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By Peter Chawaga
Contributing Sports Writer
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The New York Yankees earned their second win in a row against the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday and now they face just three more series in this regular season.
With a two-game lead in the wild card standings and the playoffs rapidly approaching, the Yankees can start thinking about their postseason roster construction. But before long, they'll have some offseason personnel decisions to make, including a potential new contract for reliever Luke Weaver.
After Weaver emerged as the team's most dependable high-leverage arm in last year's playoffs, the Yankees exercised a $2.5 million club option to keep him for this year. So far, Weaver's campaign has been up and down and the Yankees will have to decide if he's worth another investment going forward.
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Spotrac projects Weaver will earn a two-year, $20 million deal going forward. That cost seems reasonable for the Yankees, though only time will tell if they can reach a new deal with the reliever.
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For his part, though, Weaver seems adamant about staying with the Yankees into the future. When asked if he could picture himself returning to the Yankees next year during an appearance on "The Show" podcast, he offered a clear two-word response.
"Yeah, absolutely," Weaver said, as seen in a YouTube video of the episode. "It's a place where you feel like, they always say, you pitch here, you can pitch anywhere. ... That simply has truth to it."
Weaver, who has pitched for six different big-league clubs in his career, went on to explain why it would be hard to replace the Yankees with a new team.
"This place will always have a special place in my heart and the memories that will come with it and in no way do I necessarily want that to come to an end," the reliever added. "This is winning baseball, this is the peak."
Weaver could do a lot to increase his future price with a return to dominance during a Yankees' postseason run. But no matter what happens in the few remaining weeks of this season, it looks like he's hoping to return to the Bronx for years to come.
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