Ichiro Suzuki (Keith Allison, Wikimedia Commons)
The face of the Seattle Mariners for the last decade is now a New York Yankee. On Monday, the Seattle Mariners traded right fielder Ichiro Suzuki to the New York Yankees with cash for pitchers Danny Farquhar and D.J. Mitchell.
Farquhar spent a brief time with the Toronto Blue Jays in 2011.
In a remarkable move, the New York Yankees and the Mariners made the deal a couple of hours before the teams played against each other at Safeco Field in Seattle last night. The Yankees won 4-1 and Ichiro had a single and a stolen base.
So far this season, Ichiro has only four home runs and 28 runs batted in with a batting average of .261.
I know Ichiro is in the latter stages of his fine Major League career, but I thought Seattle could have got more for him because he is still outstanding defensively and has speed on the base paths. But there was a need for Ichiro in the Big Apple with Brett Gardner out for the year with elbow surgery.
In other moves the Detroit Tigers have acquired second baseman Omar Infante and pitcher Anibal Sanchez from the Florida Marlins, and the Chicago White Sox have acquired reliever Brett Myers from the Houston Astros.
Tags: anibal sanchez, brett myers, chicago white sox, d.j. mitchell, danny farquhar, detroit tigers, florida marlins, houston astros, ichiro suzuki, New York Yankees, omar infante, seattle mariners
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