Yankees Trade Farnsworth for Detroit’s Ivan Rodriquez

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CLEVELAND — The Detroit Tigers have traded a veteran catcher, Ivan Rodriguez, to the New York Yankees for hard-throwing reliever Kyle Farnsworth.

Rodriguez, a 14-time All-Star in the option year of a $50 million deal he signed with the Tigers in February 2004, will step into the hole in the Yankees’ lineup created by Jorge Posada’s shoulder injury.

Posada had arthroscopic surgery on his right shoulder today. The rehab time is about six months.

The 36-year-old Rodriguez, who has won the Gold Glove award 13 times, was hitting .295 with five homers in 82 games this season.


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