Yankees' Brian Cashman once got pranked in trade for Hall of Famer: ‘What are we doing?’
In July 2012, the Yankees sent non-prospect minor league pitchers D.J Mitchell and Danny Farquhar to the Mariners for Suzuki, who was in the last year of a five-year, $90 million contract. The Yankees were only on the hook for $2.5 million in that final year. They extended him for two years, $13 million from 2013-14.