New York Yankees: top 3 trades with the Montreal Expos
New York Yankees: Top 3 trades with the Montreal Expos
- Yankees get Javier Vazquez
- Expos get Choate, Nick Johnson, Juan Rivera Expos for Javier Vazquez
Javier Vazquez was a big-time pitcher in a small-time market and was approaching free agency a couple of years down the road. The New York Yankees came-a-calling using one time prized prospect Nick Johnson as the dangling fruit in the deal.
Nick Johnson couldn’t stay healthy, couldn’t stay on the field, and therefore the Yankees tired of him. His lone year in Montreal was the same and he only hit 7 home runs. Johnson was a get on-base guy, not a power hitter, but those numbers didn’t come until after the team moved to Washington. He put together a few solid seasons with the Nationals, though was never the prospect he was once touted to be.
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Randy Choate never played for the Expos as they traded him to get a replacement for Vazquez’s spot in the rotation. Former first-round pick John Patterson was acquired and he won 4 games in Montreal that year.
Juan Rivera hit 12 home runs his one year in Montreal before being traded to the Los Angeles Angels.
Vazquez would spend just one year in New York, but he was an All-Star, winning 14 games. Vazquez would end his career with twelve straight seasons of winning 10 games, though only one of them with the Yankees. He was traded after the season in a package that netted the Yankees Randy Johnson.