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NEW YORK — Twenty minutes after the Yankees lost the second game of the Subway Series at Citi Field on Wednesday night, the YES Network’s Jack Curry reported that the Yankees were acquiring Royals outfielder Andrew Benintendi in exchange for minor league pitchers Beck Way, Chandler Champlain and T.J. Sikkema.
Apologies to the Mets and Daniel Vogelbach, but the Benintendi deal is the first big move of the season and comes with less than a week to go before the Aug.