Yankees trade SS prospect Trey Sweeney as Dodgers clear space for Shohei Ohtani

NEW YORK — The Yankees are not signing Shohei Ohtani, but they’re getting something out of him. With the Dodgers in need of 40-man roster spots for their $700 million man and Joe Kelly, Los Angeles is sending left-handed reliever Victor González and infielder Jorbit Vivas to the Yankees. Meanwhile, the Yankees are parting with shortstop prospect Trey Sweeney. ESPN’s Alden Gonzalez first reported the trade. Sweeney, a first-round pick out of Eastern Illinois in 2021, was considered the Yankees’ eighth-best prospect by MLB.com, but he was their third-best shortstop prospect behind George Lombard…

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