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Sports editorial, February 26 (EFE).- Dominican outfielder Manuel Margot has been traded for the second time in the last three months, after this Monday the Los Angeles Dodgers sent him to the Minnesota Twins, according to the official MLB portal .com.
Margot was the secondary piece in the trade that took him, along with right-hander Tyler Glasnow, from the Tampa Bay Rays to the Dodgers, last December 16.
In the move for Margot this Monday, the Los Angeles team received infielder Noah Miller, who was ranked 23rd among Minnesota’s best prospects.
The Twins will have Margot in the final year of the two-year, $19 million deal she originally received when she was with the Rays.
Margot, who began his career as a sought-after prospect for the San Diego Padres, has played eight seasons in the Major Leagues, in which he has a batting average of .255, with 52 home runs, 91 stolen bases and 283 driven.
Last season, the Dominican outfielder was limited by various injuries, which forced him to be on the field for only 99 games, in which he hit .264, adding 21 doubles, a triple and four home runs, in addition to 38 hits. RBIs and 39 runs scored.
With the arrival of Margot, the Twins add a right-handed bat to their roster on the offensive level and a player with the qualities to defend the three outfields, with the center field, with 505 games, being the place in which he has played the most in his career. I went through the MLB.
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