Yankees and Marlins Swap Prado and Eovaldi
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Major League Baseball(NEW YORK) — The Yankees and Marlins have completed a five-player trade that will send Martin Prado to Miami and Nathan Eovaldi to New York.
Friday, the Yankees sent Prado and relief pitcher David Phelps to Miami, in exchange for the 24-year-old right handed fireballer Eovaldi, utility player Garrett Jones and minor league pitcher Domingo German.
Eovaldi, was 6-14 last season with a 4.37 ERA while also surrendering the most hits in the National League with 223.
The Yankees have made similar moves in the past; buying low on young inconsistent talent.
Last season, the team acquired pitcher Brandon McCarthy in a low risk move. After a few tweaks to his mechanics and pitching tendencies McCarthy lowered his ERA from 4.53 in 2013 with the Arizona Diamondbacks, to 2.89 over 14 games for the Yankees last season. McCarthy signed with the Dodgers this offseason for $48 million over four years.
According to Marc Craig of Newsday, the Yankees are also including $6 million in the trade to cover the salary of Prado.
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