The Boston Red Sox felt Santiago Espinal, then in class\u002DA, was expendable, and traded him to the Toronto Blue Jays.
“I saw it as motivation and that I was going to work hard and make the best of the opportunity I was getting from the Toronto Blue Jays.That deal with the Red Sox, made on June 28, 2018, was part of the Jays fire sale as they were tearing the roster down to the bone. The Red Sox weren’t willing to part with much and felt Espinal, then in class-A, was expendable.Article content
Predictably, Espinal was soaking up the experience and channeling it as another motivational opportunity. “I think it’s an advantage. If you can make it out of the Beast, you’re going to be sitting pretty good.” Of course the speculation and fallout from it is mostly Soto’s doing, after the 23-year-old turned town a $15-year, $440-million extension from the Nats.
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