Election 1 in the draft in 2011 reinforced the champions
15.01.2018
Houston Astros added another strong hand to his pitcher rotation, drawing No. 1 in the 2011 draft of the MLB, Gerrit Cole. The champions made a deal with the current team of the 27-year-old right-wing Pittsburgh Pirates, as part of which the `pirates` will receive four `astronauts` players;pitchers Joe Mousgrove and Michael Felis, third baseball player Colin Moran and outfitter Jason Martin. `Selling Gerrit Cole was not an easy decision, and we are recognizing Gerrit for everything he has done for our club, especially for his important role in the playoffs that came to the playoffs in 2013-2015, ` commented theNeil Huntington manager of the Pirates. - We`ve got four quality young players, three of which will be a major part of our team in 2018. This is an important step towards the goal of bringing back the play-offs to the Pittsburgh fans. `
Earlier this winter, Cole was wanted by New York Yankees. The Bronx, however, did not agree to an exchange in which to include any of his four top-tenants;Glaier Torres, Justus Sheffield, Estevan Florial and Miguel Anduhar, and that`s why the negotiations have failed. Only three days ago, Cole itself signed a new one-year contract with Pittsburgh worth $ 6, 75 million. `` I would not say I swallowed my tongue, but I was definitely shocked, `told Pittsburgh Tribune-Revereu Gerrit, who learned about his transfer during his wife Amy`s birthday party - `People come and go, this is part of the baseball business. ` As for Piirtes, the team obviously believes that in the future, The club wants to compete and obviously thinks this is the right direction. `
It is expectedHouston Gerrit Cole to be used as starter No. 3 behind the Dallas Kayles and Justin Verlander. Last season`s rotation of the champions was also Charlie Morton, Lance McClells Jr. and Brad Peekkock, whose joint efforts Astros has reached its first World Series title.
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