Yankees get Nady, Marte in trade with Pirates

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Yanks land Nady and Marte!
Published 7/26/2008 by John Amato at Pinstripe Alley: Front Page Posts
Wahoo! What a great deal by Cashman: The Yankees agreed Friday evening to a deal with the Pittsburgh Pirates that would give New York left-handed pitcher Damaso Marte and right fielder Xavier Nady. The Pirates will receive right-handed pitcher Ross Ohlendorf, right-handed pitcher George Kontos, left-handed pitcher Phil Coke and right fielder Jose Tabata in return. The trade is tentative pending physicals. The Yanks got the right handed bat/outfielder and lefty reliever they needed so badly. ...

Trade Winds Start to Blow
Published 7/26/2008 by Mick Doherty at Batter's Box Interactive Magazine
To nobody's surprise, the Yankees fired the first real salvo in the deadline-driven dealings, acquiring Xavier Nady AND Damaso Marte from the Pirates for four minor leaguers, none of whom is named Hughes or Kennedy. ...

Piracy?
Published 7/26/2008 by Jeff Kallman at The MLB Source
... ESPN’s Buster Olney—once a Yankee beat writer for the New York Times—confirms: the Empire Emeritus have reeled in outfielder Xavier Nady and relief pitcher Damaso Marte from the Pittsburgh Pirates, in exchange for minor league lefthanders Ross Ohlendorf and Phil Coke, minor league righthander George Kontos, and minor league right fielder Jose Tabata. ...

Nady, Marte Shipped to Yanks
Published 7/26/2008 by Randy Linville at Pittsburgh Lumber Co.
The Pirates have traded Xavier Nady and Damaso Marte to the Yankees for a package of four players. The Pirates get righty Ross Ohlendorf, righty George Kontos, lefty Phil Coke and right fielder Jose Tabata in return. Ohlendorf hasn’t been very impressive in a touch over 60 career ML innings of work. Kontos is a power pitcher, striking out nearly a batter per inning at AA. Coke made his AA debut this year at age 25. Tabata, by all accounts, is the centerpiece of the deal. Tabata is from Venezuela and at age 19 (hopefully he isn’t really ...

Yanks steal Nady, Marte
Published 7/26/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Jason) at It is about the money, stupid
Highway robbery. Period. I can't believe no other team could top this offer. Keith Law had this to say about the deal: Whether or not it was the best deal available -- one front-office exec told me tonight that he felt that the return was "a joke" -- at least it's a completed deal and a sign that the Pirates are serious about rebuilding. For the Yankees, they give up two players unlikely to ever pitch for them, a good right-handed reliever in a year when they have a few of those, and a problem child with a big upside, which isn't much ...