Florial traded to Cleveland for RHP Cody Morris

I haven't heard anything on Middleton, he was solid in his brief time in Pinstripes.  

Good luck to Florial in Cleveland, I hope he gets a shot in the majors. 

And frankly they aka Cashman treated him like dirt. Shameful.

I guess Cashman figures if he can treat Jeter and Posada like dirt, Florial is a mere afterthought.

Florial situation always seemed so odd to me. They had a need for a player with his profile and ample opportunities over the years, yet he never got a shake. I don't get not giving him a chance, but over time it just became clear to me that the scouting department/front office had no belief in him at all. For whatever reason, they just don't seem to think he's got any MLB chops at all.

Good trade for both sides. Yanks get a bullpen guy for someone that wasn't going to play. I don't know if Florial will ever be a major league player, but he was treated like crap and needed to go somewhere else. I hope he does well.

There is the Yankees announcement of the trade. As, far as of all of the complaints about his "treatment" by the team. He couldn't hit in the MLB, his strikeout percentage was too high. The Yankees had enough MLB players striking out as it was.

The New York Yankees today announced that they have acquired RHP Cody Morris from the Cleveland Guardians in exchange for OF Estevan Florial.  Morris, 27, had posted a 6.75 ERA (8.0 IP, 10 H, 6 ER, 6 BB, 9K, 3 HRs) in 6 relief appearances with the Guardians in 2023. He also made 21 combined appearances (4 starts) with AA Akron and AAA Columbus, going 2-1 with a 3.23 ERA (39.0 IP, 22 H, 15R/14 ER, 27 BB, 45 K, 5 HRs). Over two Major League seasons with Cleveland (2022-23), the right-handed pitcher has gone 1-2 with a 3.41 ERA (31.2IP, 31H, 14R/12ER, 18BB, 32K, 6HR) in 13 career appearances (five starts). The Columbia, Md., native was drafted by Cleveland in the seventh round of the 2018 First-Year Player Draft out of the University of South Carolina. He was originally drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 32nd round of the 2015 First-Year Player Draft but did not sign. Florial, 26, had hit .230 (14-for-61) with 5 R, 3 doubles, 1 triple, 8 RBIs, 7 BB and 3 SB in 19 games with the 2023 Yankees. He had spent the majority of the season with AAA Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, batting .284 (116-for-409) with 83 R, 23 doubles, 4 triples, 28 HRs, 79 RBIs, 66 BB and 25 SB in 101 games. Over parts of 4 MLB seasons with the 2020-2023 Yankees, the left-handed batter has hit .209 (24-for-115) with 12 R, 5 doubles, 1 triple, 1 HR, 11 RBIs, 15 BB and 6 SB in 48 career games. The Barahona, D.R., native was originally signed by the Yankees as a non-drafted free agent on March 19, 2015.