TRADE: Cleveland Guardians Send Pitcher To San Francisco Giants

On Monday, the Cleveland Guardians introduced that they’ve traded pitcher Alex Younger to the San Francisco Giants for money concerns. 

The tweet from the GuardsInsider was retweeted by the official Guardians crew Twitter account. 

GuardsInsider: “The Guardians at the moment traded LHP Alex Younger to the @SFGiants for money concerns”

Younger is 28-years-old, and has pitched in 73 profession video games for the Guardians and Arizona Diamondbacks.

He began out his profession in Arizona, and went a stable 7-5 with a 3.56 ERA throughout his rookie season.  

In that season he additionally began a profession excessive 15 video games.  

His profession numbers are 11-15 with a 4.90 ERA.  

At present, the Guardians are 46-44 within the 90 video games that they’ve performed in up to now this season. 

They’re simply 2.0 video games behind the Minnesota Twins for first place within the American League Division.  

Nonetheless, the Chicago White Sox are simply 1.0 video games behind the Guardians for second place, and three.0 video games behind the Twins for first place. 

In the meantime, the Giants are having a stable season as nicely. 

They’re 48-43 within the 91 video games that they performed in earlier than the All-Star Break, which has them in third place within the Nationwide League West Division. 

Sadly for them, they’re in probably the greatest divisions in all of baseball, so they’re truly an astonishing 12.5 video games again of the first-place Los Angeles Dodgers. 

As well as, they’re 2.5 video games again of the San Diego Padres for second place within the division. 

The Giants are only a half-game out of the ultimate wild card spot, so they’re nonetheless very a lot within the playoff image.