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Yankees claim shortstop Jeter Downs off waivers

Yankees claim shortstop Jeter Downs off waivers

NEW YORK — Jeter is back with the Yankees —

Before his big league debut on June 22, 2022, Downs received a pregame congratulatory tweet from Jeter, who met his namesake a few years earlier.

“Congratulations and good luck… unless you are playing the Yankees,” Jeter wrote.