Going all in for October, the AL Central leader acquired All-Star left-handed reliever Andrew Miller from the New York Yankees for four minor leaguers.
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Miller-the 2006 Baseball America Player of the Year as a Tar Heel-was sent from the Bronx to the Cleveland Indians on Sunday in exchange for a package of four prospects.
The deal came less than 12 hours after the Indians had agreed on the parameters of a swap with the Brewers for All-Star C Jonathan Lucroy. However, that trade was stopped by Lucroy, who refused to waive his no-trade clause and turned down a chance to join a contender.
Sheffield will report to High-A Tampa for NY.
Miller’s ERA has been under 3.00 in each of the last three full seasons-including previous year, when he struck out 100 batters in just 61.2 innings.
With Cody Allen as the Indians’ closer, Miller will likely serve as the team’s set up man.
Then the Yankees went out and delivered two miserable performances against the Rays, a pair of losses that apparently showed Cashman all he needed to see: The Yankees, the team that views anything short of a championship as an abject failure, have waved the white flag on 2016. Carlos Beltran, Ivan Nova and Mark Teixeira are eligible for free agency at the end of the season, and CC Sabathia, Alex Rodriguez, Nathan Eovaldi, Michael Pineda, Brian McCann and Brett Gardner also could go free after 2018 (New York has 2019 options for McCann and Gardner).
“We’re trying to get back to a situation where we can build an uber-team and a sustainable one”.
Lucroy said Sunday he wasn’t going to go into the details behind his decision.
“I think as a player, you know that this moment could happen”. They went and got the best there is. That no longer is true and we shouldn’t expect anything less as the trade deadline approaches.
“I see them trading the obvious guys”, the exec told NJ Advance Media. For the first time in recent memory the Cleveland Indians are truly pulling out all the stops and are truly going for it.
Both Heller and fellow pitcher J.P. Feyereisen, a former UW-Stevens Point pitcher, along with outfielder Clint Frazier and left-handed pitcher Justus Sheffield were part of the trade. And if you don’t think other teams wanted him, you’re insane.
With inconsistent starting pitching and among the American League’s poorest offenses, the Yankees are in danger of their first losing season since 1992 and appear to be several years from assembling a dominating team.
Tate, 22, received a $4.2 million signing bonus from the Rangers and is 3-3 with a 5.12 ERA this year in 16 starts and one relief appearance for Class A Hickory in the South Atlantic League. In his past eight starts, covering a span of 47 1/3 innings, Miley has a 3.80 ERA, and in his most recent outing, he limited the Chicago Cubs to one run, one hit and one walk in seven innings while striking out nine.
The Chicago Cubs started to become active in the trade market before the deadline on August 1 by acquiring Mike Montgomery from the Seattle Mariners. The Cuban pitcher has spent most of the year with Class AAA Norfolk.
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This season, the 31-year-old is on pace for the best year of his career. He is 56-54 with a 4.07 ERA in six years in the majors.
