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- Updated: August 1, 2016
SAN DIEGO — Let’s try this again: Jonathan Lucroy is on the move. Jeremy Jeffress is, too.
A day after the two-time All-Star catcher vetoed a trade to the Indians, the Brewers dealt Lucroy to the Rangers — a club that was not on Lucroy’s eight-team no-trade list — along with Jeffress for two top prospects, two sources told MLB.com. Neither the Brewers nor the Rangers immediately confirmed the swap.
The Brewers did not get slugging corner infielder Joey Gallo, Texas’ No. 1 prospect and a player widely speculated upon before Monday’s 3 p.m. CT non-waiver Trade Deadline, but they did get the next two players on MLBPipeline.com’s list. They are 22-year-old outfielder Lewis Brinson and 20-year-old right-hander Luis Ortiz, both of whom are onetime first-round Draft picks currently in Double-A.
Lucroy, 30, was among the best hitters available in the runup to the Deadline, in part …
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