Saturday, July 26, 2008

Pirates-Yankees deal done, with changes

The Pirates and Yankees finalized their six-player trade early Saturday afternoon although not without some changes from the originally published deal.

Originally, sources had the Pirates acquiring outfielder Jose Tabata and pitchers Ross Ohlendorf, Phil Coke and George Kontos for outfielder Xavier Nady and relief pitcher Damaso Marte.

The new and finalized deal still has Tabata and Ohlendorf but adds triple-A starting pitchers Jeff Karstens and Daniel McCutchen to replace Coke and Kontos.

According to MLB.com, the Pirates and Yankees agreed upon a list of prospects for the Pirates to choose from, which was different than those outlined in original deal.

"While the core components of the deal were in place early Friday evening, negotiations on the final package of players coming to Pittsburgh extended into the early morning hours of Saturday and were not finalized until late Saturday morning," Pirates general manager Neal Huntington said.

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