Yankees acquire Shawn Kelley

The Yankees acquired right hander Shawn Kelley from the Mariners in exchange for outfielder Abraham Almonte, according to Ryan Divish of the Tacoma News Tribune (on Twitter) and now confirmed by all parties. Almonte hit pretty well last year in Double A Trenton, but he was likely going to be blocked from significant playing time in both Trenton and Scranton. Meanwhile the Mariners needed Center Field depth and Almonte is definitely capable of playing all over the outfield.
The Mariners had designated Kelley for assignment to make room for Kelly Shoppach and he still has a minor league option so if he doesn't make the club out of spring training then he, along with Cody Eppley, will probably be the most likely up and down guy between the Yankees and the Railriders. Kelley, 28, appeared in 47 games for the Mariners in 2012, posting a 3.25 ERA with 9.1 K/9, 3.0 BB/9, and a 28.8% ground ball rate in 44 1/3 innings. Obviously the fly balls could be an issue and his homer rate (1.34 HR/9 and 9.7% HR/FB) isn't ideal, but I doubt he will be working any high level innings.
To make room for Kelley the Yankees put Alex Rodriguez on the 60 day Disabled list. I suppose they sort of have another 2 40 man spots open as they will need to put Manny Banuelos and Cesar Cabral on the 60 day at some point.