The Yankees explode with some big moves tonight! The Yankees get some fire power in the rotation by getting right handers Michael Pineda and Hiroki Kuroda.
Getting Michael Pineda wasn't easy, as the Yankees had to give up top prospect Jesus Montero to Seattle in a four player trade. There has not been an official announcement by both teams but Seattle will give up Pineda and minor league pitcher Jose Campos in return for Montero and right hander Hector Noesi.
Just after the trade became public, the Yankees also completed a one year deal with Kuroda worth $10 million.
Now for the Yankees rotation they have some big decisions to make with already having Sabathia, Pineda and Kuroda. This leaves Burnett, Garcia, Hughes and Nova competing for starting jobs.
It was a Good night for the bombers finally getting some much needed pitching. The only down fall was losing Montero. This guy was a power house with a big bat. Montero is ranked 6th on the Top 50 Prospects list. montero had a .328 average with 4 home runs and 12 RBIs in 61 at-bats last year. He was supposed to be the starting DH in 2012 while backing up Russell Martin. It will be interesting to see who fills the role of Montero in 2012.
No comments:
Post a Comment