The Yankees bring back C Jim Leyritz from the Padres for highly-touted pitching prospect Geraldo Padua. Padua is 25-4 in three seasons in Class A, including a run of 20 straight wins. Mysteriously, he will lose 14 straight in the minors in 2000 and earn a release from the Altoona Curve (AA) in May, 2001, after serving up three straight homers.

July 31, 1999July 30, 2019 This Day In Baseball

On July 31, 1999 — The Yankees bring back C Jim Leyritz from the Padres for highly-touted pitching prospect Geraldo Padua. Padua is 25-4 in three seasons in Class A, including a run of 20 straight wins. Mysteriously, he will lose 14 straight in the minors in 2000 and earn a release from the Altoona Curve (AA) in May, 2001, after serving up three straight homers.

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