That was after Texas had already acquired All-Star outfielder Carlos Beltran, the 39-year-old switch-hitter who had been the top offensive player for the New York Yankees.
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Beltran has been to the playoffs with Houston, the New York Mets, St. Louis and the Yankees. One of the players that the Yankees were pressured to trade was outfielder Carlos Beltran, and just prior to the deadline, he was sent to the Texas Rangers. He is still at least two more years away from the majors, but if he pans out, the Yankees clearly win this deal. “They’re trying to make smart decisions (for the future), and that’s what the Yankees did”.
Hill, who signed a one-year, $6-million contract with Oakland during the off-season, is on the disabled list with a pesky blister on the middle finger of his throwing hand that hasn’t healed.
The Rangers used this trade deadline to make one of the leagues best offenses even better. “If it was my choice, I wouldn’t have gone anywhere”, Beltran said later, adding that he’d be open to a return as a free agent next season – at age 40. Milwaukee also received catcher Andrew Susac, who was sent to Triple-A Colorado Springs. Has a 4.98 ERA but 11.5 K/9 this season.
This was somewhat surprising as reports made it seem like management wasn’t keen on giving up on the season.
Shortly after the trade, NY acquired Tyler Clippard from the Diamondbacks to soften the blow (at least a little) of losing Miller. Green is 2-2 with a 4.98 ERA (19 ER/34.1 IP) in 7 starts with short-season Spokane, his third professional season. The 29-year-old Dominican owns a 53-39 record in 131 career contests – all with NY.
The Mets also got pitcher Jon Niese, who spent his first eight years in NY, from Pittsburgh for reliever Antonio Bastardo. He is 3-3 with a 5.12 ERA for Class A Hickory in 16 starts this year. But first and foremost, it signaled the breaking up of their terrific bullpen as well as the departure of one of the most dominant relievers in the game today.
With a meager 6.5% chance of making the playoffs, per our algorithms, NY isn’t going to win anything this year barring some type of improbable run, so the Yankees might as well shift their focus to the future, selling off what they can in an effort to load up the farm system. Liriano gives the Blue Jays an experienced starter to replace 24-year-old Aaron Sanchez in the rotation. “We’re not saying he’s not going to be a starter, but in the meantime, we’re going to slow the process down a little bit”.
Frazier has had no problem advancing through the minor leagues; thus far in 2016 he’s batted.270 with 13 home runs, and 48 RBI’s.
Dombrowski does have a history of deal-making with Cashman. Toronto also picked up a pair of promising minor league prospects from Pittsburgh in catcher Reese McGuire and outfielder Harold Ramirez.
– The Baltimore Orioles added a familiar face by acquiring veteran utilityman Steve Pearce from the Tampa Bay Rays. It is the second promotion to the majors this season for Gamel, who was 1-for-8 during five games in May.
The 33-year-old Pearce enjoyed a career campaign with the Orioles in 2014, belting 21 homers and 26 doubles to going along with 49 RBIs.
The Giants aimed to bolster a shaky bullpen by getting Will Smith from Milwaukee, Boston got Fernando Abad from Minnesota and the NL Central-leading Cubs obtained sidearming righty Joe Smith from the Angels.
The Red Sox made their fifth trade in the last month and will send right-handed pitcher Pat Light to the Twins.
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Speaking before Tuesday’s game at the Mets, A-Rod says “Whatever they do, I’m at peace” and “I hope I can stay here for the remainder of my contract”. Kimbrel now is recovering from a knee injury that required surgery on July 11.
