Bobby Abreu goes to the New York Yankees
The New York Yankees thought PITCHING on the MLB baseball diamond can have them win the AL East.
They were wrong. And after watching the Tampa Bay Devil Rays pound the Yankees, 19-6, with a Randy Johnson pitching for the Bronx Bombers’ cause, it became quite clear what these Yanks’ desperately needed.
A bat.
Just before the MLB baseball trade deadline on Monday, the New York Yankees may have finally signed ‘’the bat,'’ they were looking for. The bat held by now ex-Philadelphia Phillies star, Bobby Abreu.
The New York Yankees had acquired right fielder Bobby Abreu and pitcher Cory Lidle from the Philadelphia Phillies in a trade for four minor leaguers.
Abreu was originally in Philadelphia’s starting lineup for a game against the Florida Marlins, but he was removed about 10 minutes before the first pitch. C.J. Henry, a Class A Charleston shortstop and a former first-round draft pick, and Matt Smith, a Class AAA Columbus left-handed reliever who spent time in the major leagues this season, are two of the players the Phillies will get.
The Yankees retained their prized prospects, Phil Hughes, a Class AA pitcher, and Jose Tabata, a Class A outfielder.
In adding Abreu, the Yankees used the financial clout that they have over other teams to execute the deal since they are adding a significant sum of money. Abreu has more than $4 million left on his contract this season, he will earn $15 million in 2007 and he has a $16 million option with a $2 million buyout in 2008.
He needed to waive a no-trade clause, which he had indicated he would do to play in a major market like New York.
And with a slugger like Bobby Abreu, it certainly looks like the market of these New York Yankees will just keep on getting bigger in the plane of MLB baseball.
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