Editor’s note: Our “25 Smartest Moves of the Past 25 Moves” series might have concluded, but with the lockout still in force, we took this past week to shout out five other savvy transactions that just barely missed the cut of the top 25 vote. Thank you again for following along with this series and stay tuned for our Top Prospects series coming next week!
The Yankees’ search for the first baseman of the future following the retirement of Mark Teixeira did not initially run smoothly.