This morning the Yankees traded Andrew Miller to the Cleveland Indians for a big haul of prospects headlined by Clint Frazier and Justus Sheffield. To compensate for the loss of their closer, New York quickly swooped in and made a deal to acquire Tyler Clippard from the Arizona Diamondbacks.
If you’re wondering why Clippard sounds familiar it’s because the right-handed came up with the Yankees, debuting with the Yankees as a starting pitching in 2007. He was given the moniker of “The Yankee Clippard” before abruptly being traded after the season for Jonathan Albaladejo, one of the only trades that Brian Cashman completely missed on.