The Cleveland Indians have acquired Jose Veras from the New York Yankees in a trade today. In exchange for Veras, the Tribe will send cash to the Yankees who had sent the 28 year old to the minors last week.

"We're just looking to try to continue to get better," manager Eric Wedge said. "We're trying to find a combination that works. [Veras] has experience and has a pretty good arm. So we'll go from there."

The Indians are desperately trying to repair a bullpen which has blown leads on a nearly nightly basis recently.

Veras is a 6 foot 5 right hander and weighs 230 pounds. In 106 games at the MLB level he has an 8-4 record with a 4.43 ERA. He has struggled this year with an ERA of nearly 6.