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 | Braves, Yankees Confirm Trade Thursday, November 19th, 1998: It has been in the rumor mill for several weeks, but today team officials for Atlanta and New York confirmed an agreement. The Braves dealt 27-year-old left fielder Raul Mondesi and 23-year-old minor league first baseman Bucky Jacobsen to the Yankees for 37-year-old first baseman Andres Galarraga and 23-year-old minor league reliever Ben Ford. Mondesi has a career .276 average with 282 hits, 46 doubles, 7 triples, 26 home runs, 143 RBIs, and 137 runs scored to date. In his 1974-game career Galarraga has hit .268 with 2038 hits, 349 home runs, and 1225 RBIs and has scored 1102 runs. |
