Tyler Kepner of Bats looks at how Nick Swisher came to the Yankees. If you think "the White Sox wanted to get rid of the contract", you are partly right, but it actually goes back to 1990:

1990 – Yankees sign Rivera from Panama.

1997 – Yankees trade Rivera to Padres in Hideki Irabu deal.

1999 – Yankees trade Irabu to Expos for Jake Westbrook (and others)

2000 – Yankees trade Westbrook to Indians for David Justice

2001 – Yankees trade Justice to Mets for Robin Ventura

2003 – Yankees trade Ventura to Dodgers for Scott Proctor

2007 – Yankees trade Proctor to Dodgers for Wilson Betemit

2008 – Yankees trade Betemit to White Sox in Swisher deal

Pretty cool in my opinion. I wonder if anyone has ever checked how many years the longest "trade streak" has lasted. I would guess you can get very, very far back. You can probably also collect interesting lists of names where superstar meet obscure utility guys.

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