The Yankees have sent prospect Tyler Clippard to the Nationals for 25 year old reliever Jonathan Albaladejo.

Like Clippard, Albaladejo had his first taste of Major League Baseball in 2007, pitching 14.3 innings over 14 games, going 1-1 with a 1.88 ERA and 1.70 WHIP. Cliff Corcoran has this scouting report:

Albaladejo throws in the mid-90s and appears to have tremendous control, having walked just 1.73 men per nine innings in his minor league career and just two men in his 14 1/3 major league frames. His strike out rate isn't quite as impressive, but in combination with the walks it yields a 4.27 K/BB over more than 500 minor league innings, which is remarkable. Albaladejo has also allowed less than a hit an inning in his pro career and doesn't seem to have much of an issue with home runs either (though he was somewhat protected by RFK Stadium last year).