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River Ave. Blues ยป Update: Yankees have not re-signed Ichiro

Update: Yankees have not re-signed Ichiro

November 27, 2012 by Mike 54 Comments

Feinsand: Pettitte has started offseason workouts
Report(s): Yankees optimistic about signing Rivera this week

12:33am: Erik Boland hears there is “no truth” to the report, so the Yankees have not re-signed Ichiro. Joel Sherman says there’s aren’t even serious talks ongoing.

8:36am: According to Nikkan Sports (translated article), the Yankees have re-signed Ichiro Suzuki to a one-year contract worth $5M plus incentives. Sweeny Murti, however, says it is just a rumor and not a done deal. No offense to the reporters overseas, but I have more trust in the local scribes. That price certainly passes the sniff test though.

Ichiro, 39, has indicated he “strongly wants to stay” with the team and is willing to wait for them to take care of other offseason business first. If the Yankees do bring him back as the primary right fielder, adding a right-handed hitting outfielder for the bench will be an absolute must. The same goes for a big bat at DH, because they’re going to be losing quite a bit of offense by replacing Nick Swisher with Ichiro.

Feinsand: Pettitte has started offseason workouts
Report(s): Yankees optimistic about signing Rivera this week

Filed Under: Asides, Irresponsible Rumormongering Tagged With: Ichiro Suzuki

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