Sonny Gray is headed to the Big Apple.Gray is joining the Yankees after the former All-Star right-hander was traded to New York by the Oakland Athletics ahead of Monday afternoon's non-waiver trade deadline.The Athletics acquired outfielder Dustin Fowler, right-hander James Kaprielian and infielder/outfielder Jorge Mateo in the deal. The Yankees also acquired $1.5 million in international bonus money.Gray, 27, went 6-5 with a 3.43 ERA and 94 strikeouts in 16 starts with Oakland this season.The former No. 18 overall pick in the 2011 amateur draft spent his first five-plus seasons with the Athletics, compiling a 44-36 record with a 3.42 ERA and 607 strikeouts over 114 career outings (112 starts).Gray won 14 games in back-to-back seasons with the A's in 2014 and 2015, with his 14-7 record, 2.73 ERA and 169 strikeouts earning him his lone All-Star selection in 2015.Over that two-year span, Gray posted a 28-17 record in 64 starts with a 2.91 ERA and 352 punch outs, with a career-high 183 of... [More]

Sonny Gray is headed to the Big Apple.Gray is joining the Yankees after the former All-Star right-hander was traded to New York by the Oakland Athletics ahead of Monday afternoon's non-waiver trade deadline.The Athletics acquired outfielder Dustin Fowler, right-hander James Kaprielian and infielder/outfielder Jorge Mateo in the deal. The Yankees also acquired $1.5 million in international bonus money.Gray, 27, went 6-5 with a 3.43 ERA and 94 strikeouts in 16 starts with Oakland this season.The former No. 18 overall pick in the 2011 amateur draft spent his first five-plus seasons with the Athletics, compiling a 44-36 record with a 3.42 ERA and 607 strikeouts over 114 career outings (112 starts).Gray won 14 games in back-to-back seasons with the A's in 2014 and 2015, with his 14-7 record, 2.73 ERA and 169 strikeouts earning him his lone All-Star selection in 2015.Over that two-year span, Gray posted a 28-17 record in 64 starts with a 2.91 ERA and 352 punch outs, with a career-high 183 of... [More]

Sonny Gray is headed to the Big Apple.Gray is joining the Yankees after the former All-Star right-hander was traded to New York by the Oakland Athletics ahead of Monday afternoon's non-waiver trade deadline.The Athletics acquired outfielder Dustin Fowler, right-hander James Kaprielian and infielder/outfielder Jorge Mateo in the deal. The Yankees also acquired $1.5 million in international bonus money.YES Network was first to report the trade.Gray, 27, went 6-5 with a 3.43 ERA and 94 strikeouts in 16 starts with Oakland this season.The former No. 18 overall pick in the 2011 amateur draft spent his first five-plus seasons with the Athletics, compiling a 44-36 record with a 3.42 ERA and 607 strikeouts over 114 career outings (112 starts).Gray won 14 games in back-to-back seasons with the A's in 2014 and 2015, with his 14-7 record, 2.73 ERA and 169 strikeouts earning him his lone All-Star selection in 2015.Over that two-year span, Gray posted a 28-17 record in 64 starts with a 2.91 ERA and 352 punch outs, with a career-high 183 of those strikeouts coming in 2014.

The New York Yankees on Saturday recalled their No. 2 prospect, outfielder Clint Frazier, from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.The 22-year-old Frazier is batting .257 with 12 home runs and 42 RBIs through 73 games in Triple-A this season.To make room for Frazier on the roster, the Yankees optioned infielder Miguel Andujar to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.New York also transferred outfielder Dustin Fowler, who sustained a ruptured right patellar tendon in his major league debut on Thursday night, to the 60-day disabled list.

The New York Yankees made some roster moves on Friday to address their growing list of injuries, promoting infielder Miguel Andujar and right-hander Bryan Mitchell from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.The Yankees placed rookie outfielder Dustin Fowler on the 10-day disabled list with a ruptured patellar tendon and optioned right-hander Ronald Herrera to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.Fowler was injured in his major league debut on Thursday, when he chased down a fly ball by Jose Abreu that ultimately hooked foul. He hit his right knee on a low fence as the ball went foul. Fowler hopped away from the fence and his leg gave out.Fowler underwent surgery Thursday night at a local hospital.

CHICAGO -- New York Yankees outfielder Dustin Fowler suffered an open rupture of a right patella tendon in his right knee in the first inning of Thursday's series finale with the Chicago White Sox at Guaranteed Rate Field.Fowler, who was called up earlier from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and was making his major league debut, was scheduled to undergo surgery Thursday night at a local hospital.Fowler was injured with two out in the first inning while chasing down a fly ball by Jose Abreu that ultimately hooked foul. He hit his right knee on a low fence as the ball went foul. Fowler hopped away from the fence and his leg gave out. Trainers immobilized his right leg and he was removed on a medical cart for further examination and treatment.

New York Yankees rookie outfielder Dustin Fowler, who suffered an open rupture of the patellar tendon in his right knee crashing into the right-field low fence and railing in the first inning of his major league debut Thursday night, is determined more than ever following surgery.Fowler, who was called up earlier in the day from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, was injured in the first inning of the Yankees' 4-3 loss to the White Sox at Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago while chasing a two-out foul ball.Fowler told the New York Post on Friday morning that when he does make it back from his devastating injury it will be that much sweeter when he takes that first major league at-bat for the Yankees."This is a journey I've gone through my whole life," Fowler told the newspaper from his hospital bed. "Now I've got to work that much harder to get there. Maybe it will be a little more special this go-round."Fowler's turn at-bat was scheduled for the top of the second inning in what would have been... [More]