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Why you should be wary of the Ichiro Suzuki trade

Ichiro Suzuki doffs his batting helmet as fans

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The trade that brought Ichiro Suzuki to the Yankees kicked off a back-page bonanza. It should have prompted a shrug of the shoulders.

It's not that the trade was all that bad. Any trade in which a team gives up two spare-part pitchers for a low-cost addition can't be categorized as bad.

It's just that the trade wasn't all that inspiring, either.

With Brett Gardner a goner for the...

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