Yankees reliever David Carpenter, who was designated for assignment last week, has been traded to the Nationals in exchange for minor league infielder Tony Renda.
Carpenter has bounced around a ton and is now on his fifth team at age 29, but he throws hard and has a 3.73 ERA with 212 strikeouts in 205 career innings as a big leaguer.
Renda was the Nationals’ second-round draft pick in 2012, but he’s hitting just .267 with one homer and a .673 OPS in 54 games at Double-A as a 24-year-old this season and is not considered much of a prospect.