Complex sentence: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1994, Armas Jr. was traded to the Boston Red Sox in 1997, and was sent to Montreal later the same year along with pitcher Carl Pavano to complete the deal for Pedro Martinez.
Split into simpler sentences: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1994, Armas was traded to the Boston Red Sox in 1997. The same year he was sent to Montreal along pitcher Carl Pavano to complete the deal for Pedro Martinez.