Yankees pull a shocker, pickup Ichiro

The New Yankees pull a shocker today and pluck Ichiro Suzuki out of the Seattle dugout.

The Yankees sent right-handers D.J. Mitchell and Danny Farquhar to Seattle in the trade. The Yankees will pay slightly more than $2 million of Ichiro’s salary over the remainder of this season, which is approximately $5 million. Ichiro, now in Yankee pinstripes, singles in four trips tonight as New York beats Seattle 4-1. Ichiro has spent his entire career in Seattle. All of Ichiro's 2, 533 hits have come in a Mariners uniform.

He now has one for the Yankees.