3:17pm: Sean McAdam of CSNNE.com tweets that the Yankees will pay nearly all of the nearly $5MM that remains on Drew’s deal. Joel Sherman of the New York Post tweets that Drew will play second base for the Yankees.
2:46pm: WEEI’s Alex Speier tweets that New York is sending Kelly Johnson to Boston.
2:43pm: The Yankees are acquiring Stephen Drew from the Red Sox, reports ESPNBoston.com’s Gordon Edes (Twitter link).
The 31-year-old Drew was linked to the Yankees for much of the offseason but elected to wait until midseason before signing a one-year deal worth the pro-rated verstion of the $14.1MM qualifying offer which he rejected. His return to Boston hasn’t gone well, as he’s slashed just .176/.255/.328 in 145 plate appearances. D
rew’s bat has picked up over the past two weeks, as he’s hit .267/.377/.511 with a pair of homers, but the overall numbers still look grim. He seems likely to see time at some combination of second base and third base, with Derek Jeter still manning shortstop. Drew is a free agent at season’s end and cannot receive a qualifying offer.
The departure of Drew will allow the Red Sox to shift Xander Bogaerts back over to shortstop, while Johnson can serve as a stopgap at third base while Will Middlebrooks heals from an injury.
This is the funniest story I have ever seen on this site
for Severino, Judge, Clarkin, and the other overrated catching prospect probably
Montero? Like.. Jesus Montero? xD
I’m sorry, I left my time machine running, I thought this was 2009. Please be 2009.
Sanchez. Montero was trade to mariners.
Where are they going to get a montero at this hour?
fixed, this trade has my brain melted.
It must be a 3-team trade since that’s the only way Montero could be involved.
Drew is slugging .456 in last 80 PA so he’s an upgrade over whomever is at 2B, I’m okay with it.
haha same here. I saw the headline and burst out laughing.
It just got funnier. The Yanks are paying for all of Drew’s Salary
Que?
Bye bye jeter!
please be fake please be fake please be fake
From a Sox Fan, Thank you Yankee’s
LOL I’m so speechless… If we get more then a bag of pretzels though I’ll be shocked.
Kelly Johnson…not sure if I’d rather have the bag of pretzels…
Yankees/ Red Sox deal? Ha
Well at least he is an upgarde at 2nd base. They got the most the could out of Brian Roberts.
Is this the first time they have hooked up on a trade since the late 80’s? Or am I missing something?
First time since 1997
1997 apparently
…cornering the market on overpaid infielders who can’t hit.
Thank you Mr. Cherrington, thank you dearly. Doesn’t matter what we get back… thank you.
This is exactly what I wanted, pre-season. Now this is just worthless. But we probably gave up nothing and got a small something similar to McCarthy and Headley trades.
Lol geat deal
Oh, that just takes any joy out of my week. Why, Cashman, why?
At least he won’t have to go far since the Yankees are likely already in Boston!
I think I am officially done with this season. 2015 better be good Red Sox, I am not amused by this horrid behavior.
This year has been horrid, but didn’t you guys just win a World Series a season after being in last place?
Yes and now we’ve followed it by trading with the Yankees, sending away Lackey’s affordable contract for magic beans, and acting like cheapskates with a homegrown player when we have plenty of payroll flexibility. This is a joke.
I must be reading different posts. I think you did really well.
The Red Sox did even better today than when they were able to do that deal with the Dodgers. I would kill to have Ben Cherington as the GM and John Henry as the owner of the Yankees. They blow Brian Cashman, Tweedle Hal, and Tweedle Hank away.
What will you do when the Yankees sign Lester for 6/$150MM?
I don’t remember if it was you or somebody else who lectured me about how major leaguer for major leaguer trades never happen, but whomever it was, was proven wrong today.
Red Sox should have traded Lester to the Dodgers for Kemp and cash. Even if Cespedes is better than Kemp, which remains to be seen, Lester is most likely going to come back to haunt them next season.
Had they dealt him to the Dodgers, there would have been a better than 50/50 chance that they would have locked him up long-term.
As much as I am not looking forward to facing Cespedes and Craig (he and Kelly, who is going to be an affordable and effective pitcher for at least the next five years, are much better than magic beans) in Fenway this weekend, especially with a vulnerable lefty on the mount tomorrow night, I am really hoping that Drew and Prado go on a tear.
ML for ML trades rarely happen and never in the elaborate fashion that comes with your proposals. This trade doesn’t change that. It’s #8 hitter for #8 hitter in a move that saves the Sox about 3 million. That’s all it is.
Cespedes is basically the same as Kemp at this point. High upside, uncertain production. Kemp’s contract is a nightmare though while Cespedes’ isn’t. I don’t think anyone would pick Kemp over him besides you.
From where it stood with Lester’s agent, there appeared to be a 0% chance he’d sign an extension. Can you show me a single source that indicates otherwise?
the sox are doing just fine. I’m a Yankee fan and I’m wracked with dread….
They gave up Johnson for a player with a .786 OPS this month and who skipped spring training. Do i think he’ll be good, probably not, but who cares.
The impossible has happened, a Yankees-Red Sox trade… Drew isn’t good, but he’s better than Roberts. Their infield defense now looks respectable.
How do you know Drew can play second base flawlessly?
They don’t, but they do know a good deal about roberts.
It’s him vs Roberts. Drew >>>>> Roberts
Maybe. He has never played the position.
I’m sure he played 2B in high school at least.
If I was Joe Girardi, I would have Drew play SS, Prado play 2B, and throw Jeter out in RF, farewell tour be damned.
Drew hasn’t played a single game anywhere other than SS.
Let the curse begin…
Stephen Drew is not Babe Ruth and Kelly Johnson is not No No Nanette.
Sox and Yanks doing business.
Is anything that happened today real ?
I think is is all a dream.
A light hitting infielder replaces another light hitting infielder in Brian Roberts. At least the Yankees got younger…
(RS-Knock Knock.) Who’s there? (RS-A dead beat player with now remaining value.) Oh, well we are the Yankees, we lack any ability to make good decisions and have a ton of money. it’s JD Drew and the year is 2004, right? (RS-Sure, what ever.)
So far they got a great value out of buy low candidates like McCarthy and Headley.
Ya Kelley Johnson is a whole lot to give up for drew….
Ya Kelley Johnson is a whole lot to give up for drew….
Captain successor right there…
as long as they eat cash ill be okay with it i guess.
Funniest part of this is Drew could’ve spent the entire season in Boston, earned a larger paycheck, then gotten traded and his goal of avoiding draft pick compensation would’ve ended up the same.
Kelly Johnson is a Red Sox
Nooooo.
Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together… mass hysteria!
Think, in 87 years we’ll all be talking about the Curse of the Drew-ino!
Is Jeter gonna get moved to the DH?
I would put him in RF. He has a stronger arm than Prado and has only played one less game at the position.
Wow…what a day. Ben must be ready for a big drink. Let’s see what he does in next phase but getting rid of Drew made my day.
Weird trade
Boston was that desperate to get rid of him that they were willing to take Kelly Johnson?
You saved us about 3 million dollars in a losing season.
More than that. Drew was signed for a pro-rated percentage of $14.1MM while Johnson was signed for $3MM. The savings are probably closer to $4.5MM.
Maybe, maybe not. There are conflicting reports at to whether the Red Sox sent money.
Wait a second…..nope, still don’t get it.
They should have just given Drew to NY.
This is terrible (The return).
Somewhere in Scranton Rob Refsnyder weeps.
Don’t think Refsnyder is going to get the call up till September, he’ll be fine.
Cashman: *calls Cherington* “Hey I’m bored.”Cherington: “Me too. Johnson for Drew?”
Cashman: “Lol K”
Actually, they said “hey, let’s play with Boras’ head a little. You take him, and then Scott can talk about an extension…..”
Then Cherington said “But you gotta pick up almost all of Drew’s contract.” Cashman: “Okay.” *hangs up* “Wait, what?”
Wow. Shocker.
If the yankees dont get any money then this will probably be my favorite deal of the day. Especially since I am a Middlebrooks believer
I wouldn’t call myself a believer, but he hits better than Drew. Okay, just about every major league ballplayer hits better than Drew.
Where is Drew going to play?
In New York
SS… Prado will play 2B… Jeter will finish his career in RF.
And there goes a trivia question.
X and Willie Middlebrooks-Dell team up once again to man the left side of the infield.
What was the point of this?
What was the point of this?
I guess hes gonna play 2nd and Roberts gets dumped
Not sure why thats necessary, Drew has been horrible this year and has never played 2B in the MLB.
I guess hes gonna play 2nd and Roberts gets dumped
Didn’t know Yankees and the Red Sox could make trades with each other.
Well I just checked CNN and there is no reports of Hell freezing over, so I don’t know what gives.
Didn’t know Yankees and the Red Sox could make trades with each other.
Didn’t know Yankees and the Red Sox could make trades with each other.
It’s been 17 years since the Sox and Yanks last made a trade. Tony Armas, Jim Mecir to the Sox and Randy Brown and Mike Stanley to the Yankees in 1997.
Its a sweater!!!!
I think Kelly Johnson new goal is to play for every single al east team
I have just fired Cashman. $200+million ballclub…really let me be GM
Hey Sox fans, if you see Johnson playing 1st base. Run for the hills
We have three other options.
They have about six other people with first base experience, so . . . unlikely.
This is the best trade Boston has made in years…they got a live human for Stephen Drew!
Just cut Johnson/Roberts and bring up Refsnyder…I know that is what a good GM would do…my bad
OMG the Yankees assume “almost all of remaining Drew money”
That’s almost five million off the books. Thank you, Yankees!
You do realize Johnson has a salary, right? Not as much, but net, the savings is like $3.5mm.
THANK YOU YANKEES!
THANK YOU YANKEESx9001!!
Brian Sabean on line 1 for the recently unemployed Brian Roberts…come on down…
This is what happens when trades are made during 3 for 1 happy hours…
Ugh, why!?! 5 mil down the drain…
Kelly Johnson for Stephen Drew? Otherwise known as a colossal waste of time.
Well, Drew is awful right now, but at least he’s not Kelly Johnson.
weird
maybe the most interesting thing about this trade is all that boras-inspired nonsense when drew was still out there, unsigned, about how he would either lead the red sox to the WS, or would be flipped for a high value player or prospect
scott boras mentally flips
Who does this, man?
Basically a contract exchange, expendable player for an expendable player. The yanks get a defense upgrade at second and the Sox get to move Bogartes back to short and plug Holt in at third for the rest of the season. I’ll let yankee fans determine whether not not they believe it’s a good deal for them. For the Red Sox, good move.
Good deal for the Yankees I think. They need someone at second. Drew has been awful this season, but I have no doubts he’ll heat up (he already is). Plus, Drew is a good defender at SS…should be respectable at least at second. I’m not sure Drew is too happy about the move though (having to move to second).
There’s usually a respect for the pecking order amongst players. Drew going to second because Jeter’s at short will probably be a non-issue for Drew.
Because every shortstop wants to change positions. He won’t be happy, just like Bogaerts, Hanley Ramirez, ARod, insert shortstop name here. And Holt isn’t going to be the third baseman. Middlebrooks will see some more time there. Holt maybe in a platoon, but he hasn’t hit much for the past month, so they’ll probably just keep him moving around. Or they’ll use him as a utility guy.
I…I….I got nothin’ on this one. The Yanks acquired a terrible hitter who’s never played 2B AND they’re paying almost all his salary? Well, there goes the money saved on Roberts’ incentives. The Red Sox win this one just by getting the Yankees to take Drew’s contract.
This deal makes no sense to me. I guess the red sox figured this for a salary dump
The most interesting thing about this is that it is the first Yankees/Red Sox trade since 1997.