I can't tell you exactly what he said, but he wants to come in and prove some people wrong." He said he is very excited to join our club and he has a little bit of edge to him, which I like. "He said he hasn't felt this good physically for a long time. "We were given a good bill of health on him," White Sox GM Kenny Williams said. He missed three weeks earlier this season with back discomfort and was limited to 120 games in 2011 and 102 in '10. Youkilis has been hampered by a variety of injuries the past 2½ seasons. Middlebrooks credited Youkilis for teaching him the right way to play, posting this message on Twitter on Sunday night: "It was truely an honor playing with and learning from Youk. 326, and his sacrifice fly in a 9-4 win over the Atlanta Braves on Sunday gave him 34 RBIs in his first 41 games, the most by an American League player in his first 41 games since Wally Joyner had 39 in 1986. "Kevin's been an everyday player since he's been here, and with the way Middlebrooks has been playing, Middlebrooks needs to be in the lineup. "I think we were trying to find a solution that worked for everyone," Red Sox general manager Ben Cherington said. The versatile All-Star, who can play both corner infield spots, is a career. Will Middlebrooks' emergence in Boston made Youkilis expendable after a successful 8½-year run with the Red Sox. If that is the case, it could be one of the bigger steals of the season." "He is just too good of a player and has been through all the wars and is still relatively a young guy. "There is no way we are not a better team with Kevin Youkilis," White Sox captain Paul Konerko said. The Red Sox will absorb all but $2 million of the $7.8 million still owed to Youkilis, sources told ESPN The Magazine's Buster Olney. The AL Central-leading White Sox, who also received cash in the deal, have been looking for a third baseman because Brent Morel has been plagued by back problems. You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browserīOSTON - The Boston Red Sox have traded infielder Kevin Youkilis to the Chicago White Sox for utility man Brent Lillibridge and right-hander Zach Stewart.
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