Some talking heads were saying just this week how the the New York Yankees had been so quiet this offseason until tonight when general manager Brian Cashman shook up the baseball world with a blockbuster trade that netted him right-handed starting pitchers Michael Pineda and Jose Campos from the Seattle Mariners in exchange for catcher Jesus Montero and right-handed pitcher Hector Noesi.
Pineda went 9-10 in his rookie season with a 3.74 ERA and 173 strikeouts in 171 innings and will slot nicely in behind CC Sabathia as the number two starter in the Yankees rotation. Campos pitched in Short-Season Class A at age 19 and went 5-5 with a 2.32 ERA and 85 strikeouts in 81 1/3 innings.
The Yankees made another move to bolster their rotation by signing free agent pitcher Hiroki Kuroda to a one-year, $10 million contract. The 36-year-old Kuroda will slot into the number three spot in the Yankees rotation making a mediocre rotation before tonight suddenly very strong and deep with Ivan Nova ...
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Michael Pineda,
Jesus Montero,
Hector Noesi,
CC Sabathia,
Hiroki Kuroda,
Ivan Nova,
Freddy Garcia,
AJ Burnett,
Phil Hughes,
Johnny Damon,
Vladimir Guerrero,
Danny Hultzen
TEAMS: New York Yankees, Seattle Mariners, Los Angeles Dodgers, Tampa Bay Rays, Baltimore Orioles
TEAMS: New York Yankees, Seattle Mariners, Los Angeles Dodgers, Tampa Bay Rays, Baltimore Orioles
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