From Jack Curry:
Yankees have acquired RHP Angel Chivilli from the Rockies for minor leaguer TJ Rumfield.
Since any team could have had Rumfield for free in the Rule 5 draft, picking up a lottery ticket live arm is a nice result. Chivilli has really nice stuff, he just can’t harness is yet. But he’s only 23, and we’ll see what Blake can do with him.
I imagine they’ll now try to sneak the guy they got on waivers through waivers themselves.
Best of luck to Rumfield. I’d love to see him succeed for Colorado. There just was never going to be a spot for him here as a lefthanded hitter.
They got Rumfield for Nick Nelson, and now they MIGHT have a useful bullpen arm for Rumfield.
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