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How the Yankees can spend the Chase Headley savings

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — The Yankees took advantage of the Padres wanting Bryan Mitchell’s live but erratic right arm to package third baseman Chase Headley and his $13 million salary in a deal Tuesday.

The move, which brought back outfielder Jabari Blash, to send Mitchell and Headley to San Diego enables the Yankees to have more cash to spend on a starting pitcher or two and still stay under the luxury-tax threshold of $197 million.

However, it creates a second hole in the infield after second baseman Starlin Castro was sent to the Marlins in the trade that brought Giancarlo Stanton to The Bronx.