PLAYING TIME: Yankees sign Ibanez to DH

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Ibanez newest Yankee DH

The Yankees finally made official what seemed fait accompli for weeks when they inked Raul Ibanez (DH, NYY) to a one-year contract. Ibanez, who turns 40 in June, returns to the AL for the first time since 2008 to become the Yankees’ primary DH.

Ibanez is a durable player who has had less than 500 AB only once in the past ten years. He’s now expected to exploit the short right-field porch of Yankee Stadium (+43% LHB HR). Do his previous three years with PHI support those expectations?

Year      BA     vL     vR    OPS     Eye   GB%    PX    hr/f   BPV
====    ====   ====   ====   ====    ====   ===    ===   ====   ===
2009    .272   .285   .267   .897    0.47   43%    175    21%    95
2010...

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