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Tuesday 20 November 2018

Yankees get Paxton from Griffin Conine, Jeff’s son, banned
Mariners for Sheffield, 2 others 50 games for drug test

By RONALD BLUM son.
AP Baseball Writer Sheffield is rated among
NEW YORK (AP) — Left- the top minor league pros-
hander James Paxton was pects, made his big league
acquired by the Yankees debut in September and
from the Seattle Mariners pitched in three games for
for a trio of prospects Mon- the Yankees.
day, bolstering the thin He had a 2.48 ERA in 25 mi-
starting rotation that con- nor league appearances
tributed to New York’s loss at Double-A and Triple-A
to Boston in the AL Division this year, striking out 123 in
Series. 116 innings and allowing
New York sent left-hand- just four home runs.
er Justus Sheffield to the Sheffield won’t turn 23 until
Mariners along with right- May and could become a
hander Erik Swanson and future anchor to Seattle’s
outfielder Dom Thompson- rotation.
Williams. Swanson, 25, started the
Paxton turned 30 on Nov. 6 year at Double-A Trenton
and went 11-6 with a 3.76 but spent most of 2018
ERA in 28 starts last sea- at the Triple-A level with
son, including a no-hitter Scranton/Wilkes-Barre,
at Toronto on May 8. Pax- where he made 13 starts
ton, a proud Canadian, is and had a 3.86 ERA.
also known for keeping his Swanson had 78 strikeouts In this June 2, 2018, file photo, then-Duke’s Griffin Conine gets ready to bat during an NCAA
composure as a bald ea- and 14 walks in 72 1/3 in- college baseball tournament regional game against Campbell, in Athens, Ga. Associated Press
gle mistakenly landed on nings in Triple-A. He pitched
his shoulder prior to a start 121 2/3 total innings last NEW YORK (AP) — Toronto pended for the first 25 the 52nd overall pick and
at Minnesota in April. season overall and was outfielder Griffin Conine, a games for a violation of the signed for a bonus of $1.35
He joins a rotation project- rated among the top 25 son of former major league drug program; 25-game million.
ed to include right-handers prospects in the Yankees outfielder Jeff Conine, has suspensions are assessed After playing for Duke for
Luis Severino and Masahiro organization by MLB.com. been suspended for the for use or possession of a sy- three seasons, Conine went
Tanaka and left-hander Thompson-Williams, 23, has first 50 games of next sea- ringe of an injectable sub- 3 for 8 with three RBIs in two
CC Sabathia. never played above Class son under the minor league stance, the commissioner’s games for the Gulf Coast
Paxton made $4.9 million A and will turn 24 next April. drug program for a positive office said Monday. League Blue Jays, then hit
last season and is eligible He had 22 home runs, 20 test for the banned stimu- Griffin Conine, 21, was se- .238 with seven homers,
for salary arbitration. stolen bases and a .299 av- lant ritalinic acid. lected by the Blue Jays in 14 doubles and 30 RBIs for
He can become a free erage across two Class A New York Yankees pitcher the second round of last Vancouver of the Class A
agent after the 2020 sea- affiliates this year.q Daniel Marten was sus- June’s amateur draft with Northwest League.q

Logano journeys ment. Team Penske had
an open seat alongside
2012 champion Brad Ke-
Continued from Page 17 Motor Speedway. selowski, who wanted Lo-
Gibbs was ready to see gano as his teammate.
Logano has literally grown Logano’s promised talent The lifeline saved his ca-
up on NASCAR’s national and had him in a race one reer. “I was losing my job
stage, transitioning from week after he was legally at Gibbs, that was a pret-
over-hyped teenager to old enough to compete ty low point for me, and
seasoned veteran during in NASCAR. Old enough I don’t think I thought as
a decade-long journey in but maybe not ready. clearly as I do now,” Lo-
which many of his experi- “I expected to go out gano said. “I was thinking,
ences played out publicly there and win and just got ‘Oh my gosh, I’m not go-
and made him an easy my butt handed to me on ing to be a race car driver
target for his peers to push a platter,” Logano said. Joey Logano (22) does a burnout after winning the NASCAR anymore,’ and ‘What am
around. Logano came to NASCAR Cup Series championship auto race at Homestead-Miami I going to do with my life?
Few knew what to make as a raw talent unafraid Speedway, Sunday, Nov. 18, 2018, in Homestead, Fla. This is awful.’ Next thing
out of the gangly kid from of aggressive racing. His Associated Press you know, there’s the 22
Connecticut when Hall of rivals thought he should ended for Logano after There’s a lot of times that car and Roger Penske.”
Fame driver Mark Martin know his place, and he that 2012 season. I felt really weak, and I’d The transition wasn’t ex-
declared him NASCAR’s struggled to live by the “As a kid growing up, I was break down. You know, actly smooth.
next superstar. Logano so-called driver code. It an aggressive racer and when you’re confused, Penske has backed Lo-
got the nickname “Sliced nearly ended his career I was able to win a lot of you don’t know how to gano from the very first
Bread” even before his first as Gibbs let Logano go races,” Logano said. “I got be better. You’re 18 years day and doesn’t want his
NASCAR event, and after after five seasons that pro- humbled pretty quick. I old or 19 or 20, and this is driver to change. It meant
being held in develop- duced two wins but was got beat up. I got pushed some pretty big stuff for more incidents with other
ment by Joe Gibbs Rac- marred by disputes with around a lot. I wasn’t fast. a teenager to be able to drivers, including a feud
ing the team celebrated Kevin Harvick and Tony I didn’t have no respect. I go through.”It was Roger with Matt Kenseth that
his 18th birthday with a Stewart, among others. think that beats up on your Penske who rescued Lo- cost Logano a shot at the
sheet cake at Charlotte Everything could have confidence pretty quickly. gano from unemploy- 2015 championship.q