Stanton Can Turn a Phrase

Giancarlo Stanton talked about the events that led up to his being traded to the Yankees:

When Stanton met face-to-face with Jeter for the first time Dec. 5, he made a plea to the new co-owner to work with the team he inherited, a team Stanton thought was maybe a pitcher or two away from competing.

“Give it one half of the season,” Stanton said. “If we aren’t right there with the Nationals, or right there in the wild-card race, then you can deal everybody.”

Instead, Stanton said he was given an ultimatum: Be traded or we’ll trade everyone else from the team. At that point, according to the SI piece, the Marlins already had trade terms set with the St. Louis Cardinals and San Francisco Giants, but Stanton said he didn’t want to be forced into a situation to appease the owner of an organization he wasn’t going to be playing for next season.

“This may not go exactly how I planned,” Stanton said in reference to his conversation with Jeter. “But it’s definitely not going to go how you have planned.”

Indeed.

from baseballmusings.com http://ift.tt/2GOfthF