Yangervis Solarte Born: July 7, 1987 (Age: 30-159d)
Bats: Both, Throws: Right, 5-11, 205 lb
January 14, 2014: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.
July 22, 2014: Traded by the New York Yankees with Rafael De Paula (minors) to the San Diego Padres for Chase Headley and cash.
__________________________Chase Headley Born: May 9, 1984 (Age: 33-218d)
Bats: Both, Throws: Right, 6-2, 215 lb
July 22, 2014: Traded by the San Diego Padres with cash to the New York Yankees for Rafael De Paula (minors) and Yangervis Solarte.
October 30, 2014: Granted Free Agency.
December 15, 2014: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.
December 12, 2017: Traded by the New York Yankees with Bryan Mitchell and cash to the San Diego Padres for Jabari Blash.
__________________________Josh Donaldson Born: December 8, 1985 (Age: 32-005d)
Bats: Right, Throws: Right, 6-1, 210 lb
July 8, 2008: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Sean Gallagher, Matt Murton and Eric Patterson to the Oakland Athletics for Chad Gaudin and Rich Harden.
November 28, 2014: Traded by the Oakland Athletics to the Toronto Blue Jays for Franklin Barreto, Kendall Graveman, Brett Lawrie and Sean Nolin.
__________________________After the 2014 season Cashman was looking for a third baseman. Note the sequence:
Donaldson: November 28, 2014: Traded by the Oakland Athletics to the Toronto Blue Jays for Franklin Barreto, Kendall Graveman, Brett Lawrie and Sean Nolin.
Headley: December 15, 2014: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.
Cashman completely missed the boat on Donaldson, who was voted AL MVP in 2015, his first season in Toronto. For seasons 2015, 2016, 2017 Headley was paid the most of the three, 10.6 times more than Solarte, who was traded by Cashman for Headley. Yet Solarte performed comparably well to Headley.
Today Cashman traded Headley back to San Diego to reduce Yankee payroll for 2018 by the $13 million on the final year of the contract that Cashman gave to Headley only a couple of weeks after Donaldson was traded by Oakland to Toronto right under Cashman's nose.
Money ($$$) is in millions.
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