Ex -red sox slugger has zero MLB offers; MVP teammate was perplexed (report)

Former Red Boston socks gardener Alex Verdugo He is a veteran of the MLB of eight years at the best moment of his career. That is why it is a bit surprising to hear that, according to the reports, it has zero offers of major leagues as a free agent this year.

Executioner, who played for him New York Yankees Last season, it is still a free agent, even when the teams are in the middle of their spring training camp. According to Atlético The gardener “has not received a single league offer.”

It is a disconcerting development for former executioner teammates in New York, including the two -time Aaron Aaron judge.

“I’m surprised,” said the judge The Atlético. “He is a great player. It brings a lot of value and versatility to a team.”

Verdugo is in a strange place in race. It has been excellent at the points. In 2020, he hit .308 with an OPS of .844 and received some MVP votes at the end of his first season in Boston.

However, Verdugo comes from a year free with the Yankees in which he hit .233 with an OPS of .647. The executioner race marks are in an average .272 with an OPS of .742. However, their offensive numbers have constantly lay down in recent seasons.

Even so, his former team is surprised by his lack of traction in the free agents market.

“Maybe a little surprised because he is undoubtedly a major league player and a major league player, for me,” said Manager Aaron Boone. “It probably has not been aligned with regard to money, as for the team and the need, but it was great with us.”

Verdugo still has followers in New York, but apparently it is not enough support for the Yankees to bring him back.

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