The 38 y/o Rich Aurilia wants to play one more year, after struggling to keep his roster spot last year in San Francisco there was speculation he that would retire. But Aurilia wants to play one more season and the native New Yorker would like to play in his home town.The same reason he ended up keeping his spot last year in SF is the same reason he could be a solid pick-up for spring training. I made a case in this post, for picking him up last season if the Giants waived him. Aurilia was praised in SF for his mentor ship of the younger players and maybe he could help Murphy out.What would be the harm of bringing him in on a minor league deal and when he doesn't make the team if he doesn't want to go to Buffalo then they could release him. But he wouldn’t play for just any team. He has two in mind, both of which would allow the Brooklyn native to close the circle on his life in double knits. And while he doesn’t expect the Yankees or Mets to give him a locker, they haven’t ...
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