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

Posted on April 1, 2013 by Rob Abruzzese
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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 Ivan Nova, Francisco Cervelli still have options left

Posted on February 12, 2013 by Rob Abruzzese
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The Yankees will have 83 players in camp when Spring Training starts. In order to try to narrow down who could start the season in the Bronx and who might start in Scranton it is helpful to know which players have options left. So a big thanks to Chad Jennings of the Journal News for ...

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Yankees drop Nunez add Eppley to ALCS roster

Posted on October 13, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

The Yankees have made some adjustments heading into the ALCS against the Detroit Tigers. Instead of 11 pitchers and 14 position players, they will now be going with 12 pitchers and 13 position players. Eduardo Nunez has been cut from the roster and righty reliever Cody Eppley will take his place. Nunez was likely on the roster ...

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Photo: Yankees haze dressed up as Star Wars characters

Posted on September 24, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

In the name of rookie hazing, the Yankees dressed their rookies up as characters from Star Wars. New trainer Mark Littlefield as Chewbacca, Adam Warren as Han Solo, David Phelps as Princess Leia, Melky Mesa as Darth Vader, Cody Eppley as Luke Skywalker, and Kenji Nimura (Hiroki Kuroda's interpretor on his knees) as Yoda. Photo via Meredith ...

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Yankees demote Cody Eppley to make room for Pettitte

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

In order to make room for Andy Pettitte on the active roster, the Yankees demoted right handed reliever Cody Eppley to Triple-A and placed Mariano Rivera on the 60-day disabled list. Eppley is a 26-year-old that the Yankees nabbed off waivers from the Texas Rangers to replace George Kontos who went to San Francisco in the ...

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Rumor: Yankees aren’t looking to trade for a reliever

Posted on May 5, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

The Yankees are without their closer Mariano Rivera for the first time in nearly 20 years. Luckily they have some pretty strong in house candidates to replace him and because of that they don't plan to pursue a reliever in trade, according to Jon Heyman of CBS Sports. For now, Yankees manager Joe Girardi said that ...

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Yankees call up Wise, Eppley, send Mitchell to AAA

Posted on May 5, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

In the wake of Mariano Rivera's injury, the Yankees made a couple of moves on Friday. They called up outfielder Dewayne Wise and righty reliever Cody Eppley while sending D.J. Mitchell back to Triple-A. Calling up Wise was overdue. The Yankees have been short two outfielders since Brett Gardner was placed on the DL and Nick ...

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Francisco Cervelli who? Stewart finding a role

Posted on May 5, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

It was an unexpected move that brought Chris Stewart to the Yankees. Francisco Cervelli seemed to have locked down the backup catcher role and the man whom was traded way in the Stewart deal, George Kontos, seemed poised to help the Yankees in the bullpen this season. It was a move that shocked Yankees fans. It ...

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