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Elite Yankees prospect Mason Williams arrested on DUI charges

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Rob Abruzzese
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Yankees outfield prospect Mason Williams was arrested in Tampa on DUI charges early Thursday morning, according to Greg Auman of the Tampa Bay Times. Williams was reportedly driving 10-13 mph over the speed limit and showing "clues of impairment" when he was pulled over. He failed a field sobriety test and was charged with a misdemeanor DUI. Williams ...

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Is it time to start getting excited for a Michael Pineda return? Plus notes

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Rob Abruzzese
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There has been a lot of injury updates recently, some good and some bad, but they've mostly been focused on the Yankees bats -- Derek Jeter, Mark Teixeira, Curtis Granderson, and even occasionally Alex Rodriguez. One of the bigger names on the DL that is quietly working his way back is Michael Pineda, who is recovering ...

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Yankees taking it easy with Derek Jeter to avoid another setback

Posted on April 17, 2013 by Rob Abruzzese
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Derek Jeter is not going to be back by May 1st. That much is sure. Anything other than that is a mystery right now as he and the Yankees are taking things very slow to try to avoid another setback during his rehab from a broken ankle. Jeet took a full two days off over the ...

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Missed games in April could help the Yankees down the road, plus notes

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Rob Abruzzese
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Spahn, Sain and pray for rain. The 1948 Braves had two good pitchers, Warren Spahn, and Johnny Sain, who were honored in a poem called "Pray for rain" because, well, that was the only way it was thought they could win. For the second day in a row the Yankees were rained out which hurts because the ...

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Ichiro signing might be more evidence of Yankees front office rift, and lots of notes

Posted on April 11, 2013 by Rob Abruzzese
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It was a little curious this offseason when after the Yankees refused to offer anybody a multi-year contract and even turned down a reasonable one-year offer from Russell Martin only to see them sign a 39-year-old Ichiro Suzuki to a two-year deal. Sure, Ichiro finished very strong while he was with the Yankees, but in his ...

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

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Rob Abruzzese
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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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Some thoughts on CC Sabathia’s velocity, A-Rod, the catchers, and injury updates

Posted on April 2, 2013 by Rob Abruzzese
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Even going back to his days with the Cleveland Indians, CC Sabathia has always an easy choice to tab as the Opening Day starter. He's a leader, a workhorse, and a damn good pitcher. Unfortunately he doesn't do well pitching on Opening Day. Look at these lines from the past few Opening Days: 2013: 5 IP, 8 H, ...

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First Granderson, Now Teixeira: The Overall Effect?

Posted on March 9, 2013 by Derek Albin
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(Syndicated from Pinstripe Pundits) The Yankees were dealt a major blow for the second time in 10 days, when they learned that Mark Teixeira will be out for 8-10 weeks with a strained wrist. The news came following Curtis Granderson fracturing his forearm after being hit by pitch on February 24th. Initial news of Teixeira’s wrist barking surfaced yesterday forcing his withdrawal from ...

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Morning Bits: Wang, Vazquez, Logan, Ichiro, Granderson, Heathcott, cuts, and Contreras

Posted on March 4, 2013 by Rob Abruzzese
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After a couple of weekend wins, the Yankees are now 3-7 in the Grape Fruit League. • Yankees are scouting Chien-Ming Wang during the WBC. • The Yankees had "major interest" in Javier Vazquez before knee surgery ended his comeback. • Boone Logan has a sore left elbow. A MRI showed no damage. • Ichiro Suzuki was in a minor car crash. He's ...

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Yankees Morning Bits: Hughes, Youkilis, CoJo, Henson, Granderson and GRIT

Posted on February 28, 2013 by Rob Abruzzese
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The Yankees lost again, this time 10-7 to the Orioles. • Phil Hughes may not be ready to start the season on time because of his back injury. • Kevin Youkilis will sit out again today with an oblique strain. • Perhaps a coincidence, but Corban Joseph played third base again yesterday. • Former Yankees prospect Drew Henson is now coaching Yankees Gulf ...

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