There was some surprise when the New York Yankees were awarded the rights to negotiate with Japanese shortstop Hiroyuki Nakajima a month ago. Most fans had no idea that the shortstop was even on Brian Cashman’s radar – hell, most fans hadn’t even heard of him. What has turned out to be a lot less of a surprise is the fact that the New York Yankees did not sign Hiroyuki Nakajima to a contract. The New York Yankees viewed Hiroyuki Nakajima as a bench player throughout the whole process and were not willing to pay him anything more than that. I can’t blame them at all. Eduardo Nunez is already on the roster and has accumulated some Major League experience. Some extra depth up-the-middle is always great, but there was certainly no reason to commit to Nakajima for more than one season. Nakajima will head back to Japan to play in 2012 and perhaps try his luck next season as a true free agent. As far as the New York Yankees are concerned, they’ll look...
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