It is always interesting to see what players have to say in the Twitterverse after learning they were traded to a different team. Wednesday saw two noteworthy trades involving Evan Gattis, Yunel Escobar, Tyler Clippard, and prospects receiving new addresses.
Here are some tweets from some of the players involved.
Evan Gattis and James Hoyt traded to Astros for Michael Foltynewicz, Rio Ruiz, and Andrew Thurman
Thanks to the @astros for making my dream come true and molding me as a player & person. Excited for this new chapter with the @Braves!
— Mike Foltynewicz (@Folty25) January 15, 2015
Thank you @astros for the opportunity of fulfilling my dream, I will be forever grateful. — Rio Ruiz (@ruiz_rio) January 15, 2015
To all my teammates, I love you all more than you can ever know and will miss you all dearly. Every one of you is part of my family.
— Rio Ruiz (@ruiz_rio) January 15, 2015
I am very excited for this new opportunity with the @Braves . — Rio Ruiz (@ruiz_rio) January 15, 2015
Yunel Escobar traded to Nationals for Tyler Clippard
Just got traded to Oakland! Crazy night! I’m gonna miss all my boys, this is the hard part of the business! Very excited though!
— Tyler Clippard (@TylerClippard) January 15, 2015
Would love to take this opportunity to thank all the #nats fans, each and everyone of you had a huge impact on my life, I am very greatful! — Tyler Clippard (@TylerClippard) January 15, 2015
I loved every second of my time in DC, through the ups and downs the good and bad, every second was wonderful. Thanks forever Nats Nation!
— Tyler Clippard (@TylerClippard) January 15, 2015
The business side of baseball has to be difficult for the players involved. The thrill of being drafted by an organization and never getting the chance to show them why. For Escobar, this is his second trade in less than a week. Hopefully for him and his family they didn’t find a place to live yet in Oakland.
I am sure there are more moves that will be made prior to the start of spring training, which is just about a month away, and we will be here to share different views of everything.
John Ginder
John has recently graduated from the University at Albany with a B.A. in History and is currently finishing his Master's Degree there as well in secondary education. After being away from school for over two decades he decided to go back and work towards his dream of becoming a social studies teacher.
