Cleveland and Arizona trade

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The Cleveland and Arizona organisations would like to announce a trade. 

Cleveland welcomes Valbuena and Chisenhall to the franchise as they need to bring on some veterans to add depth the roster to cover RF and 1B.

It's tough to give up decent prospects for one year players but we hope they will help us on our quest to defend the title.

Cleveland receives:

Valbuena, Luis 1B,3B - LAA 2018 / 8 2019 / TO 8.5
Chisenhall, Lonnie CF,RF - CLE 2018 / 6.45 2019 / UFA
Arizona to cover $4M on Valbuena and $3M on Chisenhall

Arizona receives:


Campos, Alexander SS - OAK 0.5 (minor league contract)
Mendoza, Shael 2B - COL 0.6 (minor league contract)
Fernandez, Vince LF,CF,RF - COL 0.2 (minor league contract)
Canario, Alexander RF - SF 0.2 (minor league contract)

Thanks to Arizona for great negotiations

[Arizona Diamondbacks]

The D-Backs accept this deal.


Losing 2 veterans from a weak roster always hurts, but after getting sidetracked from our rebuild for a while, we knew it was time to get back to it. We wish Lonnie and Luis the best in their new home.


Both were basically 1 year guys and it is fairly obvious we will not compete this year. In return we received 4 quality prospects to help our rebuild along.



Thanks to the Tribe GM for making this an easy negotiation.

[Arizona Diamondbacks]

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