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1. Ramiro Mendoza was not the most valuable Yankee during the Joe Torre dynasty. But he was an under-the-radar MVP. The Yanks were always pondering trades for him. But from 1997-2002, Mendoza was a vital jack-of-all-trades. He started 46 games. He had 16 saves. He did long relief, short relief, match-up relief. It feels like he constantly came into games the Yanks trailed and held the opponent for two or three innings to give the Yankee offense a chance to rally. He went 50-29 with a 3,86 ERA in those six years.

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