Diamondbacks trade Tyler Clippard to Yankees, acquire minor leaguer
Jul 31, 2016, 8:29 AM | Updated: 2:22 pm
Arizona Diamondbacks' Tyler Clippard, left, pauses on the mound after giving up a grand slam to Miami Marlins' Justin Bour, right, during the seventh inning of a baseball game Friday, June 10, 2016, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
(AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
According to multiple reports, the Arizona Diamondbacks have traded relief pitcher Tyler Clippard to the New York Yankees for minor league pitcher Vicente Campos.
The Yankees adding Tyler Clippard, who is in the midst of a 2-year $12.25m deal that runs through 2017.
— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) July 31, 2016
Can confirm this. #Dbacks to get RHP Vicente Campos in deal. https://t.co/0zXC53G605
— Steve Gilbert (@SteveGilbertMLB) July 31, 2016
Dbacks acquire RHP Campos from #Yankees for Clippard, who is owed $4.75M next year, final year of two-year deal signed over the winter.
— Jack Magruder (@JackMagruder) July 31, 2016
https://twitter.com/MiLB/status/759772180393713664
Campos has spent time in all three levels of the minors this season, compiling a 9-3 record with a 3.20 ERA in 121 innings pitched. Over seven seasons with both the Yankees and Seattle Mariners, Campos posted a 33-23 record with a 3.67 ERA in 104 games. New York acquired the 24-year-old in a trade in 2012 from Seattle. The Mariners signed Campos as a non-drafted free agent in 2009.
The Diamondbacks signed Clippard last offseason, hoping to shore up the back end of the bullpen. Arizona did not get the veteran they anticipated and Clippard posted a 4.30 ERA in 40 games, his highest ERA since the 2008 season with the Washington Nationals.
Clippard’s career comes full circle, as the pitcher was drafted by the Yankees in the ninth round of the 2003 MLB draft.
