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The 2016 Major League Baseball draft began on June 9, 2016, to assign amateur baseball players to MLB teams. The draft order is the reverse order of the 2015 MLB season standings. In addition, compensation picks will be distributed for players who did not sign from the 2015 MLB Draft. The Philadelphia Phillies received the first overall selection.
On December 7, 2016, the Nationals traded Giolito, Reynaldo López, and Dane Dunning to the Chicago White Sox for Adam Eaton. [22] Entering the 2017 season, Giolito was considered the 12th best prospect in all of baseball, according to MLB.com. Giolito began the 2017 season with the Charlotte Knights of the International League. [23]
He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees, Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox. A top prospect for the 2013 MLB draft, the Cleveland Indians chose Frazier with the fifth overall selection. The Indians traded Frazier (among other prospects) to the New York Yankees in 2016 for relief pitcher Andrew Miller. Frazier made his ...
Baseball America named him the Number 25 prospect in baseball, MLB.com ranked him as the Number 26 prospect, and MLB Pipeline named him the No. 47 prospect. [ 13 ] [ 9 ] [ 2 ] Sánchez entered 2018 as the Phillies number one prospect and one of the top prospects overall in the minors, pitching again for Clearwater. [ 14 ]
Bregman was also named MLB Pipeline 2016 Hitter of the Year, and was selected as the third baseman for the MLB Pipeline 2016 Prospect Team of the Year. [71] [72] In addition, he was named the 2016 Astros' Minor League Player of the Year, ESPN.com Prospect of the Year, and a Baseball America Minor League All-Star. [73]
Also on December 9, the Yankees traded Justin Wilson to the Detroit Tigers for pitching prospects Luis Cessa and Chad Green. [8] On December 28, the Yankees traded Eric Jagielo, Rookie Davis, Tony Renda, and Caleb Cotham for Aroldis Chapman from the Cincinnati Reds. [9] On January 8, 2016, the Yankees purchased Kirby Yates from the Cleveland ...
Baseball America awards. MLB Player of the Year: Mike Trout (LAA) MLB Rookie of the Year: Corey Seager (LAD) MLB Manager of the Year: Terry Francona (CLE) MLB Executive of the Year: Chris Antonetti (CLE) MLB Organization of the Year: Chicago Cubs [65] Sporting News awards. Player of the Year Award: Jose Altuve (HOU) Starting pitcher of the Year ...
A two-game series between the Pittsburgh Pirates and Miami Marlins was also scheduled for Hiram Bithorn Stadium in Puerto Rico in May 2016; however, on May 6, 2016, Major League Baseball announced that the Puerto Rico games would be postponed due to the ongoing Zika virus epidemic, and moved back to Marlins Park. [2]