When building a competitive team, an organization will frequently target talent on the rosters of opposing teams. Today, my colleague, Jeff Long, and I will take a look at the best player acquired by the Yankees from each team.
Atlanta Braves
Surprisingly, there have not been many trades between the two franchises. Perhaps the biggest trade was in 2009 when the Yankees acquired pitchers Javier Vazquez and Boone Logan for Melky Cabrera, Mike Dunn and Arodys Vizcaino. The Yankees were looking to add some depth behind C.C. Sabathia and A.J. Burnett but the reunion with Vazquez would be disastrous.