New York: Baseball’s all-time saves leader Mariano Rivera plans to return next year after missing most of the 2012 season with a knee injury, the New York Yankees said yesterday.
“He called me yesterday and told me that he’d like to play in 2013,” Yankees general manager Brian Cashman told Major League Baseball’s website. “Now (agent) Fernando Cuza and I will work behind the scenes and do our jobs in making that happen.”
Rivera suffered a season-ending injury, tearing his right anterior cruciate ligament. He underwent surgery and is expected to be ready for spring training.
“I believe in his ability to fill that job that he’s always done,” Cashman said. “He’s never failed, and I know that knee is going to be good, so we look forward to returning him to the closer’s role.”
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