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It's time for Mike Trout, Los Angeles Angels to part ways
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Why do the Yankees keep Giancarlo Stanton? All he does is strike out and hit into double plays and his fielding is atrocious. He hasn't won any games for them all year.
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Yankees Designate Alfonso Soriano For Assignment - MLB Trade Rumors
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Alfonso Soriano - Wikipedia
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Yankees cut Vernon Wells to clear roster space
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Matt Thornton completes deal with Yankees, who cut Vernon Wells
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Yankees Trade For Brandon McCarthy, Designate Alfonso Soriano For Assignment - CBS New York
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Tim Marchman: Maybe Yankees Should Have Kept Soriano to Begin With - WSJ
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New York Yankees' 2014 first-half report card
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Yankees designate Alfonso Soriano for assignment - Newsday
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MLB trade deadline defied convention