While waiting to know the future of Shohei Ohtani, a market movement occurred during the night which had as its protagonist a veteran of the Italian expedition to the 2023 World Baseball Classic. This is the twenty-nine year old David Fletcherpassed by Los Angeles Angels to Atlanta Braves along with the thirty-two-year-old receiver Max Stassi in exchange for a pair of minor league players: Evan White and the pitcher Tyler Thomas.
David Fletcheran infielder with 534 appearances in MLB behind him from 2018 to today, all with the Los Angeles Angels, will in fact take the place of another blue player, Nicky Lopez (recently moved to the Chicago White Sox), on Brian Snitker’s board as a versatile reserve piece for starters Ozzie Albies, Austin Riley and Orlando Arcia.
In addition to David Fletcher and Max Stassi, the winger also changed shirts during the night Tyler O’Neill come on St. Louis Cardinals ai Boston Red Sox in exchange for two minor league pitchers: Nick Robertson and Victor Santos.
By taking O’Neill, the Red Sox try to fill the hole left by Alex Verdugo (43 home runs in the four seasons spent in Boston) traded to rivals on Tuesday 5 December New York Yankees in exchange for the relief Greg Weissert and minor league pitchers Richard Fitts and Nicholas Judice.
The most important coup of the last few weeks was scored on Thursday 7 December by them New York Yankees that they made sure come on San Diego Padres the dominican superstar Juan Soto in exchange for a rich package that includes the receiver Kyle Higashiokathe relief Michael King (one of the best Yankees pitchers of the past two seasons), right-handed pitchers Jhony Brito e Randy Vasquez; e Drew Thorpe, the best prospect of the Bronx organization. In addition to Soto, the Yankees also got the outfielder Trent Grisham.
At twenty-six, Juan Soto is one of the greatest players of his generation. He debuted as a 19-year-old in 2018, finishing second behind Ronald Acuña in the race for best rookie in the National League. In 2019 he won the World Series with the Washington Nationals (also hitting three home runs). A three-time All-Star, he was a top-5 MVP in 2020 and 2021 and finished second in 2021 behind former teammate Bryce Harper. In the season just ended he played every game on the calendar and dominated the MLB in bases earned (132), his strong point along with home runs and contact. On a financial level, Soto is ready to enter his final year of arbitration (in 2023 he earned 23 million dollars) and unless his contract is renewed he will become a free agent in the 2024-2025 offseason.
Photo: David Fletcher (#22) greeted by Vinnie Pasquantino after homering to make it 6-2 in the tenth inning of the historic win against Cuba on March 9, 2023 at Taichung International Baseball Stadium. Credit: MLB.
2023-12-09 09:26:05
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