Six years ago, James Kaprielian was a Yankees’ first-round pick, taken 16th overall in the 2015 draft ahead of future All-Stars Walker Buehler, Mike Soroka and Brandon Lowe.
Before helping the A’s beat the Yankees 5-3 at the Stadium on Friday, Kaprielian told the San Francisco Chronicle he wanted to “be the piece that helps [the A’s] be the winning side” in the trade that sent him away from the Yankees, the team he rooted for growing up. That trade to Oakland was four years ago and happened as part of the package that sent Sonny Gray to the Yankees.