Ichiro Suzuki traded to the Yankees

[BCVM22]

+ cash to NY for RHPs DJ Mitchell and Danny Fahrquar

 

No, seriously.

[Clem Fandango]

Woah. Never thought I'd see Ichiro wear another uniform.

[d_money]

Link?

[Sammy Sofa]

Holy [expletive].

[BCVM22]

Link?

 

Analyst Jack Curry of the YES Network and Bob Nightengale (yes, I know, hold your Dempster jokes) among others have it on Twitter. Story link as soon as I see one.

[Banedon]

Jon Heyman ‏@JonHeymanCBS

 

yankees in talks to try to get ichiro. there are $ issues to be worked out tho.

[Banedon]

Hahahahaha.

 

Bill Barnwell ‏@billbarnwell

 

Dale Sveum just blamed the Internet for the Mariners trading Ichiro Suzuki, which is really weird, he's not even a Mariners fan

[Banedon]

Oh and to spice it up, the Yankees and Mariners begin a series tonight.

[Sammy Sofa]

http://news.rotowire.com/Ichiro-Suzuki-googid413143-spmlb.htm

 

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/blog/eye-on-baseball/19641491/report-ichiro-suzuki-traded-to-the-yankees

[BCVM22]

Seattle just made it official.

 

Ichiro and cash for the two aforementioned RHPs.

[Andy]

Well, this may be enough to pull Ichiro off my fantasy bench regularly.

[Ski]

My actual reaction:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inW6fhmr7Jk

[TheDude]

Ichiro has 10/5 rights...where is the 24 hour moritorium here? Trying to understand the tweet on Demp.

[Andy]

Ichiro has 10/5 rights...where is the 24 hour moritorium here? Trying to understand the tweet on Demp.

Apparently Ichiro requested the trade, so 10/5 rights weren't in play.

[Have a seat, Neifi]

Jon Heyman ‏@JonHeymanCBS

RT @Joelsherman1 Fangraph's UZR-150 has Ichiro by far MLB best def OF. not sure about system since 2d best is Al. Soriano

[El Duderino]

I feel bad for the Ichimeter Lady.

[toonsterwu]

Makes sense for the Yankees, as they needed an OF'er. I imagine this was sort of a gold watch trade for Ichiro - thanks for the years of service, we'll make sure you get a soft landing, type of move. The return seems pedestrian, even for an Ichiro that isn't all that good.

[Schwarber Fan]

There are teams that would actually kill to have Andruw Jones and Raul Ibanez as their LF platoon but it's the Yankees so they go get Ichiro.

[SouthSideRyan]

There are teams that would actually kill to have Andruw Jones and Raul Ibanez as their LF platoon but it's the Yankees so they go get Ichiro.

 

Neither of them are capable of playing the field.

[TruffleShuffle]

raul ibanez since june 1: .206/.274/.327/.601

 

raul ibanez' obp in 2011-12: .292.

 

add in the fact that he's a terrible fielder, and i don't think too many teams would be thrilled to have him as half of a leftfield platoon.

[EhDubya]

There are teams that would actually kill to have Andruw Jones and Raul Ibanez as their LF platoon

 

In the year two thousand.... In the year two thousaaaaaand

[Sammy Sofa]

There are teams that would actually kill to have Andruw Jones and Raul Ibanez as their LF platoon

 

In the year two thousand.... In the year two thousaaaaaand

 

Excellent.

[DiamondMind]

 

In the year two thousand.... In the year two thousaaaaaand

 

Well done sir.

[StarlinOnYou]

I hadn't realized how much of a disaster Ichiro has been this season.

 

.288 OBP.

 

Still very odd to see Ichiro in pinstripes.

[Cubswin11]

I hadn't realized how much of a disaster Ichiro has been this season.

 

.288 OBP.

 

Still very odd to see Ichiro in pinstripes.

He's sucked since last season, he had a sub .650 OPS last year also.