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- Updated: August 3, 2016
CINCINNATI — Among the people surprised Zack Cozart is still with the Reds after Monday’s non-waiver Trade Deadline, Cozart himself may be at the top of the list.
“I thought I was as good as traded,” said Cozart, who was scratched before Tuesday’s opener against the Cardinals at Great American Ball Park with a bruised thumb.
Reports started to surface Monday morning that the Mariners were close to a deal for the 30-year-old shortstop. When he woke up around 10 a.m. after a long flight back from San Diego, his phone was blowing up with the news.
“I talked to my wife, I had my baby boy, I was like, ‘Hey, we should probably start packing up,’ because when you see stuff like that, usually that stuff goes down,” Cozart said. “It was a long six hours from that 10-4, because I didn’t get a text, I didn’t get a call, I was just waiting.”
Cozart is in the midst of one of the best offensive seasons of his career, …
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