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DMoney1184
No. I don’t think Papelbon fits in Yankee Stadium at all.
DMoney1184
RAB suggested that and it didn’t sound like the worst deal. He had a bad shoulder injury. The money evens out.
DMoney1184
Tanaka already has that guy in Kuroda and he can relate even more to Tanaka because he’s went through the whole assimilation process and he’s a pitcher as well. I think Ichiro starts the season as the 4th outfielder, backing up all 3 positions but if he struggles in his part time role and Zolio Almonte is hitting well at AAA, I could see Ichiro getting DFA’ed (and picked up by another team for the league minimum–Phillies? Astros?) and Almonte replacing him on the roster. The chances of that happening increases if one of the Yankees starting 3 (Gardner, Ellsbury, Beltran/Soriano RF/DH tandem) gets injured for any length of time and Ichiro is over-exposed playing every day.