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New York Yankees: Why Jorge Posada Doesn’t Deserve a Thing From Bronx Bombers

York Yankees catcher Jorge Posada is not having a good year. He's not even having a decent year. He's having the worst year of his career and it is causing the Yankees front office and their manager to make a tough decision.

What should they do with Jorge?

From 1998 (the year he became an everyday player) through 2010, Posada was one of the best offensive catchers in the game. He batted .277, with an OBP of .379, a slugging percentage of .482, an OPS of .861 and had an OPS+ of 124.

During this time he also hit 255 home runs, had 996 RBI and 1,535 hits, making him a borderline Hall of Famer and putting himself into the discussion for a top-five Yankees catcher of all time (behind Yogi Berra, Bill Dickey, Elston Howard and Thurman Munson, ...

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