Little did the New York Yankees know what happened in 2018 when they made a minor-league trade for Gio Urshela, a trade that hardly reached the sportswriters. In Urshelas case, the Yankees played the Buffalo Bisons, a Blue Jays affiliate; the Yankees need a 3rd baseman for the game to the got Urshela from the Bisons for cash. Not an uncommon transaction. What the Yankees got was their future major league star player at the hot corner at Yankees Stadium.
After Miguel Andujar went down to should surgery in 2019, the Yankees found themselves again looking for a third baseman, this time in the bigs.