HBT: Rivera tells Yanks he 'wants to play' in '13

Mariano Rivera is coming back for another season.

We heard last week that Rivera was ?having second thoughts? about returning, but George A. King III of the New York Post reports that the all-time saves leader got in touch with Yankees general manager Brian Cashman yesterday to let him know that he plans to pitch in 2013.

?Rivera contacted us and wants to play,? Cashman told The Post.

Rivera was resolute in his intention to return for his 19th major league season after he tore the ACL in his right knee at Kauffman Stadium in May, but he was less sure about the idea in recent weeks. Understandable for someone who is set to turn 43 later this month and is coming off a major surgery. Rivera is a free agent, so the two sides will have to come to terms on a new contract. He made $15 million this year. The Yankees made a one-year, $13.3 million qualifying offer to Rafael Soriano yesterday, but the smart money is on him declining and looking for a closer job elsewhere.

Source: http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/11/03/its-official-mariano-rivera-is-coming-back-next-year/related/

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