 The Yankees were just 1 ½ games behind the Toronto Blue Jays when they acquired Lee Smith , and he pitched nearly perfectly for the last month of the season . In eight games , Smith did not allow a single run and picked up three saves and 11 strikeouts . The Yankees as a team , however , did poorly during the remainder of the season , and Toronto easily pulled away to win the division . Smith 's New York career lasted just those eight games as he filed for free agency after the season . He signed with Baltimore for 1994 for $ 1 @.@ 5 million plus incentives . 
