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Yankees Morning Bits: Damon, Wells, Soriano, CC, and prospects

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The Yankees lost to the Orioles 5-1 on Monday. • Johnny Damon wants to fill in for Curtis Granderson. • The Yankees are not interested in trading for Vernon Wells. • Alfonso Soriano doesn't have the Yankees on his list of pre-approved teams he would accept a trade to. • CC Sabathia faced live hitters for the first time since elbow surgery. He's ...

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Yankees ace CC Sabathia has lost 20 pounds

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Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia has been making the rounds this week as he tries to promote himself as a potential cover boy for next year's MLB: The Show, but it's a noticeably slimmer Sabathia doing it. "I've lost 20 pounds," Sabathia told ESPN's Colin Cowherd during his radio show. "Coming off the elbow surgery, I just wanted to be healthy and ...

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CC Sabathia offseason workouts same as always despite surgery

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It's always bad when you hear about a pitcher having elbow surgery, but in CC Sabathia's case this offseason's surgery to remove a bone spur from his left elbow hasn't seemed to derail him at all. CC was already expected to be ready for Opening Day, but he said that even his offseason workouts will start ...

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Sabathia doesn’t want to see his innings limited

CC Sabathia is so important to the Yankees that it is hard to imagine them having much of a chance to do anything in 2013 without him. That's why the coaching staff has discussed the idea of limiting his innings next season to protect his elbow which had surgery earlier this offseason. “I don’t know what ...

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Yankees may limit CC Sabathia’s innings going forward

Yankees ace CC Sabathia spent time on the DL two different times this year and still threw 200 innings because that's what he does -- he's a horse who throws a ton of innings. That may be taking a toll on him though as he experienced elbow troubles for the first time in his career this ...

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Sabathia expected to be ready for Opening Day after elbow surgery

Yankees ace CC Sabathia had elbow surgery to remove a bone spur from his left elbow on Thursday, but it was only minor surgery and he is expected to be ready for Opening Day, according to Bryan Hoch of MLB.com. The surgery was only minor arthroscopic surgery performed by Dr. James Andrews. He'll have a modified ...

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CC Sabathia concerned about his elbow, will see doctor

Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said earlier in the week that they would be sending ace pitcher CC Sabathia to have his cranky elbow checked out as a precaution, but after hearing from Sabathia himself it sounds like The Big Man is eager to see the doctor and doesn't need Cashman's encouragement. "A little bit because ...

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Yankees plan to examine CC Sabathia’s elbow

The night of September 8th, the Yankees ace CC Sabathia walked off the mound in Baltimore having given up five runs over 6.1 innings and there were questions as to whether he was injured or not. It was legitimate after all since CC had already spent two stints on the DL, but manager Joe Girardi ...

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Kuroda will start Game 2, Hughes Game 3, and Sabathia Game 4

Yankees manager Joe Girardi officially announced the Yankees rotation order to start the ALCS against the Tigers. We knew that Andy Pettitte would start Game 1, but Girardi said that Hiroki Kuroda will start Game 2, Phil Hughes will start Game 3, and CC Sabathia to start Game 4. This is what I expected all along, ...

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Yankees beat Orioles to advance to the ALCS

The Yankees offense has struggled lately so their ace starter CC Sabathia put them on his back and carried them past the Orioles to the American League Championship Series after a brilliant 3-1 victory over Baltimore in Yankee Stadium. The word brilliant is thrown around a lot, but Sabathia really was brilliant in a game the ...

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