TRADE: New York Yankees And St. Louis Cardinals Make A Deal
On Tuesday, the New York Yankees and St. Louis Cardinals announced a trade.
Yankees: "The New York Yankees today announced that they have acquired OF Harrison Bader and a player to be named later or cash considerations from the St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for LHP Jordan Montgomery."
Cardinals: "We have acquired LHP Jordan Montgomery from the New York Yankees in exchange for OF Harrison Bader."
Currently, the Yankees are the best team in all of baseball.
They are 70-34 in the 104 games that they have played in so far this season.
No other team in the MLB has reached 70 wins yet on the season.
They are in first place in the AL East, and have an astonishing 12.0 games lead over the second place Toronto Blue Jays.
Bader is batting .256 with 15 stolen bases on the season.
The Yankees have been a contender for several seasons in recent history, but they have yet to win a World Series Championship since the 2009 season when they had Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez.
Currently, the Cardinals are in second place in the NL Central Division.
They are 54-48 in the 102 games that they have played in so far this season, and they trail the Milwaukee Brewers for first place by just 3.0 games.
Montgomery is 3-3 on the season in 21 starts, and he has a solid 3.69 ERA.
This is the kind of trade that is good move for both teams, who are in win-now modes.
