Ichiro transfers to the New York / Yankees by trade

ByOlympianX

It was announced that Ichiro, who is active in the Major League Baseball's Seattle Mariners, will transfer to the New York Yankees by trade with two young pitchers and money. Ichiro has been playing a major Mariners for 11 years since he moved to major, and this is his first major transfer.

Twitter / JackCurryYES: The Yankees have acquired Ichiro Suzuki for RHPs DJ Mitchell and Danny Fahrquar

The Yankees have acquired Ichiro Suzuki for RHPs DJ Mitchell and Danny Fahrquar, a source said. Yanks also get undisclosed cash in deal.

- Jack Curry (@ JackCurryYES)July 23, 2012

Ichiro, to the Yankees ... 2 Trading with pitchers: Major league: Sports: YOMIURI ONLINE (Yomiuri Shimbun)


Ichiro played active part at Aiwa Daiohi High School and joined Orix Blue Wave in 1991 draft. In recognition of its qualities by Director Takigi, he made a big break since 1994 when he changed his registered name to "Ichiro" and recorded 210 hits, which is the most hits of the season at the time. After that, I won the top hitter continuously in 2000, I decided to challenge Major League in 2000 season off and moved to Seattle Mariners.

There were not many people who thought that they would be active from the beginning of the transfer, but betraying that feeling in a good direction, updated the newest hits record. In addition to the rookie King, MVP, the top batting hitter, the steal base king, etc. were awarded, and I was able to get a name even in a major major.

In the 2004 season, he continued active, including recording 262 hits during the major league season, but Mariners is not very strong as a team, and Ichiro's hits are reported in Japanese sports news and "In addition, the Mariners lost the game"It was always added.

Although it is Ichiro who has kept the batting percentage more than 30% over the major transfer since 1994, it is 20% 7 minutes 2 in 2011 season, hits are also 184 hits without hitting 200 seats hits from the start after major hike , The batting average did not grow to 20% 6 1 this season, and Mariners was also sluggish in grades.

Ichiro's trade partner is the Yankees'D. J. MitchellWith pitcherDanny · Furkerpitcher. Both are young at 25 years old born in 1987, Mariners side releases Ichiro and pays money.

Mitchell pitcher


Farker pitcher. A photograph when I belonged to Toronto · Blue Jays in 2011.


2012/07/24 9:14 postscript
It was also announced on the MLB official website. The Yankees are preparing for the match with the Mariners on Monday night local time, and Ichiro is going to participate in the 8th leisure immediately (in fact it was a participation in the light of No. 8). I was playing a part of the outfielder of the YankeesBrett GardnerIt is supposed to undergo surgery of the elbow, this season is a veteranRaul IbanezWhenAndrew JonesAlthough I used it together, Ichiro stood up with a bull's-eye as an existence that fills the hole here.

Yankees acquire Ichiro from Mariners for two prospects | MLB.com: News


2012/07/24 9:29 Addendum
The comment of Ichiro who has decided to transfer is here.

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