Looking Back at Every Modern Trade Between the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees

The Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees agreed to a rare trade Tuesday night.

Outfielder Alex Verdugo is moving from Boston to New York following what was just the eighth trade between the two bitter rivals since the Divisional Era began in 1969.

The Red Sox selling Babe Ruth to the Yankees in 1919 is obviously the most famous trade the clubs have pulled off, but that was a different time – before free agency, before divisions, before interleague play, before the luxury tax and so on. Ever since MLB started to approach its modern-day form, Boston and New York have seldom made deals with one another.

Here is a list of every trade the Red Sox and Yankees have agreed to since 1969, as well as the Wins Above Replacement every player contributed to their new club:

March 22, 1972

BOS Receives: 1B Danny Cater (2.0 WAR), SS Mario Guerrero (0.4 WAR)

NYY Receives: LHP Sparky Lyle (14.9 WAR)

March 28, 1986

BOS Receives: DH Don Baylor (2.0 WAR)

NYY Receives: DH Mike Easier (1.9 WAR)

September 1, 1994

BOS Receives: Cash Considerations

NYY Receives: RHP Scott Bankhead (-0.1 WAR)

August 13, 1997

BOS Receives: RHP Tony Armas (0.0 WAR)*, RHP Jim Mecir (0.0 WAR)

NYY Receives: C/1B Mike Stanley (0.2 WAR), IF Randy Brown (0.0 WAR)

*The Red Sox traded RHP Carl Pavano (2.6 WAR) and Armas (as a PTBNL) to the Montreal Expos for RHP Pedro Martinez (53.8 WAR) on November 18, 1997

July 31, 2014

BOS Receives: UTL Kelly Johnson (-0.2 WAR)

NYY Receives: SS Stephen Drew (-0.7 WAR)

January 25, 2021

BOS Receives: RHP Adam Ottavino (0.8 WAR), RHP Frank German (-0.3 WAR)

NYY Receives: Player to Be Named Later

May 20, 2023

BOS Receives: RHP Diego Hernandez (0.0 WAR)

NYY Receives: OF Greg Allen (0.0 WAR)

December 5, 2023 

BOS Receives: RHP Richard Fitts, RHP Greg Weissert, RHP Nicholas Judice

NYY Receives: OF Alex Verdugo