Tag Archives: Mariano Rivera

Yankees Morning Bits: Teixeira replacements, Jeter, Mo

Posted on March 7, 2013 by Rob Abruzzese
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The Yankees lost to Robinson Cano, Vidal Nuno and Team Dominican Republic 8-2 yesterday. That, of course, was secondary news to Mark Teixeira's injury. • The Yankees will look for first AND third basemen to try to replace Teixeira. • Travis Hafner is not an option. • Jon Heyman suggested Michael Cuddyer, Justin Morneau, Carlos Pena, Casey Kotchman, Greg Dobbs, Carlos Lee, ...

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Yankees Morning Bits: Cano, Youkilis, Hughes, CC, Mo, and Adams

Posted on March 1, 2013 by Rob Abruzzese
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The Yankees lost 1-0 and 7-6 to the Jay and Astros respectively yesterday. • The Yankees have made "a significant offer" to Robinson Cano. • Kevin Youkilis is back in the lineup today. • Nothing new on Phil Hughes. He continues to workout in a pool. • CC Sabathia (elbow) and Mariano Rivera (knee) both pitched yesterday and felt fine. David Adams said his back ...

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Morning Bits: Lohse, Gardner & Granderson, Mo, WBC, and Pineda

Posted on February 22, 2013 by Rob Abruzzese
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Today is the last day of Spring Training before they start games. • Even with Phil Hughes' back injury, the Yankees have no interest in Kyle Lohse. • Brett Gardner and Curtis Granderson will play both center and left field this spring. • Mariano Rivera faced hitters for the first time since surgery yesterday. • Minor leaguers Melky Mesa (Team DR), Juan Cedeno ...

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Joe Girardi gives State of the Yankee Union address

Posted on February 13, 2013 by Rob Abruzzese
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Yankees manager Joe Girardi met with reporters yesterday and went over quite a few topics. Here is the run down via Chad Jennings of the Journal News: • On the offense: Girardi explains that the Yankees offense will rely on speed more rather than the home runs as they've done in recent years. • On the Brett ...

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Mariano Rivera: I will be ready for Opening Day

Posted on December 13, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese
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Yankees future Hall of Fame closer Mariano Rivera had surgery to repair his torn ACL last June. All indications were that he would be fine to start this season, he didn't even rule out a 2012 return until late, but I guess at 43 the media just wants to be sure. So they caught up with ...

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Where the 2012 Yankees got value and where they over spent

Posted on December 9, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

The Yankees spent over $200 million on their roster last year, but that money is only good if they got what they paid for. So using FanGraphs' value system I took a look at how the Yankees spent their money, where they spent wisely, where they broke even, and where they got ripped off to ...

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Yankees and Mariano Rivera agree to one-year, $10 million deal

Posted on November 30, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

Here is an update from the last post. Mariano Rivera and the Yankees have gotten past parameters and have agree to a deal worth $10 million plus incentives for next year, according to Jon Heyman of CBS Sports. That's actually a little bit less than the $11-$12 million ESPN had previously been reporting. This means the Yankees ...

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Yankees and Rivera agree on parameters of a one-year deal

Posted on November 29, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

The Yankees and Mariano Rivera are getting close to a one year agreement and have agreed on parameters of a one-year deal and should have it all wrapped up by Friday, according to Jayson Stark of ESPN.com. Rivera finished up a two-year, $30 million contract last year, but after missing most of the 2012 season the ...

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Yankees expect to re-sign Mariano Rivera by the end of the week

Posted on November 27, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

With Andy Pettitte just about locked in, the Yankees will try to re-sign Mariano Rivera next and are close to doing that with the expectation that it will be done by the end of the week, according to Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports. The deal is expected to be worth slightly more than what Andy Pettitte ...

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Mariano Rivera makes 25 throws during a commercial

Posted on November 10, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

Mariano Rivera did a commercial today, but he had to throw for the commercial, 25 times, and it was the first time he's thrown since having knee surgery back in May. "I'm feeling good," Rivera told Bryan Hoch of MLB.com. "The rehab has been great; it's been tough, but at the same time, I'm seeing good ...

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