The New York Yankees traded away their top prospect in Jesus Montero along with Hector Noesi to the Seattle Mariners in return for Michael Pineda and Jose Campos. Montero was expected to be the heir to Jorge Posada's position, but then Francisco Cervelli took the spot and played well for the Yanks. So then Montero had to wait until he devoloped more in the minor leagues to start for the Yankees.
The Yankees biggest problem this past season was their pitching rotation. The team was relying to heavily on Freddy Garcia, Bartolo Colon and A.J. Burnett. In typical Yankee fashion, they went out and did whatever they had to do to improve their team.
In addition to Pineda, they signed Hiroki Kuroda who was formerly with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Kurodi was a very nice addition who can give them quality innings and win them some games. That is the difference between the Yankees and most other teams in baseball. They will go out and do whatever it takes to get better and that is why they have the most World Series trophies in history.
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