Deadline is deadline. Also in the Major League Baseball. Players were able to make a transfer in the largest baseball competition in the world on Thursday until 6 p.m. (local time). New York Yankees was interested in Caballero, but would initially come over from opponent Tampa Bay Rays after the game.
Hours of rain break
That was the plan until nature threw a spanner in the works. A rain break of three and a half hours ensured that the competition would not be ready before 6 p.m. For example, Caballero – who started the game as a reserve – came into action for Tampa Bay Rays during the fifth and sixth inning to say goodbye to his teammates during the seventh inning and on the side of the New York Yankees. He did not enter the field for that club.
Yet that meant that Caballero could celebrate a victory shortly after his transfer, because the team from New York won 7-4. The 28-year-old Caballero reacted afterwards both widely and slightly confused. “I would get off the field as the winner today. We have won, I think. That is how it feels. But everything went so fast. Now I will try to get the title to this city, the fans have been waiting for a long time.”
Separate situation
New York Yankees coach Aaron Boone also thought it was a separate situation. “Then I just come across him in our players’ home. Just before that he was still hugging everyone with the opponent.”