The November 7th deal that sent Kenny Rogers away from New York and to the Oakland Athletics was seemingly just a salary dump to get rid of a free agent signing that very much did not work out. After two less than stellar years of a contracted four, the Yankees were ready to be done with Rogers, and sent him to Oakland for a player to be named later.
Most PTBNLs tend to be a player still in the minors who is a bit of a lottery ticket prospect, at best. In this case, 11 days later, the A’s sent someone back with some major league experience in Scott Brosius
Brosius had played seven major league seasons with Oakland, and had some pretty solid seasons.