The Cleveland Indians appear to be going all-in on their pursuit of their first division title since 2007, acquiring left-handed reliever Andrew Miller from the New York Yankees in a deal first reported by Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports.
Yankees trade Andrew Miller to Indians
The Indians will reportedly send four prospects to the Yankees as each team goes in different directions this season.
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The Yankees will receive four prospects: Clint Frazier, Justus Sheffield, Ben Heller and J.P. Feyereisen. Frazier and Sheffield's names were first reported by Buster Olney of ESPN, Heller and Feyereisen by Jon Heyman of FanRag Sports.
The Tribe’s move comes after the reported acquisition of catcher Jonathan Lucroy from the Milwaukee Brewers, although Lucroy exercised his no-trade clause, killing the deal.
Miller has continued his run as an elite reliever for New York with a 1.38 ERA, 77 strikeouts and just seven walks allowed this year. The 31-year-old earned a place in the All-Star Game for the first time this year.
Miller remains under team control beyond this season, earning $9 million per year through the 2018 season.
The Yankees find themselves 6.5 games out of first place in the AL East and just dropped two games to the AL-worst Tampa Bay Rays while the Indians are 4.5 games up in the AL Central. New York’s recent performance reportedly sealed the fate of the Bronx Bombers in the minds of Yankees higher-ups, says Heyman:
yankees higherups made the call to sell while watching team lose 2 straight to last-place rays.
— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) July 31, 2016
Baseball’s non-waiver trade deadline is 4 p.m. ET on Monday.
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