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- Updated: October 25, 2016
NEW YORK — As they prepare to face off in what promises to be a historic World Series, Aroldis Chapman and Andrew Miller have heard no regrets from their new employers, fitting in just fine after the Cubs and Indians stripped them of their Yankees pinstripes in a pair of midseason blockbuster trades.
Watching the festivities from afar, Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said that he is certain the right moves were made on his end. A trophy will soon be raised in Chicago or Cleveland, and after acquiring a total of eight players for Chapman and Miller, Cashman believes his Yankees now sit closer to their next title.
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“I’m happy for both of those players, and I’m happy for both of those teams because obviously they paid a steep price for instant impact,” Cashman said on Tuesday. “We drove the hard bargain for impact down the line. Hopefully everybody gets what they wanted out of this thing.”
The ripple effect of those trades, plus ones that unloaded Carlos Beltran and Ivan Nova from a club spinning its wheels, are evident in what MLB Pipeline now ranks as a suddenly potent Yankees system. One wonders how the now-eliminated playoff clubs might have fared had they pursued Chapman or Miller more aggressively.
Standing in the center of a champagne-soaked celebration after being named the MVP of the American League Championship Series, Miller said that he never could have imagined all of this would happen back in March, when he was preparing to fill in as the Yanks’ closer while Chapman served a 30-game suspension.
“I was focused on being a Yankee,” Miller said. “The important thing was just being part of a winning team. I made a lot of good friends; I miss those guys in New York, and I will. They were great …
