After being mostly shunned at the non-waiver deadline, Jay Bruce was pursued b
y two AL teams with playoff aspirations and more.
The Yankees were not only one of those teams, they had agreed to send the two
prospects requested by the Mets in exchange for the Mets eating a piece of the
roughly $5 million Bruce was owed the rest of the season.
While the Yankees had confidence in completing the deal and making Bruce their
DH with Matt Holliday on the DL, they also were told by their New York neighb
ors there was another bidder for Bruce’s services.
And it was the Indians who ultimately landed Bruce, with a source saying the Y
ankees never got a chance to bid again.
Perhaps it was because Cleveland was willing to assume all the money that Bruc
e was owed. Maybe it was because in a season of despair, the Mets did not want
to add to it by helping the Yankees reach the playoffs. Or it is possible the
Mets simply liked the singular prospect, Ryder Ryan, they received from Cleve
land, though the righty is at Single-A and has a 4.79 ERA in 33 relief appeara
nces.
It is complicated between the New York teams, who have not agreed to a trade i
n which players went both ways since Dec. 3, 2004 — when Felix Heredia was mo
ved to the Mets for Mike Stanton.
8月讓渡交易期間
本來洋基信心滿滿以為跟大都會談好交易
可以盤來Jay Bruce遞補假日進DL後的缺
殊不知就在這時
大都會告訴洋基還有另一隊也在追逐Bruce
然後...
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Bruce一個瞬間就被賣到笑臉人惹
據說主要原因是因為笑臉人肯吃Bruce的薪水
可是洋基大概只想吃本季剩餘薪水的5M左右
另一個原因是推測主場同為紐約的大都會
並不情願看見同城死敵補強進入季後賽
所以才選擇不給洋基跟進機會直接送人
比較喜歡笑臉新秀（X）
比較不想賣給洋基（O）
結果現在ALDS G1
就看著Bruce一人把Gray擊沉
不知現在現金人做何感想？