Jorge Posada wants the Yankees to acquire Johan Santana:
I take this means Posada doesn’t think the Yankees have a #1 starter right now.
“We need a No.1, and I think that’s one of the reasons we’re going after Santana,
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Posada, 36, caught Santana for an inning in this year’s All-Star Game in San Francisco, and the three outs left quite an impression. Santana struck out Carlos Lee and Alfonso Soriano, then retired Jose Reyes on a groundout.
“I was really, really impressed with him during the All-Star Game when I caught him,” Posada said. “To face someone is completely different than catching him,
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