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Robertson, Frazier not worrying about trade noise
- Updated: July 28, 2016
CHICAGO — David Robertson has established a nice home for his family in a Chicago neighborhood 20 minutes away from U.S. Cellular Field.
If the White Sox closer had a preference, they would stay in that home the rest of the 2016 season and for the remainder of his four-year, $46 million deal agreed upon with the team prior to the 2015 season. But as the veteran hurler well knows, he doesn’t have a say.
“I don’t really have a choice in it,” Robertson said. “I obviously like it here. I love playing for the White Sox. But when it comes down to it, the front office will make the decision they want to make.
“They’re going to choose the direction for the team. If I do get traded, wherever I go, I’m going to have to go play baseball again.”
White Sox general manager Rick Hahn told the media last Thursday that short-term additions had been ruled out as this Monday’s non-waiver Trade Deadline approaches, and with the White Sox “mired in mediocrity,” they were open to anything.
Late-inning bullpen help such as Robertson and Zach Duke …
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