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New York Yankees News: Yankees Re-Sign Garrett Jones

Well, today the New York Yankees have resigned first-base and outfield utility-man Garrett Jones.

The news was first reported by Jack Curry of the YES Network:

As I hinted at last night, Garrett Jones is back w/ Yankees. He was outrighted and elected FA and re-signed with Yanks. Activated for tonite

— Jack Curry (@JackCurryYES) August 5, 2015

Jones was recently designated for assignment in order to make room for Dustin Ackley following the MLB trade deadline. As Curry noted above, Jones elected free agency instead of taking a minor league assignment, but with Ackley heading to the 15-day DL, the Yankees decided to bring him back.