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Freddy Garcia will be back in the Yankees rotation in 2012 after a solid enough season in 2011.  The Yanks will pay him $4 million with a chance at some incentives to work the back end of the Yankees rotation.  His incentives are based on the number of starts he makes and if gets to 32, he’ll make an addition $1.5 million.

He had a solid season with a 12-8 record and a 3.62 ERA.  He only threw in 146 2/3 innings though and he might have pitched above his head.  He had a nice enough 3.62 ERA but his 1.343 WHIP wasn’t much to write home about.