After weeks of hypothesis, Andrew Benintendi is heading to the Bronx.
The Yankees acquired Benintendi, a left fielder, from Kansas Metropolis on Wednesday night time, the staff introduced shortly after a 3-2 loss to the Mets in Queens. The deal, which was first reported by Jack Curry of the YES Network, provides the Yankees a high-contact batter as a reinforcement within the outfield in trade for 3 pitching prospects: the right-handers Chandler Champlain and Beck Method and the lefty T.J. Sikkema.
Benintendi, 28, was an All-Star for the Royals this season. He’s hitting .320 with a .387 on-base share, three residence runs and 39 R.B.I. Benintendi’s arrival comes a day after the Yankees positioned Giancarlo Stanton on the injured record with tendinitis in his left Achilles and in the midst of a troublesome 12 months for Joey Gallo, whose strikeout-heavy strategy has not been balanced out together with his typical barrage of residence runs and walks.
The transfer is a return to the American League East for Benintendi, who was a first-round draft choose of the Boston Crimson Sox in 2015 out of the College of Arkansas and spent his first 5 main league seasons with the membership. He was despatched to the Royals in a February 2021 commerce.
The Royals will instantly must face their former outfielder as Kansas Metropolis begins a four-game sequence at Yankee Stadium on Thursday. New York’s subsequent sequence towards the Crimson Sox takes place Aug. 12-14 at Fenway Park, which can give Benintendi a have a look at the opposite aspect of certainly one of baseball’s most intense rivalries.
Doubtlessly complicating issues for the Yankees down the street is the truth that Benintendi was certainly one of 10 Royals who needed to be positioned on the restricted record forward of a sequence in Toronto earlier this month as a result of they weren’t vaccinated towards Covid-19. The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal and Jayson Stark reported that Benintendi’s vaccination standing was not mentioned between the Royals and the Yankees.
The Yankees, whose complete lively roster was cleared for Canadian journey earlier this season, have one sequence left in Toronto in late September and will additionally play the Blue Jays, who’re second within the A.L. East, within the postseason. Benintendi, ought to he conform to get the vaccine, has loads of time to take action earlier than it is a matter.
