FORT MYERS -- Andrew Benintendi was in downtown St. Louis at a Subway with one of his teammates from the University of Arkansas when he found out he might be traded.
The Red Sox were on the verge of acquiring Chris Sale from the White Sox and Benintendi, fresh off his impressive showing at the end of the 2016 season, was considered a wanted man.
“My agent texted me,” Benintendi said from JetBlue Park on Monday morning. “He’s like, ‘You’re either going to go or not in the next two minutes.’ I was just like, ‘Well, there’s not much I can do.