The New York Yankees continue a busy off-season today. Details of the new deal below
Yankees Send
OF Wells, Vernon, $18m (2014)
Mets Send
SP Santana, Johan, $23m (2013)
CI Chisenhall, Lonnie, $0.5m (P-n/a)
The yankees take a gamble on this move. With the addition of Delmon and the inability to move Ibanez for any starting pitcher on any team, the yanks had an extra bat. The cross town Mets were starved for a bat. The yanks hate to see Wells and his 2800+ points go. They also bring another big 23m a yr pitcher. The yanks hope that Johan can just stay healthy enough to be an average pitcher. With Johan's constant injury proneness of late and a 23m contract, the yanks are hoping chisenhall can be in the bigs sometime around 2013. And hopefully produce otherwise the yankees lost the gamble.
Mr. RA Dickey of the Mets to confirm.