Tag Archives: Ichiro Suzuki

Ichiro signing not official but they are getting closer

Posted on December 12, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese
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The news broke early this morning that Ichiro Suzuki had re-signed with the Yankees. It isn't exactly true, but it will eventually happen as the two sides are getting very close, according to Jon Heyman of CBS Sports and Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports. The reason why the rumor that it was a done deal started ...

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Rumor: Ichiro re-signing with the Yankees “will happen”

Posted on December 10, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

Ichiro Suzuki sounded like he was losing his patience with the Yankees heading into the Winter Meetings, but it sounds like a deal will eventually happen, according to Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports. "They are all over him," one source told Rosenthal. "That (a deal with Ichiro) will happen." Once the Yankees land Ichiro, Rosenthal is reporting ...

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Rumor: Yankees still talking to Ichiro

Posted on December 7, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

The Yankees are still waiting on an answer from Kevin Youkilis after making him a $12 million offer, but they have been talking with Ichiro Suzuki today as well, according to Jon Heyman of CBS Sports. Ichiro has expressed a strong desire to stay with the Yankees, and at one point even said he'd wait for them ...

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Ichiro is done waiting for the Yankees

Posted on December 1, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

Just one week ago, Ichiro Suzuki's agent said that he liked playing for the Yankees so much that he wait for them. Other teams were interested, but he would wait until they were ready to talk to him. Well, the Yankees have re-signed Hiroki Kuroda, Andy Pettitte, and Mariano Rivera and now Ichiro is done waiting. “As ...

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Ichiro has NOT re-signed with the Yankees…yet

Posted on November 27, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

I don't usually go around writing about players not signing with the Yankees, but there was a rumor from a Japanese website that Ichiro Suzuki had signed a one-year, $5 million deal to stay with the Yankees which was not true, according to both Sweeny Murti of WFAN and Erik Boland of Newsday. Sweeny did add ...

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Rumor: Yankees confident they can re-sign Ichiro Suzuki

Posted on November 26, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

Ichiro Suzuki has made no secret that he wants to return to the Yankees next year and they are confident that they can re-sign him despite the fact that he's going to have to agree to a large pay cut from the $18 million he made last season, according to Jon Heyman of CBS Sports. It makes sense ...

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Rumor: Ichiro Suzuki will wait for the Yankees

Posted on November 24, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

Free agent Ichiro Suzuki has already made it known that his preference is to stay with the Yankees this offseason, but while they are attending to other needs first he is getting offers from other teams. However, it appears Ichiro will ignore those other offers to wait until the Yankees are ready to negotiate. “They are ...

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Kuroda and Ichiro will not play in the WBC

Posted on November 20, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

A couple of Yankee free agent targets have decided to sit out the World Baseball Classic next year. Both Hiroki Kuroda and Ichiro Suzuki have declined to play in the international tournament that begins in March, according to Anthony Sulla-Heffinger of the NY Post. Kuroda didn't give a reason in the Post's report, but it sounds like ...

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Rumor: Yankees have expressed interest re-signing Ichiro and Ibanez

Posted on November 2, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

Sources told Wallace Matthews of ESPNNewYork.com that the Yankees do not plan on offering Ichiro Suzuki or Raul Ibanez a qualifying offer, no surprise there, but that they would like to see both of the veterans return on short-term deals. Ichiro is coming off a five-year deal that paid him $90 million over five years and ...

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Poll results: Who BBD readers want to see stay and go

Posted on October 29, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

I ran a poll after the Yankees were eliminated to see which players people wanted to see stay with the Yankees to 2013 and which people wanted to run out of town. For the most part the answers were predictable, but there were a few shockers. Here are the results: ...Read more Alex Rodriguez: 63% of you want ...

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