Sources: Yanks deal Hawkins for Astros prospect

by Ken Rosenthal

Ken Rosenthal has been the senior baseball writer for FOXSports.com since Aug. 2005. He appears weekly on the FSN Baseball Report and MLB on FOX.

Updated: July 31, 2008, 1:19 PM EST 16 comments

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The Yankees have traded reliever LaTroy Hawkins to the Astros for Class A second baseman Matt Cusick, according to major-league sources.

Hawkins was designated for assignment last Saturday after the Yankees acquired reliever Damaso Marte from the Pirates. He was 1-1 with a 5.71 ERA in 41 innings this season.

Cusick, 22, was batting .285 with nine home runs and 38 RBIs in 94 games for Class A Lexington. He was the Astros' 10th-round pick in the 2007 draft, and the Astros' No. 29 prospect according to Baseball America.

Earlier Wednesday, the Yankees traded reliever Kyle Farnsworth to the Tigers in exchange for 14-time All-Star catcher Ivan Rodriguez. The Yankees had been looking to upgrade at catcher since Jorge Posada decided to undergo season-ending shoulder surgery.

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