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The Athletics and Mariners could use a DH. The Rockies could use a third baseman to kick off the post-Arenado era, for example. Andujar is all the way back from shoulder surgery and wants to play every day, and show everyone he's back to where he was in 2018.Īndujar is young enough and talented enough (and under control long enough) that more than a few teams around baseball would have trade interest, especially if they could get him for pennies on the dollar. Andujar does not have a clear path to playing time with the Yankees and, to make matters worse, he has a minor-league option remaining, so the Yankees can easily stash him in Triple-A in 2021. 310/.358/.523 the last two years, and he is under team control through 2023, so he's not going anywhere. Urshela is a superior defender and has hit. What is clear is he would be best served in another organization. Reunites with Francis Marquez, who repped the young hitter in 20.- Jon Heyman February 2, 2021ĭoes the agent change indicate Andujar would like to remain with the Yankees? Unclear. Yankees' Miguel Andujar has hired The MAS+ Agency. He is no longer represented by Cabrera, who made all those angry comments in September.
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The Yankees kept Andujar at the alternate site long enough last year to push back his free agency and avoid Super Two status - Andujar will now become a free agent after 2024 rather than after 2023 - and it should be noted he recently hired a new agent. He accused the Yankees of service-time manipulation ("there's a large charade that has continued to be played when it comes to controlling assets") and not so subtly suggested Andujar would welcome a new organization ("Although his dream from the very beginning was to do so in pinstripes, that doesn't take priority over just playing baseball"). "It's clear that it's highly beneficial for baseball teams to control high quality assets for as long as possible."Ĭabrera played all the hits. "I think any person who's involved in the business of baseball understands that there's a large charade that has continued to be played when it comes to controlling assets, meaning players that are young, and productive," Cabrera said.
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Miguel Andujar should be playing for a Major League Baseball team, and a Major League Baseball game tonight." "Although his dream from the very beginning was to do so in pinstripes, that doesn't take priority over just playing baseball. "For him not to be playing Major League Baseball games at this stage of the year, especially after he's just demonstrated that he's still physically capable of giving a higher level higher than average production, it's extremely frustrating to not be suiting up every night in New York," (agent Ulises) Cabrera said.
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The Athletic's Lindsey Adler had the story last September: Last year Andujar went back and forth between MLB and the alternate site, and his agent was none too pleased. 297/.328/.527 batting line with an American League rookie record tying 47 doubles in 2018, but a shoulder injury limited him to 12 games in 2019, and allowed Gio Urshela to swoop in and take the third base job. They signed one (1) major-league free agent during the 2019-20 offseason ( Jose Mujica, who allowed seven runs in 4 1/3 innings in 2020) a nd opened the 2020-21 offseason by telling fans they were going to cut payroll.Īndujar, 26 in March, authored a. We honored what Nolan wanted to do and we made what we thought was the best thing we could do at the time."Īrenado, who signed an eight-year extension worth $260 million in February 2019, had grown frustrated with the team's efforts (or lack thereof) to build a contender around him. He just felt it was time for him to try something else out," Rockies chairman Dick Monfort told reporters following the trade. That is not the way it was supposed to end for Arenado and the Rockies. Colorado received five players, none of them cornerstone types, but they did unload approximately $150 million in future salary obligation. Louis Cardinals in what amounts to a salary dump. Earlier this month, the Colorado Rockies finalized their trade sending franchise icon Nolan Arenado to the St.