Re: Yankees "Close" on Brian Roberts

On Tuesday, December 17, 2013 6:57:58 AM UTC-5, Vinnie S. wrote:

On Tuesday, December 17, 2013 12:39:12 AM UTC-5, Tom K wrote:

This comes from a report from Ken Rosenthal on Twitter.

We all should know the Brian Roberts story - a very good major league second baseman for many years before succumbing to a lot of injuries.    Roberts has played a total of 192 games in the last four years, 77 of which came in 2013, when he put up a .249/.312/.392 line.  

I will assume he is going to come cheaply. However, it is hard to fathom that he will last more than 75 or so games in 2014.  (If he did that, the Yankees may consider themselves fortunate).

I will assume the Yankees are not done shopping - this is a bit of blah signing.  I don't see much overall upside, even if he does miraculously stay healthy.

They may be just buying 2 years for Refsnyder.

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