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The rich get richier.

So, with Granderson coming, what does this mean for the Yankees? Well, we can speculate:

Assuming they bring Pettite back, and Wanger figures out how to pitch again, that's CC, AJ, Pettite and Wanger, with a fifth spot hole. It shouldn't be Chamberlain with the exodus of Phil Coke, who was brilliant and awful in equal measures. Chamberlain should be in the bully with Hughes and Marte, but the World Series Marte, not the crappy regular season Marte.

I'd assume Granderson would play center, which shifts Cabrera somewhere, with Nick Swisher and Brett Gardner. Cabrera has the best arm of the group, but Gardner covers more ground. Still, it should be Swisher in left and Cabrera in right with Gardner coming in for pinch running and defense for Swisher.

Which means so long to Johnny Damon and Hideki Matsui. Granderson, it's been written, answers all the questions asked about either of those two, who may still have years left, but costly years, and how many?

Both were great as Yankees, and it's sad to see some players go, but I think I'll miss Matsui more. I hope he goes back to Japan. It would be weird to see him play for some other - ahem, lesser team. He is - or was - the biggest star in Japan. Can you see him on the A's? Sure. You could see just about any player - 'cept The Captain - on any other team. But it wouldn't feel right. It would just feel like hanging on to hang on.

The Yankees look as if they should be planning another parade dow the Canyon of Heroes, but, you know, stranger things, such as 162 game seasons, have happened.