Yanks acquire Swisher

Cashman made his first big move of the offseason, with the trading partner being the WHite Sox.The deal: Wilson Betemit, and two minor league pitchers (Jeff Marquez and Jhonny Nunez) for Nick Swisher and Kanekoa Texeira (in case you’re wondering, Kanekoa’s a Hawaiian). A pretty good deal for the Yankees, to say the least. Swisher’s still young and can hit, he just had a down year last season. Averaging 26 homers for his entire career is pretty decent, and the Yanks didn’t give up much. (Although I’ll miss that platoonin’ Betemit).