Gary Sheffield was traded from the New York Yankees to the Detroit Tigers on Friday for three pitching prospects.
New York gets right-handers Humberto Sanchez, Kevin Whelan and Anthony Claggett.
The Yankees exercised Sheffield's $13 million option last weekend to prevent him from becoming a free agent, and Sheffield said Wednesday that the Yankees had asked him to provide a list of teams he wouldn't mind being traded to.
As part of the deal, Sheffield and the Tigers agreed to a two-year contract extension.
Detroit's current starting outfield has Craig Monroe in left, Curtis Granderson in center and Magglio Ordonez in right. Sheffield could play a corner spot with the AL champions or see time at designated hitter.
Sheffield, who turns 38 on Nov. 18, wants to play three more seasons. He topped 34 homers and 120 RBIs in each of his first two seasons with the Yankees but missed most of 2006 with a wrist injury from an April collision with Toronto's Shea Hillenbrand. When Sheffield returned in late September, the Yankees shifted him to first base.
New York gets right-handers Humberto Sanchez, Kevin Whelan and Anthony Claggett.
The Yankees exercised Sheffield's $13 million option last weekend to prevent him from becoming a free agent, and Sheffield said Wednesday that the Yankees had asked him to provide a list of teams he wouldn't mind being traded to.
As part of the deal, Sheffield and the Tigers agreed to a two-year contract extension.
Detroit's current starting outfield has Craig Monroe in left, Curtis Granderson in center and Magglio Ordonez in right. Sheffield could play a corner spot with the AL champions or see time at designated hitter.
Sheffield, who turns 38 on Nov. 18, wants to play three more seasons. He topped 34 homers and 120 RBIs in each of his first two seasons with the Yankees but missed most of 2006 with a wrist injury from an April collision with Toronto's Shea Hillenbrand. When Sheffield returned in late September, the Yankees shifted him to first base.
