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- Updated: July 20, 2016
PITTSBURGH — Brewers relievers and best buddies Jeremy Jeffress and Will Smith expressed the same sentiment this week when asked about the growing chorus of trade rumors with their names attached.
“I just don’t listen to it,” Jeffress said. “I’ve got a job to do here.”
And Smith?
“Me, personally, I don’t want to know,” the left-hander said. “After you’ve been traded that first time, it’s not that big of a deal anymore.”
If that’s the case, then the run-up to the Aug. 1 non-waiver Trade Deadline will be a breeze, because both pitchers have been traded twice before. Smith was dealt from the Angels to the Royals in July 2010, and from the Royals to the Brewers in December 2013. Jeffress was traded by the Brewers to the Royals in December 2010, and from the Royals to the Blue Jays in November 2012. He re-signed with Milwaukee on a Minor League deal early in the 2014 season and worked his way back to the Majors.
Now, the duo represents the back end of the Brewers’ bullpen, and two of …
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