The New York Yankees have acquired a player named after beloved former captain and Hall of Fame shortstop Derek Jeter.
The Yankees claimed infielder Jeter Downs off waivers from the Washington Nationals, the team announced on its X account Tuesday (December 19).
"Earlier today, the Yankees claimed INF Jeter Downs off waivers from the Washington Nationals," the Yankees wrote.
Downs, 25, of Colombia, was selected by the Cincinnati Reds at No. 32 overall in the 2017 MLB Draft and later shipped to the Los Angeles Dodgers before eventually making his Major League Baseball debut for the Yankees' arch rival Boston Red Sox in 2022 after being acquired in the 2020 blockbuster trade that sent Mookie Betts to the Dodgers.
"Had the chance to meet @jeter2downs a few years ago (he wasn’t with the Red Sox then). Congratulations and good luck… unless you are playing the Yankees," Derek Jeter wrote on his X account amid Jeter Downs' MLB debut on June 22, 2022.
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