The New York Yankees and reliever Mariano Rivera, owner of the all-time saves record, are close to finalizing a one-year contract worth $10 million, including incentives, according to reports by Jon Morosi of FOX Sports and Jon Heyman of CBS Sports.
Mariano Rivera, Yankees close to contract
The all-time saves leader is returning to New York for his 17th season as closer with a deal worth $10 million.
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Rivera has dealt with the decision of whether to retire or stay in baseball for months now, after pitching just nine games in 2012 due to a knee injury. The 43-year-old Panamanian now looks bound to return to wearing pinstripes for his 17th straight season as the Yankees closer.
It looks like the Yankees have no intentions of trying out a so-called youth movement: They have been busy re-signing tested veterans such as Hiroki Kuroda and Andy Pettitte to one-year deals, and now Rivera, the man with 608 saves and a future Hall of Famer, is going to join them at the Bronx in 2013.
And despite his injury, Rivera cannot be counted out: He’s had an ERA below 2.20 in nine of the last ten seasons, and has certainly been a guarantee for Yankee success in the postseason, with an 8-1 record and a 0.70 ERA with 42 saves.
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