Bleed Cubbie Blue · Jan 23, 2023
Outside The Confines: A good old-fashioned trade
I remember when a team trading a batting champion would have been a huge deal. The last player traded the offseason after winning a batting title was Rod Carew back in 1979.
The Minnesota Twins traded second baseman Luis Arraez, the 2022 American League batting champion, to the Miami Marlins for right-handed pitcher Pablo López and prospects Jose Salas and Byron Chourio.
The Marlins announced that because of the trade, current second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. would move to center field.
Ben Clemens evaluates the Twins-Marlins deal and thinks that the Twins got the much better end of it.
The Braves have signed outfielder Kevin Pillar to a minor league deal with an invite to Spring Training.