Giancarlo Stanton asked to be traded. So did Christian Yelich.
None wanted to be part of a Marlins rebuild. They wanted out.
Dan Straily didn’t. He wanted to stay.
“Glad they’re gone,” Straily said. “If they don’t want to be here, then good for them. They can continue their career elsewhere.”
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Straily said he wasn’t insulted by his teammates’ trade requests as much as he was motivated by them.