4:45pm: Buster Olney says the two sides are moving closer to a deal. It’s expected to get done in a few days.
11:30am: Via Jon Heyman: The Yankees are hoping to re-sign Ichiro Suzuki within the next few days. Last night we heard the team was “showing strong interest” in bringing the outfielder back for 2013.
I wasn’t a huge fan of the Ichiro move at the trade deadline and he obviously proved me very wrong with his play down the stretch, but I hope those three awesome weeks didn’t convince the team he still has something left in the tank. Ichiro is a historically great player, but he’s been pretty bad these last two years (.277/.308/.361, 84 wRC+) and is unlikely to improve at age 39. One defense-first player in the outfield is enough for me, no need for a second.
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