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Trades a sign Yanks are looking beyond 2016
- Updated: July 31, 2016
ST. PETERSBURG — It was silent in the Yankees’ clubhouse on Sunday morning as an attendant packed the contents of Andrew Miller’s locker into a large duffel bag.
It had been about 90 minutes since the All-Star reliever was traded to the first-place Indians in exchange for four prospects. After losing their last three games — including two to the last-place Rays — the trade was a sign that the Yankees don’t view themselves as contenders, and the quiet murmur in the clubhouse matched the feeling before New York’s 5-3 loss to the Rays extended the skid to four.
• Yankees deal Miller to Tribe, bring back Clippard
“They lost a good friend in a sense. He went over to Cleveland,” Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. “… I don’t really get caught up in [trades]. I wouldn’t be surprised if maybe [the players] do a little bit more than I do.”
Girardi said on Friday it would be an important series for the Yankees to establish their identity before Monday’s …
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