Category Archives: Yankees News

Yankees sign Clay Rapada to a minor league deal, plus other notes

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Rob Abruzzese
Clay Rapada

The Yankees have signed, or re-signed, the recently released lefty specialist Clay Rapada to a minor league deal the team announced yesterday. Rapada was a big part of the Yankees pen last season as he had a 2.82 ERA, a 8.9 K/9, and a 4.0 BB/9 in 70 appearances last year. He was dominant against lefties ...

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Yankees off to slow start, but it’s not time to panic

Posted on April 8, 2013 by Rob Abruzzese
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Before the season started the two things that we expected to be good from the Yankees were Robinson Cano and the pitching staff. Unfortunately, that wasn't the case the first week of the season and they have gotten off to a slow 2-4 start. That doesn't mean that it's time to panic or give up on ...

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Yankees call Phil Hughes off DL early to make Saturday start, plus notes

Posted on April 6, 2013 by Rob Abruzzese
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With the Yankees now off to a 1-3 start to the season, they are pulling out the stops and have activated Phil Hughes off of the DL early and have sent David Phelps to the bullpen for Saturday afternoon's start. To make room for Hughes on the roster, the Yankees sent Cody Eppley down to the ...

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Yankees set record with $230.4M payroll, money not well spent, plus notes

Posted on April 3, 2013 by Rob Abruzzese
Alex Rodriguez

A lot of people, myself included, have accused the Yankees of caring more about profits than winning this offseason, but despite that they will set a record with their payroll at $230.4 million this offseason. While that is technically true it is how they've spent their money, with relatively little money committed after this season limiting ...

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Robinson Cano fires Scott Boras, signs with CAA and Jay-Z

Posted on April 2, 2013 by Rob Abruzzese
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Impending free agent Robinson Cano has fired his agent Scott Boras and has signed on with Creative Artists Agency Sports and it's new affiliate, Roc Nation, which is headed by Jay-Z, according to Buster Olney of ESPN. This doesn't mean that Cano's new agent is Jay-Z, at least for baseball deals. Roc Boys will handle Cano's off the ...

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Happy Opening Day: Rapada DFA’d, Warren, Eppley, and Boesch officially make the team

Posted on April 1, 2013 by Rob Abruzzese
clay-rapada

Today is one of the best days of the year: Opening Day! The Yankees, of course, will be in the Bronx taking on Jon Lester and the Red Sox at 1:00 p.m. today with CC Sabathia on the mound. Clay Rapada will not be joining them as he was designated for assignment over the weekend to ...

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Yankees roster nearly set as David Aardsma is DFA’d

Posted on March 29, 2013 by Rob Abruzzese
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The Yankees 25-man roster is not official yet, but it is all but set after the Yankees made a slew of moves following their final spring exhibition game against a pro team today. They play Army in West Point on Saturday before opening the season against the Red Sox on Monday. The most surprising news of ...

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Yankees release Juan Rivera as roster begins to take shape, plus notes

Posted on March 29, 2013 by Rob Abruzzese
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The Yankees 25-man roster started to really take shape yesterday when Ken Rosenthal broke the news that they have released outfielder/first baseman Juan Rivera. That seems to indicate that the Yankees will go with Lyle Overbay at their first baseman. Brian Cashman also told Joel Sherman that Brennan Boesch will make the team as well. I think ...

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Yankees claim Sam Demel, waive Dan Otero, and other notes

Posted on March 28, 2013 by Rob Abruzzese
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The Yankees announced that they have claimed righty reliever Sam Demel off waivers from the Houston Astros and designated righty Dan Otero for assignment to make room for him on the 40-man roster. Demel, 27, has played in parts of three seasons with the Arizona Diamondbacks. In 63.2 innings he has a 4.95 ERA with a ...

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In wake of injuries, Yankees tickets drop in price

Posted on March 27, 2013 by Rob Abruzzese
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Guest post by Dan Groob, TiqIQ Where have all the Yankees gone? With a host of injuries and departures, the 2013 version of the New York Yankees looks markedly different from the rosters of years past. If Derek Jeter ends up opening the season on the disabled list as expected, there will only be one player from ...

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