The Yankees Collection of Puerto Rican Catchers Expands
By leokitty ~ July 30th, 2008. Filed under: baseball.
The Detroit Tigers have traded veteran catcher Ivan Rodriguez to the Yankees for hard-throwing reliever Kyle Farnsworth.
Rodriguez, a 14-time All-Star in the option year of a $50 million deal he signed with the Tigers in Feb. 2004, will step into the hole in the Yankees’ lineup created by Jorge Posada’s shoulder injury.
Posada had arthroscopic surgery on his right shoulder Wednesday. The rehab time is about six months.
The 36-year-old Rodriguez, who has won the Gold Glove award 13 times, was hitting .295 with five homers in 82 games this season.
The story on this apparently is that Dave Dombrowski called up and asked about Farnsworth, not that he was being actively shopped. Good job shipping Rowdy Kyle while his value was still high, this should be helpful for both teams. I’m thinking newly acquired Damaso Marte will fill Farnsworth’s shoes (yes he exploded the other night but he is a rather good pitcher) and Mark Melancon will be a September callup.
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