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Article: YANKEES PICK UP RODRIGUEZ TO REPLACE POSADA AT CATCHER.(Sports)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Article date:
- July 31, 2008
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NEW YORK -- The Detroit Tigers sent veteran catcher Ivan Rodriguez to the New York Yankees for hard-throwing reliever Kyle Farnsworth on Wednesday, a trade that filled glaring holes for both contenders.
Rodriguez, a 14-time All-Star in the option year of a $50 million deal he signed with the Tigers in February 2004, will step into the hole in the Yankees' lineup created by Jorge Posada's shoulder injury. Posada had arthroscopic surgery on his right shoulder Wednesday and is out for the season.
"You have to give up to get," Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said.
Tigers president Dave Dombrowski said the team didn't want to trade Rodriguez, but had needs in the ...
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