http://yanksgoyard.com A New York Yankees Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Thu, 23 May 2013 23:35:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://yanksgoyard.com/2012/08/02/mlb-trade-deadline-did-the-yankees-measure-up-with-the-rest-of-the-al-east/ http://yanksgoyard.com/2012/08/02/mlb-trade-deadline-did-the-yankees-measure-up-with-the-rest-of-the-al-east/#comments Thu, 02 Aug 2012 21:12:44 +0000 Chris Carelli http://yanksgoyard.com/?p=7516 On Tuesday at 4:00 pm, the New York Yankees made a minor yet important trade getting Casey McGehee from the Pittsburgh Pirates for soon to be DFA’d reliever Chad Qualls. It was the second deal completed by the Yankees in advance of the non-waiver deadline. The first, which you can see analysis of here, was getting Ichiro Suzuki and cash from the Seattle Mariners for two minor league pitchers, D.J. Mitchell and Danny Farquhar. The Yankees through Brian Cashman stated time and again that they would not make any major moves because of the cost factor and because they felt that they were in a good position with the roster, not to mention they expected to have Joba Chamberlain back soon (he of course has since returned) and Alex Rodriguez and Andy Pettitte back in September. (more…)

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