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    Is there any reason to be happy the Yankees traded for Vernon Wells? 

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    Published on 03-23-13 02:03 PM

    Throughout his career, Vernon Wells has been a beacon of inconsistency. But lately, he's been terrible. What can the Yankees use as justification for paying $13 million for the outfielder for the next two seasons? His Spring Training stats? His new swing? Both are reaches, to say the least.

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    Cano wants ten year megadeal 

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    Published on 10-22-12 04:03 PM

    While fantasies of trading Alex Rodriguez elsewhere have dominated the collective mind in the wake of the Yankees’ disappointing exit from the playoffs, the biggest long term financial concern for Brian Cashman right now is the status of Robinson Cano. The Yankees’ best player has a $15 million option for 2013 that the team will undoubtedly pick up, but after that he’s eligible for free agency, and could be hitting the open market as a cream of the crop player at a time when more teams than ever are flush with cash. Ideally, the Yankees would work out an extension with Cano before it comes to that, but based on this report from Joel Sherman, they shouldn’t expect any early bird discounts fro their second baseman

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    How about that Ichiro! 

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    Published on 09-20-12 01:12 PM

    When the New York Yankees acquired Ichiro Suzuki from the Seattle Mariners in a trade, I wrote here that the trade was a smart move and could even be a brilliant move. As I stated there and in future posts, if Ichiro could hit .300 for the Yankees, he would certainly help them. That initial post provoked a strong negative comment which really shook the confidence in what I had written. Yes, folks, I do read your comments and they are not taken lightly. And there were times when Ichiro did not perform well at the plate and looked like a 39 year old shell of his former self. Two games yesterday sure changed some of that thought process. Upon further review, with a fourteen games left in the season, the trade is looking pretty darned good at the moment.

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