According to ESPN's Buster Olney they've reached a tentative agreement with waived Seattle first baseman Richie Sexson.

Olney states that he fits the Yankees because they need a right-handed slugger to face left-handed pitching and he has a .344 average versus lefties this year.

I still think he's only good for one hit every 10 games.

Sexson will make $390,000 for the mid-season deal.

Sexson was batting .218 with just 30 RBIs in 74 games when the Mariners cut him on July 10.

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The Seattle Mariners have parted ways with 1B slugger Richie Sexson, after the 33-year-old was hitting just .218 this year with 11 HR and 30 RBI.

Sexson was in the final year of a four-year, $50-million deal that he signed before the 2005 season. In three and a half seasons with the Mariners, Sexson hit .244 with 105 home runs and 321 RBI.

The move was announced today by Lee Pelekoudas, the team's vice president and general manager. Pelekoudas said he had been thinking about the move for several days, and the fact that Sexson hit a three-run home run Monday and then followed up with a double on Tuesday did not affect the call one way or the other.

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