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Mariano Rivera, Yankees finalize 1-year, $10 million deal
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Mariano Rivera’s one-year, $10-million deal with incentives, agreed to Thursday, became official Friday when the 43-year-old passed his physical.
“Like I’ve been saying, I didn’t want to go out like that,” Rivera, in a statement, said of the torn ACL suffered May 3 that cost him his season. “I didn’t want that to be the last image. But it wasn’t an easy decision because there’s more than just...
