NEW YORK (AP) — Billy McKinney was traded by the Yankees to the Pittsburgh Pirates for $500,000 in the 2023 international signing bonus pool on Friday, six days after the outfielder agreed to a minor league contract with New York.
Billy McKinney of the New York Yankees runs the bases after hitting a home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the Houston Astros on Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023, in New York. McKinney was traded from the Yankees to the Pittsburgh Pirates for $500,000 in the 2023 international signing bonus pool on Friday, December 15, 2023, six days after the outfielder agreed to a minor league contract with New YorkNEW YORK (AP) — Billy McKinney was traded by the Yankees to the Pittsburgh Pirates for $500,000 in the 2023 international signing bonus pool on Friday, six days after the outfielder agreed to a minor league contract with New York. New York had a surplus of outfielders after signing Juan Soto from San Diego and Alex Verdugo from Boston last week.McKinney, 29, posted a .227 batting average with six home runs and 14 RBIs in 48 games with the Yankees this season and posted a .274 batting average with nine homers and 25 runs scored in 40 games Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre products. He made his season debut on June 8 after Aaron Judge injured his toe hitting the wall at Dodger Stadium. A left-handed hitter, McKinney has a .209 average with 34 home runs and 86 RBIs over six major league seasons, including time with the Yankees (2018, ’23), Toronto (2018-20), Milwaukee (2021 ), the New York Mets (2021), the Los Angeles Dodgers (2021) and Oakland (2022).
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