Chapman, however, served a 30-game suspension at the start of this season under Major League Baseball’s new policy on domestic violence.
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NY had won six of eight heading into Monday nights game at Houston, but it still faces long odds of getting to the playoffs.
Chapman said in a statement: “I regret that I did not exercise better judgment and for that I am truly sorry”.
But there is no doubting the talent of the 28-year-old Chapman, who went 3-0 with a 2.01 ERA and 20 saves in 31 games with NY. “He’s open about the fact that he’s learned from the incident and that he feels he’s grown as a person and will continue to grow as a person and that was important to us”.
Theo Epstein has been aggressive ahead of the trade deadline this year.
Monday was not a good day for Reds fans who loved Aroldis Chapman and don’t find the Chicago Cubs particularly enthralling. My girlfriend and I have worked hard to strengthen our relationship, to raise our daughter together, and would appreciate the opportunity to move forward without revisiting an event we consider part of our past. He earns $11.325 million this year, after which he’ll become a free agent.
In the case of the Red Sox, Blue Jays, and Astros, the Yankees would need to be at least four games better for the rest of the way. He has a 3.66 ERA in over 324 innings, bouncing between a starting and relieving role. This move shows that the Yankees are revamping their farm and don’t believe they can resign Chapman.
“Torres, 19, was regarded as the Cubs” top prospect but was deemed expendable with Addison Russell, 22, as the Cubs” shortstop and versatile Javier Baez, 23, who came through the Cubs” system as a shortstop. He struggled for the Cubs to a 5.91 ERA this season.
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Baseball America ranked Torres No. 27 on its Midseason Top 100 prospects list earlier this month and he is the highest-ranked Cubs prospect on the list. He was hitting.255 with three homers, eight triples and 30 RBIs in 83 games with Myrtle Beach. They Yankees are looking to get younger as they unload the contracts of aging veterans Alex Rodriguez and Mark Teixeira next season. Torres, a shortstop, and McKinney, an outfielder, are considered to be among some of the best of the Cubs’ loaded farm system; Warren was a crucial swingman for the Yankees in his first three Major League Baseball seasons before getting traded to Chicago last December for Starlin Castro.
