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Yankees trade Justin Wilson: The impact on the bullpen

At the end of the Winter Meetings, the Yankees dealt their seventh-inning man, Justin Wilson. What does the rest of the bullpen look like without him?

In a head-scratching move by the Yankees, the team traded left-handed reliever Justin Wilson to the Detroit Tigers for right-handed pitching prospects Luis Cessa and Chad Green. With Wilson and Adam Warren out of town the Yankees lost their man for the seventh inning, and they'll have to look at some young kids to come and fill in the bullpen.

Wilson got off to a slow start last season, pitching to a 5.