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Venezuelan Robinson Chirinos will have the opportunity to fight for a spot on another contending team, as according to reports from MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand, the catcher reached a minor league deal with the New York Yankees.
Chirinos played for Texas Rangers and New York Mets in the shortened 2020 season, after having been with the Houston Astros in 2019, with which he will now seek to join one of the favorite teams in the American League.
The arrival of Chirinos has a clear objective for the team, since your experience will be used to help both recipients that has contemplated the ninth to be starters, the Dominican Gary Sánchez and Kyle Higashioka.
Chirinos is entering what would be his tenth season in the majors, where he has also played for the Tampa Bay Rays. Last year he played 26 games, hitting .162 percentage with a home run in 82 trips to the plate. With information from MLB.com
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