Yankees sign an intriguing international catcher in a trade with…

While the baseball world awaits Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s decision between the New York Yankees, Los Angeles Dodgers, and possibly the New York Mets, general manager Brian Cashman makes lesser moves.

On Thursday, the Yankees traded outfielder Billy McKinney to the Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for international pool money. Fortunately, the Yankees had their eyes on one interesting catcher and they used their new cash considerations to acquire him out of the Dominican Republic. For $450K, Capellan will join the Yankees farm system, another catcher with upside.

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