The Yankees had been anticipating to see Andrew Benintendi on Thursday, they simply weren’t anticipating to see the All-Star outfielder of their clubhouse. The Yankees introduced they’d acquired Benintendi in a cope with Kansas City. The Royals, coincidentally, can be within the Bronx for a four-game sequence starting Thursday evening.
ESPN first reported the deal, which sends three minor league pitchers again to Kansas City, on the heels of the Yankees being swept by the Mets within the Subway Series. The Yankees have now gone 14-15 of their final 29 video games.
The 28-year previous Benintendi is slashing .321/.389/.399 with three dwelling runs this season. The left-handed hitter made his first All-Star Game look this season and is scheduled to develop into a free agent after the season.
The 2021 Gold Glove Award winner, Benintendi has made 89 begins in left area this yr and has not made an error in 164 complete probabilities. His 40 outfield assists since 2017 are tied for the fourth-most within the Majors in that span.
Over seven Major League seasons with the Red Sox (2016-20) and Royals (2021-22), he has batted .280 with 71 dwelling runs and 65 stolen bases in 712 profession video games. He has hit .324/.410/.491 with 45 doubles, 9 triples, 14 dwelling runs with runners in scoring place.
Benintendi additionally has the playoff expertise the Yankees hope will make a distinction. He has made the postseason thrice with the Red Sox, together with profitable a World Series. He hit .272/.322/.407 with two dwelling runs and 9 RBI in 21 profession postseason video games. In 2018, he began 13 of 14 playoff video games for the Red Sox throughout their World Series run.
The Royals had been initially looking for high prospects for Benintendi.
The value got here down considerably, nonetheless, after it was revealed that Benintendi was not vaccinated in opposition to the coronavirus on the time the Royals had been headed to Toronto and he subsequently couldn’t enter Canada. The Yankees have yet one more sequence in Toronto within the common season and there’s a probability that they might should go to Canada for the playoffs.
The Yankees have been involved in including a left-handed outfield bat to take over for the struggling Joey Gallo, who they received ultimately yr’s commerce deadline. Gallo is hitting .161/.285/.343 with 12 dwelling runs and 24 RBI in 230 at-bats this season. He didn’t play within the Yankees’ loss to the Mets Wednesday evening.
The Royals spent weeks scouring the Yankees system within the spring and early months of the season and a few of their group assume there are many different prospects to attempt to work a cope with. Even within the lowest degree Florida Complex League, the supply informed the News earlier this month there are “lots of players to consider,” in a doable deal.
The Royals get right-handed pitcher Beck Way, who the Yankees picked up within the fourth spherical of the 2020 draft together with right-handed pitcher Chandler Champlain and left-handed pitcher TJ Sikkema.
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