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A three-way deal is in the works that would send Randy Johnson to the Yankees.
A source confirmed for ESPN that the teams are close to agreement on the principal players of a deal in which the Yankees would obtain the 41-year-old left-hander and send right-hander Javier Vazquez and two minor-league prospects, catcher Dioner Navarro and third baseman Eric Duncan, to the Dodgers.
Los Angeles would then send pitchers Brad Penny and Yhency Brazoban and outfielder/first baseman Shawn Green to the Diamondbacks to complete the deal.
A few issues must still be worked out, but those issues are not believed to be big enough to kill the proposed trade.
Both Johnson and Green have no-trade clauses, but the Big Unit has desired a trade to the Yankees for months. Green's former agent is Jeff Moorad, who is the Diamondback's incoming CEO, and it's expected that Green would also approve the deal.
The loss of several perks in Johnson's contract -- he gets tickets to Phoenix Suns home games -- would also have to be resolved. The Yankees are expected to sign him to a contract extension -- Johnson will make $16 million in 2005, the final year of his contract -- if and when the deal is approved.
Johnson was a Montreal Expos second-round draft pick in 1985. He signed with Arizona on Dec. 10, 1998, and won the Cy Young Award in each of his first four seasons in the desert. He finished second to Houston's Roger Clemens in this year's voting. Johnson also won a Cy Young Award in Seattle, where he played from 1989-98.
Johnson finished with a 16-14 record in 2004, but he led the majors in strikeouts with 290 and was second in the majors with a 2.60 ERA despite coming off knee surgery. In a season in which Arizona lost a franchise-worst 111 games, Johnson pitched a perfect game, passed 4,000 career strikeouts and passed Steve Carlton to become the most prolific left-handed strikeout pitcher in history. He ranks No. 3 on the strikeout list behind Nolan Ryan and Clemens.
A three-way deal is in the works that would send Randy Johnson to the Yankees.
A source confirmed for ESPN that the teams are close to agreement on the principal players of a deal in which the Yankees would obtain the 41-year-old left-hander and send right-hander Javier Vazquez and two minor-league prospects, catcher Dioner Navarro and third baseman Eric Duncan, to the Dodgers.
Los Angeles would then send pitchers Brad Penny and Yhency Brazoban and outfielder/first baseman Shawn Green to the Diamondbacks to complete the deal.
A few issues must still be worked out, but those issues are not believed to be big enough to kill the proposed trade.
Both Johnson and Green have no-trade clauses, but the Big Unit has desired a trade to the Yankees for months. Green's former agent is Jeff Moorad, who is the Diamondback's incoming CEO, and it's expected that Green would also approve the deal.
The loss of several perks in Johnson's contract -- he gets tickets to Phoenix Suns home games -- would also have to be resolved. The Yankees are expected to sign him to a contract extension -- Johnson will make $16 million in 2005, the final year of his contract -- if and when the deal is approved.
Johnson was a Montreal Expos second-round draft pick in 1985. He signed with Arizona on Dec. 10, 1998, and won the Cy Young Award in each of his first four seasons in the desert. He finished second to Houston's Roger Clemens in this year's voting. Johnson also won a Cy Young Award in Seattle, where he played from 1989-98.
Johnson finished with a 16-14 record in 2004, but he led the majors in strikeouts with 290 and was second in the majors with a 2.60 ERA despite coming off knee surgery. In a season in which Arizona lost a franchise-worst 111 games, Johnson pitched a perfect game, passed 4,000 career strikeouts and passed Steve Carlton to become the most prolific left-handed strikeout pitcher in history. He ranks No. 3 on the strikeout list behind Nolan Ryan and Clemens.
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