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Puig not on Dodgers’ team flight to Denver
- Updated: August 2, 2016
LOS ANGELES — Yasiel Puig, who did not make the Dodgers’ flight to Denver on Monday, had been told by the club that he would either be traded or sent to the Minor Leagues if a replacement right fielder was acquired, his agent said.
An earlier report said Puig stormed out of Dodger Stadium on Monday before the team bus left for Los Angeles International Airport.
“I’m told he was not at the park,” agent Adam Katz said in a statement. “The club informed me and the player understood clearly that they were making every effort to trade him and that if they were unable to come to terms with another club on a trade — and successful in acquiring another outfielder — that he likely would be demoted. My understanding is that transaction will happen tomorrow.”
Monday’s acquisition of Josh Reddick from Oakland secured a replacement in right field for Puig, who has been …
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