Reds Country surely wishes Brandon Drury the best of luck with his new team. Drury had been a career-utility player and was signed to play for Reds only after Jose Barrero and Donovan Solano went on the IL prior to the start of the season.
has received an 80-game suspension after testing positive for the banned performance-enhancing substance Clostebol. Gavin Lux was lost for the season during Spring Training, Miguel Rojas is currently on the 10-day injured list with a hamstring issue and Chris Taylor has been banged up. No one but Brandon Drury himself expected him to put up the type of numbers we saw from the 29-year-old this season. Aug 12 (Reuters) - San Diego Padres all-star shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. There are a couple reasons the Dodgers landed on the idea of playing Betts at shortstop. This is the classic case of cashing in on a rental player. Acosta was signed by the Friars out of the Dominican Republic last year. 243/.346/.360 in the Arizona Complex League this season. Victor Acosta, who rated as the Padres' 13th-best prospect before the season began according to FanGraphs, is hitting. 274/.335/.520 with 20 round trippers and 59 runs batted in. He's also crushed left-handed pitching, which certainly played into why the Padres acquired him. If the Cincinnati Reds were not going to sign Brandon Drury to a contract extension, and according to general manager Nick Krall that was never on the table, then it made all the sense in the world to trade the infielder before the trade deadline.ĭrury is having a fantastic season and leads the Reds in several meaningful categories. Reds trade Brandon Drury to Padres for SS prospect Victor Acosta.
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Victor Acosta, who was ranked as the 6th best prospect by MLB Pipeline after the Soto trade, is an 18-year-old switch-hitting shortstop who's professional career has barely begun. In return, Cincinnati received yet another shortstop prospect.
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Drury, who's a free agent after this season, will join a star-studded Padres lineup who appear to be going all-in this season. Preller has been working the phones all day long, and it appears as though he's found a replacement for Luke Voit's right-handed bat. Padres President of Baseball Operations A.J. Nick Krall is continuing to flip some of the Reds best players at this year's trade deadline and Brandon Drury is now headed to join Juan Soto and the San Diego Padres. San Diego Padres shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. The Cubs beat the Padres on Thursday afternoon, 5-2, and the big stories - aside from a good outing from previously-struggling Cubs starter Hayden Wesneski - revolved around the long ball. A real-time look at how MLB teams are spending their cap dollars on Shortstops. If you thought the Cincinnati Reds were done, you thought wrong.
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