Sonny Gray is headed to the Big Apple. Gray is joining the Yankees after the former All-Star right-hander was traded to New York by the Oakland Athletics ahead of Monday afternoon’s non-waiver trade deadline.
The Athletics acquired outfielder Dustin Fowler, right-hander James Kaprielian and infielder/outfielder Jorge Mateo in the deal. The Yankees also acquired $1.5mn in international bonus money.
Gray, 27, went 6-5 with a 3.43 ERA and 94 strikeouts in 16 starts with Oakland this season. The former No. 18 overall pick in the 2011 amateur draft spent his first five-plus seasons with the Athletics, compiling a 44-36 record with a 3.42 ERA and 607 strikeouts over 114 career outings (112 starts).
Gray won 14 games in back-to-back seasons with the A’s in 2014 and 2015, with his 14-7 record, 2.73 ERA and 169 strikeouts earning him his lone All-Star selection in 2015. Over that two-year span, Gray posted a 28-17 record in 64 starts with a 2.91 ERA and 352 punch outs, with a career-high 183 of those strikeouts coming in 2014.
CC Sabathia, who helped lead the Yankees to their most recent World Series title in 2009, believes the team is knocking on the door of another championship now that Gray is in the fold. “We’re back to the same old Yankees,” Sabathia told reporters on Monday. “The goal is to win the World Series. We’re here now.”
Neither Fowler, 22, or Kaprielian, 23, will be able to make instant impacts within the Oakland organization, as both are currently sidelined with injuries. 
Fowler underwent season-ending knee surgery and Kaprielian is recovering from Tommy John surgery.
Mateo, 22, thanked the Yankees’ organisation in a tweet after the trade was completed. “I would like to thank the Yankee organisation for the opportunity they gave me. I also want to thank all the Yankee fan for there support,” Mateo wrote on his Twitter account. 
New York also traded right-hander Yefry Ramirez to the Baltimore Orioles in exchange for international bonus pool money.

Dodgers acquire prized ace Darvish from Rangers
Yu Darvish is on the move, after all. Minutes after Darvish posted a picture of himself standing next to his Rangers locker on Twitter, Texas traded the four-time All-Star to the Los Angeles Dodgers on Monday. The Japanese-born right-hander posted a caption of “10min!!!” with his Twitter selfie, a reference to Monday’s impending 4pm ET non-waiver trade deadline.
Texas received outfielder Willie Calhoun, right-hander AJ Alexy and infielder Brendon Davis in exchange for Darvish. Darvish, 30, bolsters a red-hot Dodgers squad that boasts the best record in the majors (74-31) and is currently without injured ace Clayton Kershaw (back). He is 6-9 with a 4.01 ERA and 148 strikeouts through 22 starts this season.
In five major league seasons, Darvish has posted a 52-39 record with a 3.42 ERA and 960 strikeouts in 122 career starts, all with Texas. Darvish led the American League in strikeouts with a career-high 277 in 2013. He originally signed with the Rangers on Jan. 18, 2012 after spending seven seasons with the Nippon Ham Fighters in Japan. To create room on the 40-man roster for Darvish, the Dodgers designated infielder/outfielder Mike Freeman for assignment.
Los Angeles also acquired left-handed relief pitcher Tony Watson from the Pittsburgh Pirates for right-handed pitcher Angel German and infielder Oneil Cruz. Watson, 32, went 5-3 with a 3.66 ERA and 10 saves over 47 relief apperances this season with the Pirates.
Additionally, the Dodgers landed veteran left-handed reliever Tony Cingrani in a deal with the Cincinnati Reds. The 28-year-old Cingrani was 0-0 with a 5.40 ERA in 25 relief apperances with Cincinnati before the trade. Texas made one other lesser deal before the deadline, shipping right-hander Jeremy Jeffress to the Milwaukee Brewers for right-hander Tayler Scott.
White Sox’s Moncada hurt in collision with teammate
White Sox rookie second baseman Yoan Moncada left Chicago’s game against the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday on a stretcher after colliding with teammate Willy Garcia. Garcia, the right fielder, charged a shallow fly ball from Toronto’s Darwin Barney and was sliding in a bid to make the catch when Moncada’s right knee struck Garcia in the head.
Barney ended up with a three-run double as both Moncada and Garcia remained down on the field.
Moncada was taken from the field on a stretcher with what the team later said was a knee contusion, while Garcia left the game under his own power. Moncada, who was called up from Triple-A earlier this month, is hitting.105 with a homer and six runs-batted-in in 12 games for Chicago.
Garcia is batting.258 with two homers and 11 RBIs in 40 games. The Blue Jays scored three runs in the inning to take a 6-0 lead but the White Sox rallied to win the game 7-6.