2023-06-07 07:00:00
Aroldis Chapman will be one of the players likely to change jerseys before the trade deadline. The situation of the Kansas City Royals, last in the Center of the American League, will make them a sales team, which is why they will see several of their best pieces leave.
However, the Royals have already let the managers of the rest of the major league teams know that they will only trade Chapman on one condition: that the package also includes reliever Scott Barlow, who with his departure would take a $5.3 million salary off the payroll.
The #Royals are “open for business” per @Ken_Rosenthal.
Rosenthal notes relievers Aroldis Chapman and Scott Barlow are available and may be included in the same trade package.
Any team acquiring BOTH Chapman and Barlow instantly transforms their bullpen into a postseason weapon pic.twitter.com/6grL2uxKNo
— MLB Deadline News (@MLBDeadlineNews) June 7, 2023
The Cuban is 1-2 with a 2.95 ERA, 2 saves, 35 strikeouts, 14 walks and a 1,359 WHIP in 21.1 innings of work this season, in which he is making $3.7 million.
Chapman has seen the speed of his fastball increase in 2023 above 100 miles per hour, so he will be one of the most desired players in the coming months in the MLB.
The closer was left off the Yankees’ roster for the Division Series once morest the Cleveland Guardians due to an act of immaturity in 2022, putting an end to a 7-year career in the Bronx, in which he posted a 2.94 ERA, 153 saves, 453 strikeouts and 153 walks in 294.1 innings of work.
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