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1 week agoYankees' Allan Winans Granted Release To Pursue Opportunity In Japan
Situations such as this one tend to benefit all parties. The Yankees will lose some depth, but Winans wasn't a lock to last the whole offseason on their 40-man roster anyhow - particularly since he's out of minor league options. Japanese teams typically pay a release fee of a few hundred thousand dollars to a player's MLB club in order to facilitate the release.
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