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Mets Sign Brandon Drury To Minor-League Deal

By Anthony Franco | January 8, 2021 at 3:49pm CDT

3:49pm: Drury will earn $1.55MM if he makes it to the majors, Jon Heyman of MLB Network tweets. His deal could be worth up to $2.05MM.

8:49am: The Mets are signing Brandon Drury to a minor-league contract, reports Ken Rosenthal of the Athletic (Twitter link). As Rosenthal notes, that’ll reunite him with general manager Jared Porter, who was in the Diamondbacks’ front office during the tail end of Drury’s time in Arizona.

Drury has played in the big leagues in each of the past six seasons. After a pair of decent years with the D-Backs, he’s fallen off precipitously since going to the Yankees in the February 2018 three-team trade that sent Steven Souza Jr. to the desert. Over the past three seasons (spanning 582 plate appearances), Drury has just a .205/.254/.346 line with 16 home runs as a Yankee and Blue Jay. He was outrighted off Toronto’s 40-man roster in September.

Nevertheless, there’s little harm for the Mets in bringing Drury in as a depth option. He has plenty of experience at second and third base and in the corner outfield, with some intermittent time at shortstop and first base. The 28-year-old will look to earn a role as a right-handed hitting utility piece.

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  1. eli_b_wcl

    3 months ago

    They gave up all that prospect capital to trade for Lindor only to have him sit behind Brandon Drury in the depth chart this season.

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    • depressedtribefan

      3 months ago

      lol well done

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    • BobbyKidd1965

      3 months ago

      My thoughts exactly! ;)

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  2. Web

    3 months ago

    Heard Drury’s a decent hockey player too

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    • NYYstateofmind

      3 months ago

      Well maybe he should try that, cause he can’t play baseball, he sucks!

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      • Sheep8

        3 months ago

        Well, my guess is he has hit at least one grand slam more than you in professional baseball

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        • WereAllJustGuestsHere

          3 months ago

          Your point?

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        • whynot

          3 months ago

          Point being the guy is just a bitter yankeephile, who feels the need to degrade someone he doesn’t know in cheap attempt to feel better about his disappointing life

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        • WereAllJustGuestsHere

          3 months ago

          Which means no point at all. Thank you for clarifying.

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        • Twinsfan333

          3 months ago

          Your point?

          2 Like
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        • Costanza1321

          3 months ago

          Haha! I like that….

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        • whynot

          3 months ago

          That has to be quite a miserable existence you got going on there if that is how you get your enjoyment

          4 Like
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        • Sheep8

          3 months ago

          He’s doesn’t suck if he’s made it to the highest professional level

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        • WereAllJustGuestsHere

          3 months ago

          People can be called out for sucking at their role in any job. You could go to your local Walmart and tell someone they suck if they are.

          Your original point sucked and so does your second. Patrons paying Drury big money to be bigtime garbage have a right to speak negatively.

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      • Yank4Life

        3 months ago

        If Drury is your back-up then your set, and he can play multiple positions. Nice under the radar move for the Mets

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  3. 8ManLineupNoPitcherNoDH

    3 months ago

    No story about the ball doctoring scandal?

    4 Like
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    • DarkSide830

      3 months ago

      remember when Kikuchi had the world’s biggest glob of pine tar under his cap and no one cared? the league doesnt care about stuff like this.

      1 Like
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      • 24TheKid

        3 months ago

        It’s funny how Yankee fans like to bring up Kikuchi but continue to completely overlook their own players.

        3 Like
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        • pinstripes17

          3 months ago

          The Yankees didn’t do anything wrong, Kikuchi has nothing to do with the Yankees. Quit being a jealous hater, you sound like a crybaby.

          2 Like
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        • joeyrocafella

          3 months ago

          Michael Pineda did tho… And he was a Yankee

          2 Like
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        • 24TheKid

          3 months ago

          Once again a Yankee fan is crying because another fan said something about them.

          3 Like
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        • MoRivera 1999

          3 months ago

          Well you are obviously just a loser hater. A grown man with the emotional IQ of a 13-year-old, invested in hating…a baseball team.

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        • 24TheKid

          3 months ago

          ?

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        • mr big stink

          3 months ago

          salty yanks fans lol. cry more.

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    • jaysjunkie

      3 months ago

      Remember the show “sport science”? Well they proved that foreign substances do not work as well as people think.

      2 Like
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      • dobsonel

        3 months ago

        Facts don’t back that up.

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        • Rwm102600

          3 months ago

          I’m sorry….. Facts don’t back up proven science? Is….Is that what you just said?

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    • dobsonel

      3 months ago

      This story broke last year. I guess I’m not shocked that it took ESPN this long to catch up since they clearly don’t care about baseball any longer. I am shocked at how many baseball fans apparently are hearing about this for the first time.

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      • gozurman1

        3 months ago

        The thing that is new that brings this story back into view is a lawsuit filed by the maker of the substance claiming he was the only one named to make him a scapegoat and he brings out names and supposed evidence of who all were using.

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      • Rsox

        3 months ago

        ESPN still covers sports?

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  4. king beas

    3 months ago

    I remember when the Yankees got him and everyone thought they got a steal. Not so cash man said he had his eye on him for a while…..he stinks

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  5. DarkSide830

    3 months ago

    Drury’s certainly got talent. if someone cam fix him they have a real player on their hands.

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    • bluejaymatt

      3 months ago

      He’s really not a good player, he’s not even replacement level. He’s one of the worst players I’ve ever had the misfortune to watch play professional baseball.

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      • SCHWING and A Miss

        3 months ago

        I’ve come in bye train with my son a handful of times over the years, Drury in the starting line-up was always a bummer for sure.

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        • bluejaymatt

          3 months ago

          Watching over 500 PAs of utter futility was a miserable experience for me too, along with most Jays fans. Knowing that Atkins spend trade resources to get him was extra painful – a little nugget of poop on top of an awful tasting cake.

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        • SCHWING and A Miss

          3 months ago

          Ha! Morales was a different type of nugget, no trade assets wasted, just an overpay followed bye 3 years of pure pain

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        • Rsox

          3 months ago

          They salary dumped JA Happ to get him (and Billy McKinney). Not much trade resources were spent here

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        • SCHWING and A Miss

          3 months ago

          True

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      • DarkSide830

        3 months ago

        he was good in ‘Zona, but that was before the eye injury, which i think probably had an effect. no other way to see such a dramatic drop off.

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        • bluejaymatt

          3 months ago

          Nope, he had the eye issue when he was in Arizona – he first mentioned it as a long term issue when he got traded to Yankees.

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        • DarkSide830

          3 months ago

          it didn’t cause him to hit the IL until he was with the Yankees so clearly there was something different as far as severity after leaving Arizona.

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    • kodion

      3 months ago

      He had (has?) concussion/migraine concerns. Not sure if that is fixable in his case …since he seemed sort of fragile in Toronto

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      • DarkSide830

        3 months ago

        yeah, ill correct myself, it was migranes, not an eye issue.

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        • For Love of the Game

          3 months ago

          I’ve had migraines, and they can affect your vision in addition to the excruciating pain.

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  6. dman07

    3 months ago

    Stroman’s boy. Makes sense….

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  7. Rangers29

    3 months ago

    BIG OOPSIE ALERT: latimes.com/sports/angels/story/2021-01-07/fired-a…

    I think we all knew this, but this is still huge to actually come out in an article.

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    • Balk

      3 months ago

      Crap like this is garbage for baseball. It reminds me how the Astros and Mlb treated the players differently then others. Players shouldn’t be immune from punishment for rule breaking. One person shouldn’t be destroyed when it was a group effort. Sad times for MLB

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    • kodion

      3 months ago

      Back at, arguably, the peak of the PED days, the home-run battle between McGuire and Sosa “saved” baseball.
      Maybe MLB need to stop “looking the other way” on this so there is a better chance for hitters to provide more of what people (normally) pay for?

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      • Balk

        3 months ago

        Bonds, McGuire, Sosa DID save baseball. Bonds saved San Francisco alone from being sold. Peds are never a good idea, but Mlb and Hall of Fame shouldn’t punish past players for it. Piazza is sitting in the Hall and is a known peds user along with many others. It was an era, just like the juiced ball we’ve been seeing these past years.

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        • Tom1968

          3 months ago

          Piazzas a known p.e.d. user? Have proof of that

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        • Diggydugler

          3 months ago

          I dont know if it has been proven he used actual banned substances although he likely did, but he used PEDs that were not banned at the time by the MLB. Either way its all dumb, HOF is dumb.

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        • Cosmo2

          3 months ago

          Piazza is a known PED user? Known how?

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        • Cey Hey

          3 months ago

          He admitted it. Google around a bit.

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        • Rsox

          3 months ago

          How come so many people can’t spell “McGwire” correctly?

          The only thing McGuire got with in his hands was himself…

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        • Balk

          3 months ago

          metstoday.com/10592/14-15-offseason/mike-piazza-ad…

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        • Balk

          3 months ago

          I think everyone knows who we are talking about when our phones auto correct to McGuire lol

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    • For Love of the Game

      3 months ago

      Harkins’ “crime” was giving it to opposing pitchers. This wasn’t exactly a secret. ” I’m shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!”

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      • flmetfan

        3 months ago

        Arrest the usual suspects!

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    • Mrtwotone

      3 months ago

      Yeah that was the main cause of the increase in spin rate that mysteriously came out of nowhere for Verlander and Cole, Not analytics and coaching. This is my theory. Trevor Bauer was definitely using a foreign substance last season too which probably is the cause of his huge spin rate increase for last year. There is actually a really well made video about Bauer on YouTube that talks about it that is worth a watch

      m.youtube.com/watch?v=-8zgvK1UAH4

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    • Arthur Morgan

      3 months ago

      An Astro was cheating? Say it ain’t so!

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  8. DonVila

    3 months ago

    He was pretty good in low-A South Bend where I live. Lots of power.

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  9. matteste187

    3 months ago

    AAA depth

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  10. alc47

    3 months ago

    Remember when Yankees fans talked about this guy like he had superstar potential? Pepperidge Farm remembers.

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  11. Diggydugler

    3 months ago

    Urshella 2.0! Major move.

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  12. SCHWING and A Miss

    3 months ago

    More like Brandon Dreary….dude goes through the motions, collects his cheques and leaves fans remembering the good ol’ days before he occupied/wasted a roster spot

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    • lolzmets

      3 months ago

      So funny! HAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! HILARIOUS!

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      • SCHWING and A Miss

        3 months ago

        You can’t have any friends, I’m sure of it

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  13. George hubschman, roto imbeciles

    3 months ago

    Brandon Drury had a decent run for the D’Backs a lifetime ago. Who knows, these are sometimes the kinds of dopey signings that pay off. Not saying that it will but, on a minor league deal, it’s low risk/medium reward. The Yankees were also involved in a signing with their minor league deal for Jhoulys Chacin. At least Drury received the all-important invitation to ST.

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  14. JDGoat

    3 months ago

    Where is Lindor going to play now?

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  15. 14yearoldbaseballfanatic

    3 months ago

    As a Jays fan…

    I endured this guy being on the roster for almost three years. Every chance he was given, every thread of hope linking him to another opportunity on the MLB roster, was pain. Seeing him go onto the diamond and provide literally no value pained my soul. When him and Font were ousted I was so,so,so,so happy. Say what you want about the eye issues… but let’s face it.
    He is… very bad,

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  16. Richard Pfeifer

    3 months ago

    TOO MANY “SPORTS PROFESSIONALS” AND NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE WHO JUST LOVE BASEBALL ARE INVOLVED IN THE BUSINESS – AND ARE ABSOLUTELY RUINING AMERICA’S GAME!

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    • gozurman1

      3 months ago

      You doesn’t need to yell………smh…..

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  17. bluejays92

    3 months ago

    Glad that he’s gone, but I wish him the best. He did seem like he was trying and he made some good plays defensively. Watching him take at-bats was painful, however.

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  18. MetsFan22

    3 months ago

    I still wouldn’t rule out springer. But I wouldn’t bet on it.

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    • For Love of the Game

      3 months ago

      Drury doesn’t preclude signing Springer. Trading for Lindor and Carrasco might reduce the chances of signing Springer.

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      • MetsFan22

        3 months ago

        No I agree lol. I should wrote this on the other article. I was talking about the Lindor deal.

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        • Mrtwotone

          3 months ago

          I don’t think the Mets should give up the years and money it would take for Springer. I think Jackie Bradley Jr would be a good option. The Mets need a defender in CF that can cover some range if Dominic Smith is going to be in LF. He will be a lot cheaper and would probably take a 1 or 2 year deal and make some incredible defensive plays.

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        • MetsFan22

          3 months ago

          Yup. I think it also depends on if the DH will come too. But I’d be fine with any CF now that we have Lindor.

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        • Mrtwotone

          3 months ago

          I’ll give it to you man, the Mets made an incredible move with that trade and killed two birds with one stone by addressing the need of a big bat with amazing defense and a legit proven pitcher who is a legit #2 starter. I still see them adding a Paxton or an odorizzi to the pitching staff and a Bradley or Kiermier for center field. They are ready to complete, I’ll be the first to admit I was wrong. The braves need to add Ozuna or Brantley and bring back Melancon or Greene or go and get Brad Hand or Archie Bradley this off-season to fill the hole of the players that left.

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        • MetsFan22

          3 months ago

          Thank you. And as a Mets fan I’m still very scared of the Braves. They aren’t going anywhere. We are the ones that have to prove that we could pass you this year not the other way around.

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        • Mrtwotone

          3 months ago

          I know it sounds weird but I enjoy the competition and rivalry. For me it makes it more fun when you got good teams to go up against. The Mets got a deep lineup now. When you add a defensive center fielder it will only make them better. I just hope the braves put Pache in centerfield opening day cause I Inciarte is broken. He’s a Hell of a guy but he has gone downhill fast.

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        • Ma4170

          3 months ago

          I don’t know though, if the Mets did sign springer, that offense would be very good, and the OF defense would turn into well above average… I know it would eat up their remaining cap space, but I feel like it would make them extremely formidable

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  19. Superstar Car Wash

    3 months ago

    I wonder how the increased scrutiny with foreign substances is going to impact Gerrit Cole with the sabermetrics and algorithms in 2021!

    You cheat, you lose.

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  20. whyhayzee

    3 months ago

    The Drury’s out on this move.

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  21. mets1536

    3 months ago

    Depth Piece … Guillorme will be backing up ALL Infield Positions

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  22. Down with OBP

    3 months ago

    ThE JaYS LoSe oUT oN aNoThEr GuY!!!

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  23. Cosmo2

    3 months ago

    There was a millisecond there a few years ago where it looked like this guy was gonna be pretty good.

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  24. Cgoss

    3 months ago

    Now this is someone the Orioles should have signed instead of the people listed in the previous story.

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  25. JoeBrady

    3 months ago

    I never understood why the BJs traded Happ for him. I understand trading Happ, But when two move you in a matter of a few months, and the dude has a .538 OPS, there might be a reason he is being moved.

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  26. hereallnight

    3 months ago

    Unrelated, to Trade Rumors app administrators: is there any way you can stop the posting of audio/video Google Ads? They’re a nuisance as they kill the audio from music streaming apps.

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  27. angt222

    3 months ago

    Nice bench option

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  28. Rsox

    3 months ago

    I could see Drury making the team as a utility player. Not a terrible depth signing

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  29. JANUS

    3 months ago

    Why are there 77 comments on a Brandon Drury signing post?

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    • krockMETS

      3 months ago

      The Mets are a hot topic!

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  30. mynameispepe

    3 months ago

    He and Lindor will battle it out for the shortstop position.

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  31. JeffMetsFan

    3 months ago

    Drury is collateral if JD Davis gets traded, which I think is very likely at this point.

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  32. lordd99

    3 months ago

    Career negative WAR. Yikes.

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  33. jimmertee

    3 months ago

    Drury was never the same after the injury and all the meds.

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