Tag Archives: Freddy Garcia

The Yankees name their starting rotation

Posted on March 31, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

With Michael Pineda expected to start the season on the DL with shoulder tendinitis, the rest of the Yankees starting rotation fell into place. CC Sabathia and Hiroki Kuroda are the No. 1 and 2 starters as expected. Phil Hughes will be behind them as the No. 3, and Ivan Nova and Freddy Garcia slide in ...

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Garcia: No problem with bullpen if it helps team

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

Everybody is scrambling to figure out what the Yankees rotation will be as manager Joe Girardi laid out the rotation for the final few days of spring. However, beyond CC Sabathia on Opening Day and Hiroki Kuroda pitching the day after, the entire thing is really wide open. Freddy Garcia has been considered the odd man ...

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Quote: Yankees have plenty of options with the pitching staff

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

The rumor on Thursday was that the Yankees were leaning toward carrying a second lefty on the roster. However, manager Joe Girardi can envision a number of different scenarios regarding the Yankees pitching staff. “When you start looking at (David Phelps) and (Adam Warren) and (D.J. Mitchell), they can all be candidates,” Girardi told Mark Feinsand ...

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Freddy Garcia can’t be traded until June 15

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

Just thought I would point this out since that sometimes even I forget. The Yankees are rumored to be shopping Freddy Garcia this spring with at least one report tying them to the Miami Marlins (the Marlin's rejected their proposal). However, any trade that happens before June 15 would require his permission since he signed with the ...

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Rumor: Hughes has all but wrapped up rotation spot

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

Last season was a train wreck of a season for Phil Hughes and if the Yankees rotation were based solely on last year's stats he would be on the outside looking in. However, he has impressed the Yankees so much this spring that a source told Mark Feinsand of the NY Daily News that, "it would be ...

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Girardi on what Yankees are looking for in rotation

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

There are just 11 days until Opening Day and with spring training winding down the Yankees are getting closer to needing to make a decision on the starting rotation. Joe Girardi has said that the only starters guaranteed spots to start the year are CC Sabathia and Hiroki Kuroda. He also said that they aren't considering ...

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Preview of the 2012 New York Yankees bullpen

Posted on March 25, 2012 by Brian Mazo

Anyone who follows the game knows how the Yankee bullpen ends: Mariano Rivera. Never before, in the more than hundred year history of the game, has there been a player who inspires such unabashed confidence that he will get the job done as Mo. When we hear “Enter Sandman,” it’s as close to a “foregone ...

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Rumor: Yankees asked Miami if it had interest in Garcia

Posted on March 24, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

The Yankees lost a pitcher in a horrible accident yesterday, but today they are trying to get rid of another one - Freddy Garcia. With seven starters vying for five spots, the Yankees are trying to trade Garcia and apparently offered him up to the Miami Marlins who were not interested, according to Danny Knobler of ...

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Yankees injury news: Jeter, Robertson, and Garcia on the mend

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

Here is a quick update on a few of the injured Yankees via Chad Jennings of the Journal News: Derek Jeter has been out since last Friday with a sore calf and is targeting this Friday as his return date. David Robertson is set to throw batting practice on Friday and will probably pitch in a game over the ...

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Girardi says no, no, no to 6-man rotation

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

Over the winter a reporter asked Yankees manager Joe Girardi if he would consider going with a six-man rotation this season and he said no. But that was back in the days where A.J. Burnett would have been one of the six men. Now that it is Andy Pettitte in the fold has Girardi changed ...

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