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When the Yankees traded for Nick Swisher in the offseason prior to last season, I was almost irrationally excited. I knew that they probably got good value for a player who had a down season in 2008, and I was skeptical that he could play 1B full time (which was how his role was spun before the Teixeira signing). But my irrational excitement was not caused by any value assessment, but by a much more ludicrous desire: After a decade of waiting, the Yankees had their very own meat grinder. I saw his fan-favorite status coming a mile away. I coined the term "meat grinder" later in the season, though the idea was firm in my head beforehand. A meat grinder is a variation of the much-bemoaned grinder term, applied to players like Darin Erstad, Nick Punto, and most notoriously, two-time ...

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Article written by Ethan Stanislawski