Article: Rodriguez Is Likely a Yankee; New York Would Send Soriano to Texas

The New York Yankees and Texas Rangers were on the verge last night of completing a major trade that would send shortstop Alex Rodriguez, the American League's most valuable player last season, to New York for second baseman Alfonso Soriano and a minor leaguer, according to baseball officials.

Several sources said the deal was expected to be finalized today or Monday. Newsday, which first reported the trade in Saturday's editions, said Rodriguez was already making plans to travel to Tampa, where the Yankees will open spring training on Tuesday.

"There's some fine tuning that needs to be done, but it should get done," said an industry source familiar with the discussions.

Sources said there ...

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