"Every year, we have a different team," Rocco Baldelli said Sunday afternoon, before the day's machinations had all been revealed, "but this is going to be a noticeably different group."Ĭareer statistics: Gary Sanchez | Gio Urshela | Josh Donaldson | Isiah Kiner-Falefa Josh Donaldson has arrived at #Yankees camp /PxyGJghIQW The trade, the third major deal agreed to by the Twins in roughly 36 hours, overhauls their lineup and frees up payroll space that will allow them to … what, exactly? Derek Falvey, president of baseball operations, has demonstrated he has no qualms about shaking up a The Yankees also agreed to pay the remaining $51.5 million Donaldson is still owed. The Yankees sent Urshela, a third baseman who can also play shortstop, and Sanchez, a defrocked catcher with home run power but questionable defense, to Minnesota. The Reds also included Francis Peguero, a 24-year-old Class A righthander, to complete the risky-but-aggressive deal.Ībout an hour before midnight, the Twins pulled off the real stunner, sending Donaldson, the biggest free-agent signing in franchise history Kiner-Falefa, who reported to camp Sunday barely 12 hours after being acquired in a trade with Texas and Ben Rortvedt, a defense-first catcher, to New York. 1 draft pick last summer, to Cincinnati for Gray, a two-time All-Star. Yankees castoffs Gio Urshela and Gary Sanchez are now Twins, too, presenting myriad options for who plays where.įirst, the play-by-play: Minnesota filled the gaping hole atop its pitching rotation Sunday afternoon, but paid a steep price to do it, trading Chase Petty, their No. Gray arrived in Sunday's early blockbuster, and Donaldson and Kiner-Falefa departed in the wheel-and-deal nightcap, a blitzkrieg roster makeover that seemed to hint at still more changes in the works. Or roughly about half as long as Isiah Kiner-Falefa's entire Twins career.
They were reunited as Twins on Sunday - for about eight hours. – Josh Donaldson and Sonny Gray were teammates and rising stars on the 2013 Athletics, a 96-win division champion.
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