Dodgers slugger Yasiel Puig spent the entirety of his MLB career to date in Los Angeles, but he’ll be headed to Cincinnati, after the Reds pulled off a blockbuster trade on Friday — acquiring him, Alex Wood and Matt Kemp.
The full deal, as @JonHeyman and @Joelsherman1 said, is:
Reds get: Yasiel Puig, Alex Wood, Matt Kemp, Kyle Farmer and $7M
Dodgers get: Homer Bailey, SS/2B Jeter Downs, RHP Josiah Gray.
(Downs is 20, Gray 21. Both are high-round picks who are favorites of scouts.)
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) December 21, 2018
It will be interesting to see how the change of scenery affects Puig, as his attention-seeking, flamboyant personality crave a big-market team and packed stadiums. However, being in a small market could keep his focus on baseball, as there really isn’t much else to do in Cincinnati.
He shared his thoughts about it on Instagram just hours after news of the trade broke, with this message:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BrqxAnaDdTT/
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