ORLANDO, Fla. — The Yankees finally found a way to shed Chase Headley’s contract. General Manager Brian Cashman, looking to reduce the team’s financial obligations for 2018, packaged Headley, the young pitcher Bryan Mitchell and $500,000 and sent all of it to the San Diego Padres on Tuesday for Jabari Blash, a 28-year-old minor-league outfielder.
Headley was due $13 million in 2018, the final season of a four-year, $52 million contract, a figure the Yankees considered too much considering his level of production. In three years and part of a fourth in the Bronx, Headley had a .