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After Resetting The Luxury Tax Penalty, Is Another Yankees
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The Yankees are staving off Brett Gardner's decline for now
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New York Yankees Initial Depth Chart for the 2014 Season
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Brett Gardner's Yankee career is unique as they come - Pinstripe Alley
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Brett Gardner and Darren O'Day become free agents after declining
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New York Yankees OF Brett Gardner Turned Down This Contract Offer
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I'm Not A Headline Guy Sports ramblings…with a Yankees bias!
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Bleeding Yankee Blue: 12/01/2020 - 01/01/2021
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