“I believe that you can win with the players in that room”, Girardi insisted.
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“I think you get what you pay for”, he said. We had him penciled in here to play center field.
The Yankees may get an A for this week’s trades, but I fully expect them to receive a D for what they do with those names that are in temporary pinstripes within the next year.
Beltran has been to the playoffs with Houston, the New York Mets, St. Louis and the Yankees. Now you have some hope that the future it appears to look bright for the Yankees.
Prince Fielder’s season-ending neck injury left a big enough hole in Texas’ lineup that they were willing to part with a top-100 prospect in Dillon Tate for Beltran. We do see some things that we want to start working with him on, so we’re going to take him out of the rotation and put him in the pen for a period of time. Only time will tell if the prospects they got in return will pan out and make Cashman look like a genius but as of right now the Yankees were a big victor on Monday they took an already rising farm system and turned it into one of the best in baseball adding guys like Frazier, Torres, Tate and others they can either keep these guys and develop them or they could be used as trade bait to possibly bring in an ace like Chris Sale Cashman now has a ton of options. The Yankees, who have not finished with a losing record since 1992, peaked last week at four games above.500.
By trading away closer Aroldis Chapman to the Chicago Cubs, the Yankees received four prospects in return, including Gleyber Torres, a top shortstop prospect in the Chicago organization.
After Lucroy used his limited no-trade clause to block a deal to Cleveland, the All-Star catcher was sent to Texas. The Rangers dealt outfielder Lewis Brinson and right-hander Luis Ortiz to the Brewers.
New York Yankees GM Brian Cashman said the team should not be ashamed in becoming sellers at the trade deadline to rebuild for the future. From now on, no player can be dealt unless he goes unclaimed by everyone else. Named an All-Star this season and still boasting an excellent.304/.344/.546 slash line, Beltran has been having his best season in years.
On his Twitter account after Monday’s deal to the Rangers, Lucroy wrote, “let’s take this bad boy to the ‘ship!” “There’s going to be some young guys that get a chance, and I’m excited about that”.
Instead, their starting pitching was not consistent, and they have gotten disappointing years out of Jacoby Ellsbury (.264, 4 HR, 26 RBI), Mark Teixeira (.192, 9 HR, 24 RBI), and Brett Gardner (.259, 7 HR, 26 RBI), not to mention the fact that Girardi basically relegated Alex Rodriguez to the bench.
Even while adding two All-Stars to their lineup Tuesday night at Baltimore, the Rangers still have Jurickson Profar, Nomar Mazara and Rougned Odor – young 20-somethings who have been at the top of the order. Lucroy is a huge offensive upgrade from Robinson Chirinos.
The swap – finalized just before the non-waiver trade deadline – came as a complete surprise to Jeffress, who went 2-2 with a 2.22 ERA and 27 saves with the Brewers. He likely will be in a setup role for the Rangers behind Sam Dyson. Another former Yankee, the 31-year-old is a free agent in 2018, which will give the team a decent stopgap setup option for Betances as they embark on their rebuilding project.
The Astros were 10 games behind Texas on July 29, but the deficit is now 5 1/2 games. He is 3-3 with a 5.12 ERA for Class A Hickory in 16 starts this year. My who’s hot and who’s not and my sleeper pick for the week.
The 30-year-old Lucroy, hitting.299 with 13 homers and 50 RBIs in 95 games, blocked a trade Sunday that would have sent him to AL Central-leading Cleveland.
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RHP Nick Green Seventh-round pick in 2014.
