Published on Tuesday, December 08, 2009
By RONALD BLUM
INDIANAPOLIS . Instead of spending at these winter meetings, the New York Yankees are in a dealing mode.
The World Series champions pulled off the first big trade of this year's session, reaching a tentative agreement Tuesday on a three-team, seven-player swap that would bring them All-Star center fielder Curtis Granderson from Detroit.
New York would trade right-hander Ian Kennedy to Arizona, and lefty reliever Phil Coke and outfield prospect Austin Jackson to Detroit, a baseball official said on condition of anonymity because the deal was not yet final.
Detroit would ship All-Star pitcher Edwin Jackson to the Diamondbacks, and Arizona would send touted young pitchers Max Scherzer and Daniel Schlereth to the Tigers. The teams were still working on technical aspects of the trade, the official said, including checking medical records.
Granderson, of course he's going to make them better, Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon said. He's a pretty good outfielder
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