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Yankees Should Proceed with Caution on Free Agent Stephen Drew

Jon Heyman reported Thursday that free-agent shortstop Stephen Drew was drawing attention from a few American League teams, including the New York Yankees.

Drew struggled last season. He suffered an ankle injury in July 2011 that cost him the last half of that season as well as the first half of 2012.

In 40 games with the Arizona Diamondbacks last year, Drew hit .193/.290/.311 with two homers and 12 RBI. After he was traded to the Oakland Athletics on Aug. 20, he was a bit better. In 39 games for Oakland, Drew’s triple-slash line was .250/.326/.382 with five homers and 16 RBI.

For his career, Drew’s line is .265/.328/.433 in 3,417 plate appearances over seven seasons with the Diamondbacks and Athletics. ...

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