New York Yankees commerce outfielder Estevan Florial to Guardians for right-hander Cody Morris

NEW YORK — The Yankees traded former prime prospect Estevan Florial to the Cleveland Guardians on Tuesday, buying right-hander Cody Morris for the 26-year-old outfielder.

Florial signed with the Yankees in 2015 and was rated their prime prospect in 2019 by MLB.com earlier than dropping to sixth in 2020, tenth in 2021 and thirtieth in 2022.

He made his large league debut in August 2020 and has performed in simply 48 main league video games over 4 seasons, hitting .209 with one homer, 11 RBIs and 6 stolen bases.

Florial batted .230 with eight RBIs and three steals in 19 video games for the Yankees this 12 months whereas hitting .284 with 28 homers, 79 RBIs and 25 stolen bases in 101 video games for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.

Morris, 27, made his large league debut in September 2022 and had a 6.75 ERA in six appearances with the Guardians this 12 months, putting out 9 and strolling six in eight innings. He averaged 95.2 mph along with his fastball within the majors, additionally throwing a cutter, curveball and changeup.

Morris was 2-1 with a 3.23 ERA in 4 begins and 17 reduction appearances for Triple-A Columbus and Double-A Akron this 12 months, putting out 56 and strolling 27 in 39 innings.

New York appeared to have a glut of outfielders after buying Juan Soto and Trent Grisham from San Diego and Alex Verdugo from Boston. The Yankees traded right-handers Michael King, Jhony Brito, Randy Vásquez and Drew Thorpe to the Padres within the Soto swap together with catcher Kyle Higashioka.