Yankees get: Player to be named later or cash considerations
With Ottavino heading into the final season of a three-year, $27 million deal and the Yankees looking to create more space under the $210 million competitive balance tax threshold in 2021, New York shipped the reliever to the Red Sox with German (the Yankees' No. 24 prospect) and some cash to cover part of Ottavino's contract. After posting a 1.90 ERA in his first season in pinstripes, Ottavino had a 5.89 ERA over 18 1/3 innings in '20, albeit with a 3.52 FIP.
2014
Yankees get: INF Stephen Drew, cash
The Red Sox and Yankees went more than 15 years without making a trade before this swap of veteran infielders prior to the 2014 non-waiver Trade Deadline. A month later, the Red Sox shipped Johnson to the Orioles in a four-player trade, which gave him the distinction of playing for all five American League East teams in a four-year span from '11-14. Drew was part of Boston’s World Series championship-winning club in '13, but after rejecting a qualifying offer from the Red Sox that offseason, he remained a free agent until re-signing with Boston in May '14, a little over two months before the Red Sox traded him to the Yankees.