Stewart traded to Yankees

[love_that_reefer]

The Yankees have acquired Stewart in exchange for right-hander George Kontos, reports MLB.com's Bryan Hoch (on Twitter).

Kontos, 26, allowed two runs in six innings for New York last September, his big league debut. He pitched to a 2.62 ERA with 9.2 K/9 and 2.6 BB/9 in 89 1/3 Triple-A innings.

That we got anything of value for Stewart is pretty awesome. I have to give Sabean and crew some credit here.

[Bear]

The Kid we got in return looks pretty good. Your are right that I am also blown away that we got anything more than a old catchers mitt for Stewart in return.

[swing4 the cove]

stewart can't do diddly-squat at the plate. on an offensively challenged team like the giants, that's a deal breaker. for a team loaded with firepower like the yankees, his defense behind the plate (which is absolutely outstanding) can be very valuable.

[NYgiantsfan5689]

The Yankees were handcuffed organizationally at the catcher position once Austin Romine went down and then suffered a setback. The only 2 major league ready catchers in the organization are Russell Martin and Francisco Cervelli, so they needed depth incase anyone else went down. It's really unfortunate to see Cervelli get sent down, and he was NOT happy about it, but Stewart's out of options and so it was Cervelli by default. That's the only reason this trade happened.