Tag Archives: Austin Romine

Yankees have also tried to get Chipper and Rolen out of retirement, and other notes

Posted on March 12, 2013 by Rob Abruzzese
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With Alex Rodriguez, Mark Teixeira, and Curtis Granderson each on the DL for at least the first month and a half of the season, the Yankees are getting desperate. Yesterday, I told you that they tried to get Derrek Lee out of retirement, but it didn't end there. The Yankees also checked in with Chipper Jones ...

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Yankees face Opening Day dilemma behind the plate

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Rob Abruzzese
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Bronx Baseball Daily is lucky enough to welcome its second new writer in less than a week, Elizabeth Finn. She will write regular pieces on the Yankees for us this season. Her first piece is a good one on the Yankees recent catching situation that I'm sure we'll all enjoy and have a good time ...

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Joe Girardi gives State of the Yankee Union address

Posted on February 13, 2013 by Rob Abruzzese
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Yankees manager Joe Girardi met with reporters yesterday and went over quite a few topics. Here is the run down via Chad Jennings of the Journal News: • On the offense: Girardi explains that the Yankees offense will rely on speed more rather than the home runs as they've done in recent years. • On the Brett ...

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10 Players who could make $189 million in 2014 more palatable

Posted on January 20, 2013 by Greg Corcoran
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Assuming no trades occur, the Yankees have 11 shoe-ins for the 2014 active roster. Alex Rodriguez, Mark Teixeira, CC Sabathia, Derek Jeter, Ichiro Suzuki, Brett Gardner, David Robertson, David Phelps, Eduardo Nunez, Ivan Nova, and Francisco Cervelli (or Chris Stewart). Those contracts add up to about $110 million. There is also a tax in the ...

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Yankees expect Austin Romine to start in the minors

Posted on January 7, 2013 by Rob Abruzzese
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Yankees still don't have a starting catcher and while Chris Stewart can't hit, Francisco Cervelli can't do much of anything which made it look reasonable for them to go with Austin Romine. However, Yankees GM Brian Cashman explained that he doesn't expect to go with the rookie. “I expect Romine to go to Triple-A,” Cashman told ...

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Rumor: Yankees not excited by Pierzynski, could start Romine

Posted on December 20, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese
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The Yankees need a catcher and A.J. Pierzynski still available. It seems like an inevitable match, but it doesn't sound like they are considering making him an offer as Jon Heyman of CBS Sports reported that they are not excited by Pierzynski and could go with Austin Romine instead. This is exactly like the time the ...

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Yankees don’t sound interested in other free agent catchers

Posted on December 1, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

Perhaps it will change if the Yankees don't find any trade prospects during the Winter Meetings, but as of now they haven't shown much interest in free agent catchers A.J. Pierzynski or Mike Napoli, according to George King of the NY Post. Yankees GM Brian Cashman is likely crying Bubba Crosby, but right now it sounds ...

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Top 5 available free agent catchers

Posted on October 22, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

The Yankees catcher Russell Martin is a free agent this offseason and it doesn't appear that they are ready to hand the reigns over the Austin Romine yet. So they may have to turn to the free agent market. Here are the best available catchers this offseason. Mike Napoli, Age: 31, 2012 Salary: $9.4M, 2012 OPS: ...

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On the Yankees and September call-ups

Posted on August 30, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

In just two days Major League Baseball rosters will expand from 25 to 40 players which means that a lot of teams will have much different looking rosters and the Yankees are no exception. Before we get into who will be called up, we have to realize that the Yankees 40-man roster currently has 48 players ...

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Yankees to send Romine, Adams to AFL

Posted on August 17, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

Two Yankees minor leaguers who may be in the team's future plans, catcher Austin Romine and second baseman David Adams, will be headed to the Arizona Fall League this offseason, according to Joel Sherman of the NY Post. Romine had an outside chance to make the Yankees roster out of spring training, but a back injury ...

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