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Could Yankees Sign Rafael Soriano to Be Rivera’s Insurance for 1 More Year?

an idea that may sound crazy: How about the New York Yankees offer Rafael Soriano a rich one-year contract and ask him to set up for Mariano Rivera once again in 2013?

Odds are it's not going to happen. The Yankees' 2013 payroll is already projected to be over $206 million by Baseball-Reference.com, and general manager Brian Cashman told Anthony Rieber of Newsday that he's not looking at relievers on the free-agent market.

"I cannot talk about players on the free-agent market," Cashman said. "But I am not looking for bullpen help, I can tell you that."

So there's that, and there's also this from ESPN's Buster Olney:

The Yankees want the draft pick/draft dollars they'll get when Soriano signs elsewhere more than they ...

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