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This season of ‘transfer’ in MLB has been quite a talked about one. With big names finding their new homes (players getting drafted to different teams), one can surely expect one mind boggling season of baseball this year. But the trading off of inside/outsider Jerry Hairston Jr. to the Yankees has been a bit different from the”trading offs” we have witnessed this season.

While Victor Martinez, Jake Peavy and Jarrod Washburn were all dealt to contenders, the Yankees’ only move was to acquire Jerry Hairston Jr. from the Reds. According to the reports, the Bombers sent minor league catcher Chase Weems to Cincinnati for Hairston, who is set to join his new team this Saturday, prior to their game against Chicago.

It seems that general manager of the Yankees, Brian Cashman had literally spent the last few days or weeks in order to come up with a suitable replacement, but failed to resurface with a proper result. “Any move we have made has been to fill a need, and there’s a need for Jerry Hairston in the place of Brett Gardner. I tried to address and upgrade the pitching side, made what I felt were strong and reasonable offers. My interest just didn’t match up with other team’s demands. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder,” said Cashman, who seemed to be consoling himself for coming up with a quite a “low profile” deal.

According to a source, the Yankees had been discussing a Washburn deal for quite some with the Seattle until Cashman, unwilling to back out from his priorities saw the Mariners dealing the left hander to the Tigers.