"It's going to be awesome, " said Nick Swisher, the Indians' new first baseman and top salesman.
The futures of outfielder Nick Swisher and catcher Russell Martin are even more uncertain.
Nick Swisher, Raul Ibanez, Russell Martin and Eric Chavez left to sign elsewhere.
The Yankees never really replaced free agent departures Nick Swisher and Russell Martin.
Are the inconsistent Nick Swisher and Curtis Granderson worth keeping at eight figures?
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Two other key parts, outfielders Curtis Granderson and Nick Swisher, are major power threats but also inconsistent all around players.
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Postseason star Raul Ibanez left, as did starting catcher Russell Martin, popular right fielder Nick Swisher and valuable Eric Chavez.
Nick Swisher added an RBI double and Carlos Santana a run-scoring single.
In descending order, the perpetrators are Nick Swisher (.167), Russell Martin (.161), Alex Rodriguez (.120), Curtis Granderson (.100), and Robinson Cano (.075).
The Bleacher Creatures' roll call was loaded with new names because of injuries and the departures of free agents Nick Swisher and Russell Martin.
That leaves the likes of Kyle Lohse, Nick Swisher, and B.
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Right fielder Nick Swisher, whose underrated regular season performance was overshadowed by his playoff failures, agreed to a four-year deal Sunday with the Cleveland Indians, with a vesting option for a fifth year.
Besides losing a starting catcher to the Pittsburgh Pirates via free agency and having a hole in right field after parting ways with Nick Swisher, the Yankees will have to reinvent themselves by using unconventional methods.
Throw in the departures of Russell Martin and Nick Swisher to free agency as the Yankees try to trim their payroll for 2014, and the team will have a look that is more brittle than bombers.
New York hit a team-record 245 homers last year but Nick Swisher, Raul Ibanez, Russell Martin and Eric Chavez left as free agents, and Alex Rodriguez and Curtis Granderson will start the season on the disabled list.
Players such as Chad Bradford and Scott Hatteberg will forever be remembered for their quirks and deficiencies while Nick Swisher, Kevin Youkilis, and Jeremy Brown have rightfully solidified their own places in sports business thanks to Lewis and Beane.
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Add the four or so wins the present injuries might cost to those that the departures of Russell Martin and Nick Swisher will cost, and you do come to a number suggesting that the Yankees could be in trouble, even after accounting for how the returns of Gardner and Rivera will help.
Normally, it would be easy to dismiss all this as an early-season fluke, but there is a pattern here: trading for Nick Swisher in late 2008, trading for Kerry Wood in mid-2010, signing Russell Martin and Freddy Garcia before 2011, signing Raul Ibanez and re-signing Eric Chavez in early 2012, trading for Ichiro Suzuki in mid-2012.
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