Switching 味方するs: Jays 貿易（する） Sogard across diamond to Rays
TORONTO (AP) - Eric Sogard wasn't やめる sure who to root for in Sunday's game between Toronto and Tampa Bay.
初めは in Toronto's 顔触れ as the 権利 fielder, the 退役軍人 utilityman was scratched about 15 minutes before the first pitch and 取って代わるd by Billy McKinney.
By the second inning, with Sogard sitting in the Blue Jays dugout, 報告（する）／憶測s 現れるd that he had been 貿易（する）d across the diamond to the visiting Rays.
After the game, the Blue Jays 確認するd the 取引，協定, which will see two players to be 指名するd later join Toronto.
The Rays also made two other 貿易（する）s Sunday, one with Cleveland and another with Texas.
Sogard moved from the struggling Blue Jays to a Rays team in the 厚い of the プレーオフ race. He didn't play for Tampa Bay, which won 10-9 and is 近づく the 最高の，を越す of the AL wild-card chase.
Toronto Blue Jays' Eric Sogard celebrates after 得点する／非難する／２０ing on a wild pitch by Detroit Tigers' Jordan Zimmermann during the モミs t inning of a baseball game, Friday, July 19, 2019, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Duane Burleson)
"I'm excited, excited to be with a team in 論争 to make the プレーオフs," Sogard said. "I certainly hope I can bring to them what I've done here in Toronto and help them make the プレーオフs."
存在 貿易（する）d to the team on the other 味方する of the field put Sogard in something of a strange 位置／汚点／見つけ出す.
"I was 肉親，親類d of sitting there thinking what team I should be 元気づける for," he joked.
Unfortunately for Sogard, the chance to wear two uniforms in one day didn't materialize.
"It would have been awesome," he said. "It would have been neat even starting the game with the Blue Jays and then 存在 able to go over and finish it with them."
The 33-year-old Sogard, who is having a career season, batting .300 with 10 ホームランs and 30 打点s in 73 games. He began the year with 11 career ホームランs in 584 games over eight seasons with Oakland and Milwaukee.
"He's a good hitter, I think he's going to help us a lot," Rays shortstop Willy Adames said. "He's hitting .300, he gets on base a lot. We need that, we need people on base. He's 急速な／放蕩な, too, he can steal some bases. I think that's a good move for us."
Rays 経営者／支配人 Kevin Cash said Sogard will be used まず第一に／本来 at second base, but will likely move around. The Rays place a high value on 防御の versatility and Sogard 供給するs that. He can play second, third, shortstop and both corner 外野 positions.
"I think he fits our team really 井戸／弁護士席," Cash said. "He's another guy that you can 肉親，親類d of plug in different 位置／汚点／見つけ出すs. You're going to get really, really good 弁護 throughout the 内野."
Sogard went to the プレーオフs with Oakland in 2013 and 2014, appearing in five October games. Cash said he was pleased to 追加する a player with postseason experience.
"We'll take it because we've got a lot of guys in here that have not and I think that will do us some good," Cash said.
Sogard did not leave Toronto with the Rays, who ha ve an off day in Boston on Monday.
"I'm going to 飛行機で行く out tomorrow," he said.
To （疑いを）晴らす a roster 位置／汚点／見つけ出す for Sogard, the Rays 貿易（する）d 権利-hander Hunter 支持を得ようと努めるd and minor league infielder Christian Arroyo to Cleveland. Tampa Bay received minor league outfielder Ruben Cardenas and international slot money.
Also Sunday, the Rays 貿易（する）d 権利-hander Ian Gibaut to Texas for a player to be 指名するd or cash. The 25-year-old Gibaut made his major league debut on July 12, giving up two runs in two innings in his only game for Tampa Bay.
Gibaut was 指定するd for assignment by the Rays on July 23. He was 選択d to ３倍になる-A by Texas and lefty 足緒 Biddle was transferred from the 10-day to the 60-day 負傷させるd 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる） with shoulder 疲労，（軍の）雑役.
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Toronto Blue Jays' Eric Sogard watches his 単独の ホームラン during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees, Sunday, July 14, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
Cleveland Indians left fielder Greg Allen (1) is tagged out trying to steal second by Toronto Blue Jays second baseman Eric Sogard (5) during the third inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, July 24, 2019 in Toronto. (Nathan Denette/Canadian 圧力（をかける） 経由で AP)
