With Brown headed to the DL yet again, the Yankees have acquired Shawn Chacon from the Rockies for Ramon Ramirez and Eduardo Sierra.

It's an interesting deal because we don't give up any of our main bargaining chips (I don't think) and we get a 27 year old starter who has a 3.12 ERA away from Coors this year. Ignore the 1-7 record and focus on the 4.09 ERA (including 4.97 in Coors). He is a free agent after this season. He's been a Rockie for his entire career and has overall numbers of 24-45 with a 5.20 ERA. Not pretty. But, the numbers this year away from Coors are encouraging.

"Saturday we have a starter now. It's as simple as that," Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said. "Our team is working hard on the field. We're working hard in the front office to be in a position to improve the club. It seems like we've been plugging holes on the run the last few weeks at an unusual pace."

One other thought that comes to mind is that Chacon does have some value in that he is young and has pitched reasonably well this year. We could package him to another team for a better SP or something of that nature, as well. Just a thought.