CHICAGO – Unable to stir enough interest in their trade chips to move more than two players at the MLB trade deadline, the Cincinnati Reds got another 29-team referendum on a couple of their players this week, with similar results.
Eugenio Suárez and TJ Friedl, both of whom were made available to every team for nothing more than the cost of their remaining contract values, both cleared waivers, according to a source with direct knowledge of the process.
Suárez, who has hit five of his 19 home runs since getting passed over by contenders at the Aug. 3 trade deadline, would have cost less than $3 million for any team that claimed him this week. Friedl, who hasn't hit at any point this season – and who got demoted to the minors for nearly a month in the first half – would have cost a team less than $650,000 in remaining prorated salary.
Suárez, a two-time MLB All-Star who hit 49 home runs last year (and a grand slam during this week's historic comeback in San Francisco), was signed to a one-year, $15 million free-agent deal over the winter to return to the place where he originally established his career as a slugger. Friedl earned a $3.8 million arbitration deal after a strong season at the top of the lineup for the Reds' playoff team last year.
Both are well-regarded players in the clubhouse.
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Eugenio Suárez and TJ Friedl, both of whom were made available to every team for nothing more than the cost of their remaining contract values, both cleared waivers, according to a source with direct knowledge of the process.
Suárez, who has hit five of his 19 home runs since getting passed over by contenders at the Aug. 3 trade deadline, would have cost less than $3 million for any team that claimed him this week. Friedl, who hasn't hit at any point this season – and who got demoted to the minors for nearly a month in the first half – would have cost a team less than $650,000 in remaining prorated salary.
Suárez, a two-time MLB All-Star who hit 49 home runs last year (and a grand slam during this week's historic comeback in San Francisco), was signed to a one-year, $15 million free-agent deal over the winter to return to the place where he originally established his career as a slugger. Friedl earned a $3.8 million arbitration deal after a strong season at the top of the lineup for the Reds' playoff team last year.
Both are well-regarded players in the clubhouse.
#team #trade #million
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