Giolito-for-Miller rumor triggers conflicting reports
Baseball's hot stove reached boiling levels of speculation Friday when it was reported by MLB Network's Jon Morosi the Washington Nationals would possibly deal top prospect Lucas Giolito to the New York Yankees in a straight-up trade for lefty Andrew Miller.
Morosi's report said that sources who have spoken to the Nationals believe they would pull the trigger on such a deal, though several other newsbreakers quickly took to their keyboards to pour cold water on one of the summer's hottest rumors so far.
for the record, yankees would not do this https://t.co/dPM9QZdJk2
— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) July 29, 2016
Nationals not trading Lucas Giolito in any deals at this deadline...not for Davis not for Miller. They are... https://t.co/HyKT1jelXJ
— Jim Bowden (@JimBowden_ESPN) July 29, 2016
I have heard same as @JonHeyman #Yankees were not broached with it, wouldn't do it straight up if they were https://t.co/y4NkoBjNDO
— Joel Sherman (@Joelsherman1) July 29, 2016
If the Yankees can get Giolito for Miller they should do it and send the Nats a giant floral arrangement shaped like Nationals Park.
— keithlaw (@keithlaw) July 29, 2016
Seriously, Yankees turning down Giolito for Miller would be like a surgeon using gummy worms for sutures.
— Dan Szymborski (@DSzymborski) July 29, 2016
I do not believe the Giolito/Miller thing is real in the slightest
— Craig Goldstein (@cdgoldstein) July 29, 2016
Miller's name has been subject to increased trade speculation after the Yankees shipped Aroldis Chapman to the Cubs in a four-player deal. An All-Star for the first time this season, Miller's under contract for $9 million this year with $18 million due through 2018. On Thursday, it was reported the Yankees were taking offers on the 31-year-old reliever, though any proposed deal would need to be approved by ownership.
Giolito, meanwhile, also has emerged as a popular trade target in an increasingly lucrative sellers market. In their efforts to potentially deal Wade Davis, the Royals are reported to have asked the Nationals about the 22-year-old right-hander, who entered the season as a consensus top-three prospect in baseball.