Boston Red Sox, Kansas City Royals and New York Mets have agreed to a trade. Andrew Benindendi From Fenway to KC, Postonia was confirmed on the ninth Wednesday.
Royals Khalil Lee will go to the Mets, while the offfielder Francie Lamb, A Los Red Sox.
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In addition, the Red Sox received a player named from the small league RHP Josh Winkowski and the New York Mets.
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Right-wing prospect Josh Winkowski and a player later named will move from the Mets to the Red Sox.
Benindendi, who was once part of the Red Sox’s famous outfield center, missed most of the 2020 season that reduced the epidemic, and on August 12 went on the disabled list due to a rib cage strain. OK. Boston ruled him for a year.
He hit home runs on 52 plate appearances in 14 games and just 103 without an RBI.
Benindendi is a career.273 hitter and second in the 2017 A.L. Rookie of the Year poll. He led all the Red Sox players to 15 runs in his 2018 post-season run that ended with the World Series Championship.
He has one year on a two – year, $ 10 million contract, reached in February 2020, before qualifying as an arbitrator and free agent in 2023.
Lee, for his part, was selected by the Royals in the third round in 2016 and was named Baseball America Rookie All-Star. He made it to the Double A in 2018 and 2019, playing in the Puerto Rico Winter League for the past two years. He has hit.256 in 1,719 plate appearances with 37 home runs and 192 Reserve Banks in minor leagues.
Corto was limited to just 16 games in 2020 due to injuries, with two home runs in 38 plate appearances and seven RBI hits.221.