According to Joel Sherman of the NY Post, who’s on fire today breaking two trades, the Yankees acquired outfielder Austin Kearns from the Cleveland Indians for a player to be named later.
Kearns fills the roll of an outfielder who can hit lefties. He’s not a lefty masher or anything, but his career 106 OPS+ against them is an upgrade over Colin Curtis . Sherman also reports that part of the reason the Yankees targeted Kearns is because he’s a pretty good outfielder and manager Joe Girardi has lost faith in the defensive abilities of Marcus Thames .
Kearns, 30, is a free agent after this season as he is on a one-year $0.75 million contract. He’s neither a Type-A or B free agent.
Here are his stats:
| Year | Tm | G | AB | R | H | 2B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | CIN | 107 | 372 | 66 | 117 | 24 | 13 | 56 | 6 | 54 | 81 | .315 | .407 | .500 | .907 | 134 |
| 2003 | CIN | 82 | 292 | 39 | 77 | 11 | 15 | 58 | 5 | 41 | 68 | .264 | .364 | .455 | .819 | 117 |
| 2004 | CIN | 64 | 217 | 28 | 50 | 10 | 9 | 32 | 2 | 28 | 71 | .230 | .321 | .419 | .740 | 92 |
| 2005 | CIN | 112 | 387 | 62 | 93 | 26 | 18 | 67 | 0 | 48 | 107 | .240 | .333 | .452 | .785 | 104 |
| 2006 | TOT | 150 | 537 | 86 | 142 | 33 | 24 | 86 | 9 | 76 | 135 | .264 | .363 | .467 | .830 | 112 |
| 2006 | CIN | 87 | 325 | 53 | 89 | 21 | 16 | 50 | 7 | 35 | 85 | .274 | .351 | .492 | .843 | 110 |
| 2006 | WSN | 63 | 212 | 33 | 53 | 12 | 8 | 36 | 2 | 41 | 50 | .250 | .381 | .429 | .810 | 114 |
| 2007 | WSN | 161 | 587 | 84 | 156 | 35 | 16 | 74 | 2 | 71 | 106 | .266 | .355 | .411 | .765 | 103 |
| 2008 | WSN | 86 | 313 | 40 | 68 | 10 | 7 | 32 | 2 | 35 | 63 | .217 | .311 | .316 | .627 | 67 |
| 2009 | WSN | 80 | 174 | 20 | 34 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 32 | 51 | .195 | .336 | .305 | .641 | 72 |
| 2010 | CLE | 83 | 298 | 42 | 80 | 17 | 8 | 42 | 4 | 34 | 77 | .268 | .351 | .413 | .764 | 111 |
| 9 Seasons | 925 | 3177 | 467 | 817 | 172 | 113 | 464 | 31 | 419 | 759 | .257 | .353 | .426 | .778 | 104 | |
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