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Yankees’ Antidote For Cliff Lee: Make The Games Shorter With Rafael Soriano

Rosenthal has recently suggested that the New York Yankees take a run at free agent reliever Rafael Soriano.

After losing out on Cliff Lee, the Yankees have a lot of unused money laying around, and adding Soriano, along with Mariano Rivera would give them the best eighth-ninth inning punch.

What this essentially does for the Yankees is make the games shorter.

If they Yankees take a lead into the eighth inning, it basically turns a nine inning feast into a seven-inning snack.

Soriano led all of baseball with 45 saves last season. He posted a 1.73 ERA with 57 strikeouts in 62.1 IP last season for the Tampa Bay Rays.

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