batted only.206 with seven home runs and 25 RBIs in 73 games.
“Right now I think the most important thing is for me to continue to mature as a player mentally and mature as a man as well. I’m trying to fill my own shoes, and wherever that takes me when the time comes is going to be awesome”.
“I’m excited to play for a team that has a city behind them”, Miller said. According to several reports late Saturday, July 30, 2016, the teams have an agreement in place for a deal that would send Lucroy to the Indians in exchange for four minor league prospects. A recent hot streak had propelled them back into the fringes of the playoff race, putting general manager Brian Cashman in a tricky position ahead of Monday’s nonwaiver trade deadline. “So here’s the deal, we traded you to the Yankees, ‘” Sheffield said.
Lucroy’s decision would have been a huge blow to the Indians if not for the addition of Miller, who will help Cleveland manager Terry Francona shorten games and give the Indians a legitimate shot at winning their first World Series since 1948.
The Indians were 1 of 8 teams on LUCROY’S no-trade list. “I know when we go into NY (this) week, we don’t have to face Andrew Miller, which will be really nice”. NY received outfielder Clint Frazier and minor league pitchers Justus Sheffield, Ben Heller, and J.P. Feyereisen in return.
And whether it was going over the worldwide caps two years ago or drafting James Kaprielian and Blake Rutherford the past two years, or refusing to trade Luis Severino, or adding potentially undervalued pieces such as Chad Green and Luis Cessa or now going for top-75 prospects such as Torres, Frazier and Sheffield, the Yankees have indexed a lot of quality throughout their system. “I was pretty surprised this morning to get the phone call but that might have been the fact I was sleeping still”. “It is why we engage with multiple teams throughout the entirety of the negotiation”.
The Tribe has Miller’s services through 2019, and they have to pay all of the remaining salary on Miller’s contract which is around $24M.
The Yankees reacquired Tyler Clippard, obtaining the reliever from the Arizona Diamondbacks for Vicente Campos in a swap of right-handed pitchers.
Chris Antonetti had made it clear weeks ago that the Indians believe their window to win a World Series will never be more open with this team and that money would be no issue in trade discussions. Sheffield, a 20-year-old pitcher who is also facing older competition, is a top-100 prospect who most scouts think will be a mid-rotation starter.
Baltimore hopes Wade Miley can turn his solid July into a big finish with the AL East leaders. Miley has a 4.98 ERA overall but had a 3.45 ERA in five July starts.
Seattle received left-hander Ariel Miranda in the trade. In 95.1 innings pitched, he had a 3.59 ERA with 93 strikeouts.
Since coming back from the All-Star break, Sheffield has put together a 3-1 record in six starts with an ERA of 2.60.
Miley was shagging fly balls before Sunday’s game against Chicago when he left the field while Seattle continued taking batting practice.
Duke went 2-0 with a 2.63 ERA for the White Sox this year and leads the American League with 53 appearances.
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Clippard was drafted by the Yankees in 2003, made six starts as a rookie in 2007 and then was traded to Washington.
