It’s official!!! Finally!!! Sonny Gray is on his way out .
The holdup ultimately were the Reds on Monday, who had until late Monday night to reach an extension with Sonny Gray, or else the deal would fall apart!
What would happen then, is that the Yankees would piviot and strike a deal with other teams.
Fortunately, late afternoon we here at the Marvzone got reports, that the Reds had agreed to a 3 year $30.5 million extension with Gray, including a team option worth $12 million for the 4th year.
However, we should have know that the Yankees weren’t just going to sit around and wait, they were going to get creative, and thats what they did, as the Seattle Mariners, came into play, completing a shocking 3 team deal!
Official 3 way deal!!!
Yankees acquire
OF prospect Josh Stowers
Draft pick # 36
Reds acquire
SP Sonny Gray
SP prospect Reveir Sanmartin
Mariners acquire
2B prospect Shed Long
The Yankees put that minor league pitcher in there to even it out in my opinion.
The shocking part about this, is that the Yankees sent Long to Seattle, for Stowers.
But I can honestly understand why the Yankees did that, as Yankees 2B Tyler Wade is 24 years old, so their wouldn’t be much room for the 2B Long to fit in here.
Stowers is in single A ball, but has an amazing future and increases the Yankees OF depth.
Winner of the trade :
Even for all sides, everyone got what they wanted. But considering this upcoming news, I say Yankees!!!!
We at the Marv Zone, also got news that the Yankees have signed starter Danny Farquhar to a minor league deal, just 9 months after having brain surgery.
However, Danny has been cleared to pitch now, which is great because I think he will be great in a couple of years for the Yankees. It really adds to their pitching depth.
Overall, it means that the Yankees have OFFICIALLY completed their offseason checklist, though they can always add...
2019 Yankees offseason to do list:
Fill the 3 empty holes in your rotation ✅ ( Got CC and Happ back. Acquired Paxton)
Get a SS to replace Didi Gregorius ✅ ( Troy Tulowitsky)
Fill the 2 empty spots in your bullpen ✅ ( Got Brittion back. Signed Ottavino)
INF depth ✅( Signed DJ LeMahieu)
Trade Sonny Gray. ( Traded to the Reds ) ✅
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