There hadn’t been much activity during the second full day of the Winter Meetings, though the rumors of the ’ connection to the Padres and Juan Soto continued to build. At 9:03pm ET, it almost felt like something could come soon because Jack Curry of the YES Network tweeted that the Yankees were “trying to get a deal done” amid the stalemate in talks.
Mere minutes later, a deal was indeed reported as done. The only problem was that it was for a totally different outfielder altogether: Alex Verdugo of the . Take it away, Jeff Passan:
BREAKING: The New York Yankees are acquiring outfielder Alex Verdugo in a trade with the Boston Red Sox for right-handeres Richard Fitts, Greg Weissert and Nicholas Judice, sources familiar with the deal tell ESPN.