NY rank 13 among NL team in runs scored, and they’re near the cellar in batting average (.206).
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This trade, according to Wallace Matthews of ESPN, is a signal that the New York Yankees are hoisting up a “white flag” for the 2016 season.
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. Any pretense of trying to win now stopped Monday.
Beltran, the Yankees’ best hitter this season, is the third star player the team has traded in the past week, coming on the heels of deals that sent closer Aroldis Chapman to the Chicago Cubs and reliever Andrew Miller to the Cleveland Indians.
After peaking at 56-52 last week, the Yankees dropped back to.500 with four straight losses, including a three-game weekend sweep by last-place Tampa Bay. “A true playoff contender – not a playoff pretender – wouldn’t do that”.
A nine-time All-Star after making this years AL roster, Beltran has a.281 career average with 414 home runs. “A two-way player who makes our pitching staff better”, said Daniels in a press conference regarding Lucroy.
For the first time in memory the Yankees have seen the forest through the trees and done what (realistic) fans, sportswriters and baseball pundits have said through the years, trade some of the weighty contracts, some still valuable assets and bank on the future and build your farm system. “That’s not the way it works anymore”. Beltran said he certainly is open to the idea. It’s the new generation. Yankees have a list of players to choose from, and a few weeks to make their decisions.
The Royals traded him to Houston in advance of his free agency in June 2004 and seven years later, the Mets dealt him to the Giants for Zach Wheeler.
Cleveland acquired Andrew Miller from the Yankees to revamp its bullpen with a new closer. “The way they would always go out and add Paul Molitor and Dave Winfield, these guys that were elite level hitters that were still really productive right in the middle of the order, and it changes the whole thing”, said Daniels.
Cashman made the moves with management’s go-ahead just ahead of the non-waiver trade deadline. “I believe that you can win”. They now have a top 10 farm system after the additions of Torres and Frazier and they still have guys like Aaron Judge, Jorge Mateo, and Gary Sanchez waiting in the wings. But acquiring two high-level prospects in Frazier and Sheffield was a steep price to pay for Cleveland, and NY felt it was enough to pry away the dominant lefty.
Ever since the Core Four of Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera, Andy Pettitte and Jorge Posada retired, there has been a feeling of how long the Yankees could keep it up.
“Not just playing well, but winning championships – that’s what this organization has been about”, Girardi said. In his 17 appearances (16 starts), he had a 5.12 ERA, and this video of a recent start shows some of his issues.
Beltran, 39, was having his best season as a Yankee, hitting.304 with 22 home runs and 64 RBIs. Do you get what I mean? “A top pick like that so soon after you take him for a quote and quote rental player”, Daniels said.
Should the Rangers reach the playoffs, their 1-2 combination of Cole Hamels and Yu Darvish will be as formidable as any team’s, but they will go into matchups in Games 3 and 4 as the pitching underdog. “OK, I’m not going to get traded”.
“But, I think if anything that I’ve learned anything from this year is how to turn the page when things aren’t going well”.
He was running on a treadmill in the weight room when Yanks bullpen catcher Ramon Rodriguez told him about the trade.
The move was the latest and highest profile of a busy deadline day for Toronto, which also nabbed right-hander Mike Bolsinger from the Los Angeles Dodgers for right-hander Jesse Chavez and $1.15 million and received right-hander Scott Feldman from the Houston Astros for minor league pitcher Lupe Chavez. This being said, the reports on him are a player who is healthy after pitching in just ten games a year ago. “Back end of the bullpen”. If you would like to discuss another topic, look for a relevant article.
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