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[Eli's Gone]

Family affair:

After weeks of scouring the trade market for bullpen help, the New York Yankees acquired right-handed reliever Mark Leiter Jr. from the Chicago Cubs for two minor leaguers Tuesday.

The Cubs received Double-A shortstop Ben Cowles and Triple-A reliever Jack Neely for Leiter, 33, whose father pitched in eight games for the Yankees as a rookie in 1990 and uncle Al began his 19-year major league career pitching in parts of three seasons for the Yankees in the late 1980s.