Indians acquire Andrew Miller from Yankees

Call it an All-Star split doubleheader.

The Indians are also close to completing a deal for Milwaukee All-Star catcher Jonathan Lucroy. However, that trade was stopped by Lucroy, who refused to waive his no-trade clause and turned down a chance to join a contender. Andrew Miller made remarks after learning he was being dealt, and he said, “I loved my time here”. “I think when it eventually comes out, everyone will understand why”. I’m going to miss that. I enjoyed playing in NY. Indians manager Terry Francona is expected to use him in the eighth inning along with right-hander Bryan Shaw as the bridge to closer Cody Allen.

When the team officially welcomed Miller with a photo on the scoreboard during Sunday’s game, the crowd at Progressive Field burst into a loud ovation knowing he is on the way.

Possessing a almost unhittable slider, the 31-year-old Miller is 6-1 with a 1.39 ERA.

The Indians might’ve landed perhaps this biggest arm on the market before Monday’s deadline, but Francona knows too that the front office will continue to work hard to make the team better before then. Fans grumbled, players anxious and no one was sure if the club would be buyers or sellers.

Miller is still under contract until 2018, making this a trade that gives the Indians a huge three-year window to win a World Series. “It breathes a lot of life into this clubhouse”.

Those two extra years are ultimately what allowed the Indians to pull the trigger. A week ago, they traded Aroldis Chapman to the Chicago Cubs for a slew of top prospects. The Yankees’ offense is awful and if it wasn’t for Carlos Beltran, they would have been held to one run today.

The sad thing is, if the Yankees want to resemble a fully functioning major league team, it is going to be hard without Beltran in the lineup. “There’s no better message”.

In exchange for powerful lefthander, the Yankees will get star prospect Clint Frazier, Justus Sheffield, and two other minor leaguers, according to the report.

MLB.com recently ranked Frazier as the No. 24 prospect in baseball. He can hit for power as he has 13 homers in 89 games so far this season in Double-A ball.