UPDATE: Apparently this is not a done deal now. Or is it?
After a disappointing 2008 season for Melky Cabrera, the New York Yankees have shipped him off to the Milwaukee Brewers for veteran center fielder Mike Cameron.
The Melk-man hit .249 with 8 home runs and 37 RBIs in 129 games for the Yankees in 2008 while Cameron hit .243 with 25 home runs and 70 RBIs in 120 games.
Cameron also just happens to be a good friend of C.C. Sabathia who the Yankees signed to a mega-deal yesterday.
Cameron has one year left on his contract that will pay him $10 million in 2009. With top prospect Austin Jackson a year away, Cameron will likely be a 1 year stop-gap in center field for the Yankees.
This will be Cameron’s second tour of duty for a New York team. He spent the 2004 and 2005 seasons across town in a New York Mets uniform.
