It came down to the wire, but the Milwaukee Brewers finally found a trade partner for catcher Jonathan Lucroy, shipping the two-time All-Star to Texas along with closer Jeremy Jeffress on Monday in the final moments before Major League Baseball’s non-waiver trade deadline.
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“I was happy he got to have that moment for the fans and with the fans”, said Ryan Braun, Lucroy’s longtime teammate. Earlier in the hour, the Rangers sent their No. 1 pick previous year, right-hander Dillon Tate, along with two lesser-regarded prospects to the Yankees for Beltran. The Rangers are third in the AL in runs scored with 505, and Beltran and Lucroy are huge improvements over Fielder and the offensive mess the team was offering at catcher.
The 25-year-old outfielder has seen his on-base plus slugging percentage slip to.706 since he burst onto the scene as a 22-year-old in 2013.
Puig has been physically limited and largely inconsistent even when healthy this season, batting.260 with seven homers in 81 games. The 27-year-old Moore is 7-7 with a 4.08 ERA in 21 starts and 130 innings.
Bickford has played at two different Class A levels this season and is 5-6 with a 2.71 ERA in 17 games, with 105 strikeouts in 93 innings.
Cleveland sent outfielder Nathan Lukes and right-hander Jhonleider Salinas to Tampa Bay. Peace, 33, played for the Orioles from 2012-15 and hit.258 with 43 homers and 116 RBIs. Once a player is pulled back from waivers, the player can not be traded through waivers again.
San Diego announced Monday it reacquired Rea from Miami and sent minor league pitcher Luis Castillo back to the Marlins.
The Angels also sent lefty starter Hector Santiago to the Minnesota Twins for Ricky Nolasco and Alex Meyer.
Yasiel Puig followed the Los Angeles Dodgers’ wishes when he didn’t show up to the stadium on Monday before the team departed on its road trip to Colorado, manager Dave Roberts told The Associated Press.
Traded from the Mets to Pittsburgh last December for second baseman Neil Walker, Niese struggled during his time with the Pirates. Anthopoulos acquired a terrific rental pitcher, left-hander David Price.
The Indians were the only AL Central contender to make a move, getting outfielder Brandon Guyer from the Rays.
The Boston Red Sox have acquired left-handed reliever Fernando Abad from the Minnesota Twins for minor-league pitcher Pat Light.
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We moderate comments. Our goal is to provide substantive commentary for a general readership. We will update this as we get more news. The Rangers are opening a championship window, and with their mix of young talent and proven veterans, it makes sense to be aggressive to make the team as good as possible right now. Because of the volume of reader comments, we can not review individual moderation decisions with readers. Perhaps this will be like last year’s Carlos Gomez trade-that-wasn’t to the Mets, then trade-that-was to the Astros all over again. “We were really able to jump right in where we left off”. In this case, we may fix spelling and punctuation. “We have a team that we feel is capable of competing in the postseason and, if we get there, has a chance to win”.
