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year, the New York Yankees find themselves signing veteran players to cheap, one-year deals to add depth on the bench and in the rotation. With the Yankees trying not to commit themselves to any more long-term contracts, they have signed even more of these older veterans in the last couple of years.

For the most part, these moves have worked out, like Raul Ibanez delivering so many huge hits last year and Bartolo Colon's revival giving a thin rotation a boost two years ago. Some of them haven't, like Freddy Garcia in his second year with the Bombers (though he did have a 3.62 ERA with them the previous year) and a platoon of Austin Kearns and Lance Berkman three years ago.

This year is different, however, because of the massive amount of injuries ...

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