Ichiro Drawing Interest, Prefers To Stay With Yankees
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Although he is drawing interest from other teams around the league, Ichiro
Suzuki prefers to re-sign with the Yankees according to his agent Tony
Attanasio. Attanasio told George A. King III of The New York Post that his
client is willing to wait to see if New York wants him back after working out
new contracts with Mariano Rivera and potentially Andy Pettitte.
據經紀人Tony Attanasio表示，雖然有許多球隊對一朗有興趣，但一朗希望能和洋基續約
。Attanasio告訴記者一朗願意等等看洋基是否有意願留他。
"They are going after pitching first which is what the Yankees normally do,"
said Attanasio. "There has been a lot of interest [from teams], but he
enjoyed playing for the Yankees so much it’s hard for him to say no to the
Yankees. His preference is to stay there instead of going someplace else, but
we will wait and see."
「洋基還是一樣以追求投手為優先。目前有許多球隊對一朗有興趣，但他喜歡在洋基打球
，因此他很難拒絕在洋基打球。他偏好留下來，但我們還要再看看。」
Ichiro, 39, hit .283/.307/.390 in 663 plate appearances last season, but put
up a .322/.340/.454 batting line in 240 plate appearances with the Yankees
following the trade. He also agreed to move from right field to left and bat
near the bottom of the order. King says if the Yankees want Ichiro back, he
would have to agree to a one-year contract with a pay cut from the $17MM he
made in 2012.
39歲的一朗在12球季繳出.283/.307/.390，在洋基更是繳出.322/.340/.454的好成績。他
甚至願意移防到左外野。George A. King III表示若洋基願意留下一朗，將會簽一年約，
而薪水會低於12年的$17M。
The Giants and White Sox were among the teams with interest in Ichiro prior
to the trade deadline, and earlier this month we heard the Yankees have some
interest in bringing him back as a replacement for Nick Swisher. Tim Dierkes
ranked the long-time Mariner as the 40th best free agent on his Top 50 Free
Agents List, predicting he would sign with the Rays.
交易大限前巨人和白襪對他有興趣，而本月份也傳出洋基有意讓一朗填補Swisher的空缺。
Tim Dierkes將一朗排名為FA市場第40名，並預測他會去光芒。