And so it begins
The Indians will receive Eric Stamets, Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com tweets. Stamets, a 23-year-old shorstop, was a sixth-round pick of the Halos in 2012. In Double-A this year, Stamets has hit .248/.306/.360 with three homers in 241 plate appearances. The youngster has also swiped five bases.
Murphy is making $6MM this season and has a $500K buyout on his $7MM 2016 team option. The Angels already have lefty hitters (Matt Joyce and Kole Calhoun) in the outfield corners, although Joyce has struggled this season, and Murphy could also help righty C.J. Cron (who has a .679 OPS this season and has done most of his damage against lefties) at DH.
When faced with the possibility that he could lose playing time back in January, Murphy said that he would be open to a trade. Many months later, Murphy has been moved out of Cleveland, though his playing time didn’t dip much in 2015.