Yankees acquire Curtis Granderson in three-team deal
According to Jon Morsoi of FOXSports.com, the Yankees have acquired outfielder Curtis Granderson from the Tigers as part of a three-team deal that also includes the Diamondbacks.
Here’s how the trade breaks down:
Yankees Get:
Curtis Granderson (Tigers)
Tigers Get:
Max Scherzer (Diamondbacks)
Daniel Schlereth (Diamondbacks)
Phil Coke (Yankees)
Austin Jackson (Yankees)
Diamondbacks Get:
Edwin Jackson (Tigers)
Ian Kennedy (Yankees)
The Yankees and Tigers did very well in this deal. The Bronx Bombers get a five-tool player in Granderson, who can play either center or left field depending on whether or not the club re-signs Johnny Damon this winter. Granderson struggles hitting lefties, but he’s only 28-years old and his potential is still very high.
The Tigers, meanwhile, get financial flexibility by trading Granderson and also hauled in a coup of young talent. Austin Jackson was highly regarded as the Yankees’ centerfielder of the future. He’s 22 and hit .300 with four home runs, nine triples, 23 doubles, 65 RBI and 24 stolen bases in 132 Triple-A games last year. If he continues to develop, he might turn out to be Detroit’s next Granderson.
Scherzer is a 25-year old, hard-throwing right-hander who can eat up innings and is a workhorse. Schlereth was Arizona’s 2008 first round pick and saw some game action late last season and Coke already has experience at the big league level himself.
Not to take anything away from the Edwin Jackson, but this seems like a lateral move for Arizona. Scherzer is just as talented as Jackson (if not more talented), so why part with him and Schlereth to complete this deal? They better hope Kennedy starts fulfilling some of his potential or this might look like a bad deal for the D-Backs in a couple years.
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I have seen Kennedy pitch several times and he just needed to get out of NY. The kid wasn’t ready and that’s ok. Watch him
Hi, thanks for posting this article.
Yeah – here come the Insurgents again.
Yes, insurgents…I guess if the Redsox did this deal, that would be good for everyone.
This was a fair deal all the way around…great job by Cashman.
You’re hung up on the Red Sox. Let it go.Nobody is in your category. Why do yankee fans insist on dragging the red Sox into their neighborhood. Because you don’t like them ?
Nobody, and I mean nobody, can walk in to the meetings like CASHman does and pluck out an allstar in two seconds. Or pay for ARod or Jeter or Tex,or CC or AJ … on and on for 38 years. Other teams don’t have the $$ advantages the yankees do. How many freakin years has this been going on ? You guys always bring in the RED Sox … you don’t even mention the team thats 2nd in payroll – the Mets – the Red Sox are about 4th. Let it go.
Big trade ? You don’t give a crap about who you lose in the Miners – you will buy your way out of any problems ultimately anyway.
Here is a decade stat for you – The Insurgents have spent $1.5 BILLION in signings. I think the Red Sox are 3rd or 4th spending about $655 million. I know – thats the “SAME” to you guys right.
I take up for every other team in the League and quite frankly we are not impressed with your team. We see a team that has to spend a gazillion dollars to win – if you don’t – you are the KC Royals.Don’t tell everyone else to spend like you – because they don’t have it. And don’t make us think that crap Luxury tax is gonna make the Pirates a winner because you give them $9 mill or something. Please.
Why don’t you talk about the yankees spending vs the League average over the past 36 years ? This is not a yankee – Red Sox thing. This is a yankee thing. And only the yankees can do what they do. THE END.
Wow…how noble. You’re in the top 5 in payroll, usually top 3, but you’re taking up for the rest of the league. This was a trade…had nothing to do with spending. They got a good player for some good players in a 3 way deal. They didn’t rob a good player from a cheap team like the Redsox did with Jason Bay, and will do to some other team looking to dump payroll.
Oh yes…but they do it for the greater good because everything is clean and pure about the Redsox. Dude, the rest of the league hates your team at least as much as the Yankees. Why? Because you play the Yankee way now. You’re are 1a to the Yankees 1.