11:03am: The two teams have announced the trade. 9:48am: The Yankees are acquiring left-handed reliever and minor league infield prospect from the Dodgers in exchange for minor league infielder , Alden Gonzalez of ESPN. Yesterday, Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic and Joel Sherman of the New York Post reported that the Yankees were in exchange for a prospect not on New Yorks 40-man. The trade clears a pair of spots on L Michael Dipietro Jersey .A.s roster to accommodate the signings of and . Gonzalez, 28, has a minor league option remaining but also comes to the Yankees with a solid MLB track record. Hes capable of stepping directly into manager s bullpen and will likely be viewed as a favorite to do so. He has far more big league experience than fellow southpaw , making Gonzalez an option to join as a second southpaw option for Boone. Gonzalez mi sed the 2022 season due to an elbow injury that required an arthroscopic debridement procedure, but hes logged 89 1/3 innings for the Dodgers from 2020-23, pitching to a 3.22 earned run average with solid strikeout and walk rates (23.2% and 8.4%, respectively) in addition to a ma sive 58.1% grounder rate. The Yankees tend to gravitate toward relievers with plus ground-ball rates and better-than-average velocity, and Gonzalez checks both boxes, averaging just under 95 mph with a sinker that tops out in the upper 90s. Gonzalezs 2023 season wasnt as sharp as his dominant 2020 MLB debut, but he still posted a 4.01 ERA with strikeout and walk rates that were actually improvements over their 2021 levels. The lefty is also among the games best in terms of inducing weak contact, evidenced by a career 84.9 mph average exit velocity and 30.7% hard-hit rate both drastically lower than this past seasons respective league averages of 89 mph and 39.2%. The Yankees can control Gonzalez for an additional three seasons. Hes projected to earn just a $1MM salary in 2024 and will be due subsequent raises building off that foundation in 2025 and 2026 before reaching the open market in the 2026-27 offseason. Gonzalez offers a similar skill set to that of free agent , whom the Yankees have reportedly had interest in re-signing, but Gonzalez will come at a fraction of the fiscal cost. New York also acquires the 22-year-old Vivas, whos generally considered one of the better prospects in a deep Dodgers farm. MLB.com pegs him tenth in the system, while FanGraphs had him 11th and Baseball America ranked him 20th. All of those rankings are dated by a few months now, but theres little that Vivas did during his 2023 campaign to radically drop his stock. He posted an excellent .280/.391/.436 slash with 12 homers, 21 steals and more walks than strikeouts in 109 games as a 22-year-old against older competition in Double-A last year. Vivas jumped to Triple-A late in the season and turned in a lackluster .225/.339/.294 showing at the top minor league level, but that came in a tiny sample of 121 plate appearances and still came with elite walk (12.4%) and strikeout (15.7%) rates. Hes seen time at both second base and third base, though scouting reports on him question whether hell have the arm to ultimately handle the hot corner in the Majors. Even if he doesnt, Vivas is a close-to-MLB-ready second base prospect with a plus hit tool, double-digit home run power and solid baserunning instincts. In exchange for an affordable Peralta replacement and a quality second base prospect, the Yankees will surrender Sweeney, whom they selected with the No. 20 overall selection in the 2021 draft. Sweeney briefly reached Double-A as a 22-year-old in 2022, but the 2023 season was his first year with notable experience at that level. The 23-year-old handled himself well, batting .252/.367/.411 in a generally pitcher-friendly setting, popping 13 homers and swiping 20 bases with a gaudy 13.8% walk rate and lower-than-average 19.1% strikeout rate. Sweeney is a well-regarded prospect himself, but perhaps a step below the rung many Yankees fans would expect based on his draft pedigree. FanGraphs ranked him third in the Yankees system, but MLB.com had him eighth and Baseball America tabbed him 15th. Sweeney is a bat-first prospect whose long-term future hinges on whether he can stick at shortstop, move to third base on a full-time basis, or settle in as a utility infielder who can bounce around the diamond. Hes a relatively near-MLB addition to the Dodgers system, effectively replacing Vivas but doing so without requiring a spot on the 40-man roster until next offseason. Bill Guerin Jersey