Post by Yankees GM (Royce) on Jul 11, 2013 23:23:41 GMT -5
Yankees get:
SS Hak Ju Lee, TB - 13:$0.1M (MINOR) 3B Tyler Goeddel, TB - 13:$0.1M (MINOR)
Rays get:
OF Brett Gardner, NYY - 13:$2.9M (Service: 4.072)
Yankees Net Cap: -$2.7M Rays Net Cap: +$2.7M
Please place Hak Ju Lee and Goeddel in my minors.
Yankees confirm. This took basically no time as we both knew who we wanted. Hak Ju Lee will never be an elite hitter, but his defense is good enough that we think he'll fit our new and renovated team better. Goeddel also provides some needed 3B talent in the system, and maybe one day he will be our starting 3B if he can get some of his mechanics corrected. Gardner may be expensive soon, and that's not the direction we're going atm.
I don't like dealing with division rivals, but sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do. Rays to confirm.