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Yankees release David Aardsma, and other notes

Posted on April 5, 2013 by Rob Abruzzese
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The Yankees have unconditionally released reliever David Aardsma which marks the second day in a row they have released a reliever who was expected to play a key role in their bullpen this year. Aardsma has a career 4.22 ERA with a 9.1 K/9 and a 5.1 BB/9. He served as the Mariners closer from 2009 ...

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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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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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Thoughts on Mark Teixeira’s return, Headley, Mustelier, and other notes

Posted on March 10, 2013 by Rob Abruzzese
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The Yankees have said that they expect Mark Teixeira will miss 8-10 weeks, but that very well could be on the low-end as wrist injuries are tricky. Just ask Mark DeRosa, who was chased by the Yankees when he was a free agent after the 2009 season. Back then he was a guy who could play ...

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Mariano Rivera officially announces retirement, and other notes

Posted on March 9, 2013 by Rob Abruzzese
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The rumors were true. Mariano Rivera, the Yankees ace in the bullpen for the past 18 years, officially announced that he will retire after the 2013 season during a press conference this morning. “It’s official now," Rivera said. "After this year, I will be retiring.” “The time is almost ending,” he added. “The little gas that I ...

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Cashman likes the Yankees bullpen as it is

Posted on November 9, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

Rafael Soriano is expected to reject the Yankees qualifying offer later today, but it doesn't sound as if Yankees GM Brian Cashman is in a big rush to replace him aside from re-signing Mariano Rivera. "I do like what we have," Cashman told Wallace Matthews of ESPNNewYork.com. "I think Joba (Chamberlain) is going to be really ...

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Yankees exercise options for Cano, Granderson, and Aardsma

Posted on October 29, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese
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To the surprise of no one, the Yankees have officially exercised their options for Robinson Cano, Curtis Granderson, and David Aardsma, according to Mark Feinsand of the NY Daily News. Cano and Granderson's options were both worth $15 million each while Aardsma's is worth just $500K. This leaves just Rafael Soriano as a player with a ...

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Yankees ALDS roster: Jones and Eppley are out and Nix may be in

Posted on October 7, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

The Yankees are still waiting until the last minute to finalize their roster, but slowly we are getting pieces of the puzzle as to what it may look like. Casey McGehee had previously told reporters he was left off the playoff roster. David Aardsma and Chris Dickerson took to Twitter to announce that they hadn't made ...

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