In a stunning move to free up salary tuesday, Yankees traded 9-time All Star Shortstop Derek Jeter to the Oakland Athletics for AA Catcher Guillermo Dungy.
"We feel it was time for a change of scenery," Yank's GM Brian Cashman added, "Guillermo is a talented player that we, as an organization, have had our eye on for sometime."
Joe Girardi had this to say: "Obviously Jeets means alot to the Yankees, hopefully he will enjoy his time on the Athletics, meanwhile we got one of the premiere catchers on the A's AA team The New Mexico Tryers. The G-man is gonna give us some versatility at the position for a long time."
Dungy, a 42-year old backstop has been in Pro Baseball for almost 3 months. The 4'3" right-handed hitter is showing some real progress and scouts project that he could have an impact at the major league level as soon as 2013.
Tryers Manager Jeff Adelston : "He almost had a single the other day but that guy in the outfield with a glove caught it. Dungy has shown some real progress of late, holding the bat at the skinny part." Dungy has a long way to go, but Cashman is optimistic:
"We have freed up about $20 million to use on the Free Agent Market. We have recently entered into talks with Paul Byrd."
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