The New York Yankees completed a deal which will send Yangervis Solarte and minor league right-hander Rafael De Paula to the San Diego Padres in return for Chase Headley and $1 million.
Baseball News Source speculated the Yankees would complete this deal last week. Headley is a free-agent at the end of the year. New York is not eligible to make him a qualifying offer.
Headley has come down from his once lofty position as an annual trade deadline rumor favorite.
The Yankees are banking on a change of scenery and an opportunity to play in a playoff race to help him revert to his 2012 form when he had 31 homers and a league-leading 115 RBIs in 2012.
Solarte started the season hot for the Bombers but cooled off considerably and was sent back to the minors earlier this month. De Paula, 23, is 6-5 with a 4.15 ERA for Single-A Tampa. He has 104 strikeouts in 89 innings.
