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Why Rafael Soriano Is Ready, Able to Replace David Robertson as Yankees Closer

New York Yankees may have left spring training with questions about their starting rotation, but the bullpen was considered a strength.

How many teams could afford to have Rafael Soriano, who saved 45 games for the Tampa Bay Rays in 2010, as their seventh-inning go-to guy?

With David Robertson in the setup role and Mariano Rivera closing, all the Yankees were hoping for were six good innings from everyone in the rotation not named CC Sabathia.

That was then—this is now. Losing Rivera to a torn ACL when he caught his spikes on the warning track shagging flies in Kansas City immediately cast a shadow over the Yankees' expectations of getting back to the World Series this season.

Exit Sandman.

David Robertson ...

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