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11/19/2013 10:07:00 AM
Gavin Ewbank
With Curtis Granderson likely out the door, and Robinson Cano possibly joining him if someone comes along and offers Cano the blank check he's looking for, the Yankees will be missing a lot of power in the lineup next season.
According to recent reports, the Yankees have been engaged with free-agents Brian McCann, Omar Infante, Johnny Peralta, Stephen Drew, Shin Soo-Choo and Carlos Beltran.
The NY Post is reporting that the Yankees are now interested in bringing back left-handed bat Raul Ibanez to serve as the team's DH next season against right-handed pitching. You may remember that Ibanez last played for the Yankees in 2012, hitting several big homeruns for the Bombers in the ALDS against the Baltimore Orioles.
He left New York and sign a one-year, $2.75 million deal with the Seattle Mariners, landing there for the second time in his career.
Ibanez, who will be 42-years-old in June, became a great steal for the Mariners, hitting 29 homeruns in 2013, while hitting .242 with 65 RBIs and a .793 OPS in 124 games. The Yankees are hoping that he can produce those numbers at least one more year.
After letting Ibanez walk, the Yankees signed Travis Hafner to a one-year, $3 million contract, and after hitting .318, six homers and 17 RBIs in April, he fell into a slump until a shoulder in July kept him out for almost the remainder of the season, limiting him to just 82 games and only one after July 26. He finished the season hitting .202 with 12 homers, 37 RBIs and a .679 OPS, and went hitless in his final 23 at-bats.
By bringing in Ibanez, he would likely serve as just a DH for the Yankees, and wouldn't be needed much in the field with Vernon Wells, Ichiro, Alfonso Soriano and Brett Gardner already under contract for 2014. As mentioned, the Yankees have been looking into some free-agent outfielders as well.
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According to recent reports, the Yankees have been engaged with free-agents Brian McCann, Omar Infante, Johnny Peralta, Stephen Drew, Shin Soo-Choo and Carlos Beltran.
The NY Post is reporting that the Yankees are now interested in bringing back left-handed bat Raul Ibanez to serve as the team's DH next season against right-handed pitching. You may remember that Ibanez last played for the Yankees in 2012, hitting several big homeruns for the Bombers in the ALDS against the Baltimore Orioles.He left New York and sign a one-year, $2.75 million deal with the Seattle Mariners, landing there for the second time in his career.
Ibanez, who will be 42-years-old in June, became a great steal for the Mariners, hitting 29 homeruns in 2013, while hitting .242 with 65 RBIs and a .793 OPS in 124 games. The Yankees are hoping that he can produce those numbers at least one more year.
After letting Ibanez walk, the Yankees signed Travis Hafner to a one-year, $3 million contract, and after hitting .318, six homers and 17 RBIs in April, he fell into a slump until a shoulder in July kept him out for almost the remainder of the season, limiting him to just 82 games and only one after July 26. He finished the season hitting .202 with 12 homers, 37 RBIs and a .679 OPS, and went hitless in his final 23 at-bats.
By bringing in Ibanez, he would likely serve as just a DH for the Yankees, and wouldn't be needed much in the field with Vernon Wells, Ichiro, Alfonso Soriano and Brett Gardner already under contract for 2014. As mentioned, the Yankees have been looking into some free-agent outfielders as well.
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