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Andy Phillips cleared waivers today. It's not really surprising; he cleared waivers before, last spring. And now he's coming off a broken wrist - a notoriously tricky injury for hitters.

The Yankees offered him a minor league assignment, but he refused. As Pete Abe said:

Given that the Yankees have DFA’d him twice in the last nine months, can’t say I blame him. Obviously they don’t have much regard for him. Good luck to him finding another team.

He didn't have a choice last time; it was the first time he was outrighted. But a player can only be outrighted once without consent. Andy had the right to refuse this time, and he did. That means he now is a free agent, and can sign with any team.

UPDATE: Here's the story from MLB.com.

Phillips becomes free agent

First baseman Andy Phillips refused an outright assignment to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Friday and is set to become a free agent.

..."He's going to look and see what's out there," said Phillips' agent, Rex Gary. "He proved that he is a Major League player and would have been the Yankees' first baseman all throughout the season had he not gotten hurt. If he's not going to get that opportunity with the Yankees, he'd like to get that opportunity elsewhere."

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