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| - The New York Yankees limped their way into the playoffs and after a nice, but too close to comfort series against the Baltimore Orioles, they faced the Detroit Tigers, hardly making it to the playoffs themselves in a very weak AL Central division, with the only other contender being the Chicago White Sox, cooling off in the final weeks and missing the postseason completely. The Yankees got swept and just about every player struggled offensively, no matter how good the pitchers were. The Yankees need to retool in the 2012 offseason and here are my plans.
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| - The New York Yankees limped their way into the playoffs and after a nice, but too close to comfort series against the Baltimore Orioles, they faced the Detroit Tigers, hardly making it to the playoffs themselves in a very weak AL Central division, with the only other contender being the Chicago White Sox, cooling off in the final weeks and missing the postseason completely. The Yankees got swept and just about every player struggled offensively, no matter how good the pitchers were. The Yankees need to retool in the 2012 offseason and here are my plans. 2. Nick Swisher will not be resigned. He will be out of town and heading to a destination that Yankee fans dislike... Boston. 3. Joe Girardi will be fired. His replacement will be Lou Pinella, who will come out of retirement to manage the team and put some fire in the clubhouse. However, if Pinella rejects, Ryne Sandberg will be next in line. 4. Curtis Granderson will be traded too, along with Ivan Nova and several other players. The Yankees will land a new right fielder, Justin Upton, from the Arizona Diamondbacks. 5. The Yankees will sign outfielder Torri Hunter to a 2-$25M deal. Torri will take over in center field for Curtis Granderson. 6. The Yankees will resign Ichiro Suzuki to be the left fielder and Brett Gardner will be the fourth outfielder. 7. Freddy Garcia, Derek Lowe, Casey McGehee and Andruw Jones won't be resigned. However, the Yankees will resign Russell Martin, Andy Pettitte, Hiroki Kuroda, Raul Ibanez and extend Robinson Cano for about 7-$150M deal. 8. The Yankees will have a rotation of CC Sabathia, Hiroki Kuroda, Andy Pettitte, Phil Hughes and Michael Pineda.
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