枢機けい/主要なs OF Grichuk dealt to Blue Jays

Randal Grichuk, the 半端物 man out in the St. Louis 枢機けい/主要なs' 外野, was 貿易(する)d to the Toronto Blue Jays in 交流 for 権利-手渡すd reliever Dominic Leone and pitching prospect Conner Greene.

Grichuk became the fourth outfielder on the depth chart when the 枢機けい/主要なs acquired Marcell Ozuna from the Miami マカジキs. Ozuna is 推定する/予想するd to play left field with Tommy Pham in 中心 and Dexter Fowler in 権利.

にもかかわらず durability questions around Pham, who had a breakout season in 2017, and Fowler, the 枢機けい/主要なs moved Grichuk on Friday with a move that 支えるs a bullpen without an 設立するd closer.

"We've got 37 outfielders between 二塁打-A, 3倍になる-A and the big leagues. We knew there would be a 可能性," Grichuk said over the 週末 of the 可能性 of a 貿易(する). At the time, he was discussing the move that sent Stephen Piscotty to the Oakland 運動競技のs for a pair of middle-内野 prospects.

Grichuk, 26, has 可能性のある to be a "力/強力にする bat," によれば 枢機けい/主要なs 経営者/支配人 マイク Matheny. But one 問題/発行する has been 一貫した 接触する. He has a strikeout in one out of every three at-bats in the big leagues: 383 whiffs in 1,181 at-bats. He 攻撃する,衝突する just .238 last season with 22 ホームランs.

Leone 地位,任命するd a 2.56 ERA with 81 strikeouts over 70 1/3 innings for Toronto in 2017 and has a chance to play a 重要な 役割 in St. Louis. The 26-year-old had 11 持つ/拘留するs in 65 games last season and owns a career 示す of 11-8 with a 3.48 ERA in 160 遠出s (all in 救済) with Seattle (2014-15), Arizona (2015-16) and Toronto (2017).

Greene, 22, was a seventh-一連の会議、交渉/完成する 選ぶ in 2013.

--Field Level マスコミ

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