Photo: Todd Hiller/Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees Three weeks before the Yankees made a blockbuster trade with the Derek Jeter-led Marlins for Giancarlo Stanton last December, the clubs conducted business on a much smaller scale for the very first time. In an effort to clear up space on the 40-man roster, New York shipped away first baseman Garrett Cooper and left-handed pitcher Caleb Smith to Miami in exchange for $250,000 worth of international bonus pool money. But that wasn't all -- the Yankees also received
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Photo: Todd Hiller/Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees Three weeks before the Yankees made a blockbuster trade with the Derek Jeter-led Marlins for Giancarlo Stanton last December, the clubs conducted business on a much smaller scale for the very first time. In an effort to clear up space on the 40-man roster, New York shipped away first baseman Garrett Cooper and left-handed pitcher Caleb Smith to Miami in exchange for $250,000 worth of international bonus pool money. But that wasn't all -- the Yankees also received