Tag Archives: Eduardo Nunez

Yankees Morning Bits: Youkilis, Damon, Nunez, Mesa, DePaula, and Avelino

Posted on February 27, 2013 by Rob Abruzzese
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The Yankees lost to the Phillies 4-3 yesterday. • Kevin Youkilis sits a day or two with what he calls a "cramp," but the Yankees call oblique strain. • Brian Cashman said the Yankees have no interest in signing Johnny Damon. • Eduardo Nunez is not in consideration for the left field job. • Melky Mesa (Team Dominican Republic) does not plan to ...

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Morning Bits: Hughes, Cano, A-Rod, Teixeira, Grandy & Gardner, Nunez

Posted on February 20, 2013 by Rob Abruzzese
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Games begin Saturday. David Phelps starts. Adam Warren goes on Sunday during the first televised game. • Phil Hughes could miss up to a week with upper back stiffness. • Hal Steinbrenner said the Yankees are "willing to consider a significant long-term contract" to keep Robinson Cano. • Alex Rodriguez's name has been referenced yet again in Biogenesis papers. • Mark Teixeira will ...

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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 plan on using Eduardo Nunez as their utility infielder

Posted on January 10, 2013 by Rob Abruzzese
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As soon as we found out about the hip injury to Alex Rodriguez one of the most common questions at the time was 'why don't the Yankees just use Eduardo Nunez to replace him?' It was a fair question. Even if they didn't move Derek Jeter to third, which was never a realistic option on the ...

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Finding space on the Yankees 40-man roster

Posted on December 14, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese
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The Yankees have a full 40-man roster, but the Kevin Youkilis deal became official today and Ichiro Suzuki's deal will be complete shortly after. On top of that they are still going to have to add another outfielder, possibly another catcher, and some depth. So it's safe to say that a number of players on ...

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Rumor: Yankees would like an upgrade over Jayson Nix

Posted on November 12, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

It seemed like a long shot that Jayson Nix would even make the Yankees, but because of injuries and the terrible defense of Eduardo Nunez, he wound up spending almost the entire season in the Bronx. He didn't do terribly for a backup, hitting .243/.306/.384 in 66 games, but according to Ken Davidoff of the ...

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Yankees plan for Nunez is at shortstop

Posted on October 26, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

The Yankees had a plan for Eduardo Nunez going into this season was to use him all over the field so that he could get into the lineup as much as possible. However, after he failed horribly at every position defensively, the Yankees plan for him going forward is to use him solely as a ...

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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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Imagining a playoff roster without Ibanez and Jones

Posted on September 20, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

There is slightly more than two weeks left in the season and while the AL East isn't guaranteed for the Yankees the chances that they at least pull in a Wild Card are likely. So I wanted to take a look at a possible playoff roster today, but one where my dream is fulfilled and ...

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Yankees expected to call up 6 players today

Posted on September 1, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

It's September 1st and that means the rosters expand to 40 players from the typical 25. The Yankees might call up more players later on once the minor league season ends, but for now they are expected to call up six players, according to Erik Boland of Newsday. Those players are expected to be catcher Francisco ...

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