The Yanks acquired Chase Headley from the San Diego Padres. This season he is only hitting .229 with 7 home runs and 32 RBI's, but he's been heating up in July and is only two years removed from a season in which he hit 32 homers, drove in 115 runs, and won a Gold Glove after the season.
Entering Tuesday's action, Headley has a .339 average since July 4th.
A free agent after the season, he has about $4 million left on his contract, of which the Yankees will pick up $1 million.
Heading to the Padres are infielder Yangervis Solarte and right-hander Rafael De Paula.
The 27-year-old Solarte was hitting .336 as of May 14 but just .180 since and was sent to Triple-A for a week this month. The 23-year-old DePaula was 6-5 with a 4.15 ERA in 17 starts and three relief appearances this year with Class A Tampa.
(Some information from the Associated Press.)