Addison Russell Trade

As the anniversary of what could be one of the great trades in cubs history nears revisit the process leading up to the july 4 2014 deal that brought addison russell to chicago.

Addison russell trade.

In 2015 baseball america listed russell as the third best prospect in professional baseball. Addison wayne russell born january 23 1994 is an american professional baseball shortstop for the kiwoom heroes of the kbo league russell was drafted 11th overall by the oakland athletics in the 2012 major league baseball draft he was traded to the chicago cubs in 2014. Jason hammel and jeff samardzija were shipped to oakland with dan straily billy mckinney and addison russell heading back to chicago. The phillies have traded minor league right hander addison russ to the yankees espn s jeff passan reports via twitter.

Chicago former chicago cubs all star shortstop addison russell who was suspended for 40 games at the end of the 2018 season signed a one year 530 000 contract with the kiwoom heroes of the. The 25 year old will head to the yankees alternate training. The cubs did not offer a contract to infielder addison russell making him a free agent after five years with the team with his final two seasons marked by controversy. The cubs decided yesterday to place infielder addison russell on the 7 day concussion injured list as gordon wittenmyer of the chicago sun times reports by doing so the organization will avoid.

While mckinney and straily were solid prospects in their own right the prize of the trade was russell a consensus top 15 prospect heading into the season. Former chicago cubs infielder addison russell will attempt to revive his career overseas. The 25 year old right hander has been dominant over his minor league career with a 2. Former cubs ss addison russell to sign with kbo s kiwoom heroes jeff todd mlb trade rumors 6 20 2020 breonna taylor case.