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Yankees roster nearly set as David Aardsma is DFA’d
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 ...
Most important spring stats: AB and IP
Anybody who has read this blog for a long time knows that I hate spring training stats. The reason is because they are unreliable and often give fans the wrong idea. It's part of the reason why I hardly even discuss spring results here on the blog. There are many reasons the stats are unreliable: players simply ...
Posted in Editorial
Tagged Adam Warren, Brett Gardner, Brett Marshall, David Phelps, Dellin Betances, Ivan Nova, Jayson Nix, Jose Ramirez, Melky Mesa, Vidal Nuno
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Yankees Morning Bits: Cano, Vlad, Lohse, Hughes, Nunez, and Mesa
The Yankees lost 10-5 to the Phillies yesterday. • Robinson Cano wants to "focus on baseball" but said that contract talks are always on his mind. • Vladimir Guerrero is attempting a comeback, but the Yankees are not interested. • Still no interest in Kyle Lohse by the Yankees (why do they keep asking?). • Phil Hughes might finally start pitching again on Sunday. • The Yankees ...
Posted in Yankees News
Tagged Eduardo Nunez, Kyle Lohse, Melky Mesa, Phil Hughes, Robinson Cano, Vladimir Guerrero
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Yankees Morning Bits: Youkilis, Damon, Nunez, Mesa, DePaula, and Avelino
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 ...
Posted in Yankees News
Tagged Abi Avelino, Eduardo Nunez, Johnny Damon, Kevin Youkilis, Melky Mesa, Rafael DePaula
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Morning Bits: Lohse, Gardner & Granderson, Mo, WBC, and Pineda
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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Tagged Brett Gardner, Curtis Granderson, Gil Velazquez, Juan Cedeno, Kyle Lohse, Mariano Rivera, Melky Mesa, Michael Pineda, Pat Venditte
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10 Players who could make $189 million in 2014 more palatable
Assuming no trades occur, the Yankees have 11 shoe-ins for the 2014 active roster. Alex Rodriguez, Mark Teixeira, CC Sabathia, Derek Jeter, Ichiro Suzuki, Brett Gardner, David Robertson, David Phelps, Eduardo Nunez, Ivan Nova, and Francisco Cervelli (or Chris Stewart). Those contracts add up to about $110 million. There is also a tax in the ...
BBDP: Yankees Top 10 Outfield Prospects
Outfield prospects have not been a strong suit for the Yankees organization since Brett Gardner and Melky Cabrera were coming up. Now there is a new batch of prospects knocking on the door and the organizational depth at the position is actually pretty extraordinary. Hopefully, somewhere in there lies a replacement for Nick Swisher and Curtis Granderson. ...
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Tagged Abraham Almonte, Adonis Garcia, Ben Gamel, Mason Williams, Melky Mesa, Ramon Flores, Ronnier Mustelier, Slade Heathcott, Tyler Austin, Zoilo Almonte
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Photo: Yankees haze dressed up as Star Wars characters
In the name of rookie hazing, the Yankees dressed their rookies up as characters from Star Wars. New trainer Mark Littlefield as Chewbacca, Adam Warren as Han Solo, David Phelps as Princess Leia, Melky Mesa as Darth Vader, Cody Eppley as Luke Skywalker, and Kenji Nimura (Hiroki Kuroda's interpretor on his knees) as Yoda. Photo via Meredith ...
Ibanez powers Yankees to marathon 14 inning victory
Raul Ibanez turned back the clock to a time when he didn't suck and helped the Yankees overcome a four-run 13th inning deficit to beat the Athletics 10-9 in 14 innings at the stadium Saturday. It was a crazy game that lasted nearly six hours starting with Ivan Nova and included eight relievers. Nova only lasted 2.1 innings ...
On the Yankees and September call-ups
In just two days Major League Baseball rosters will expand from 25 to 40 players which means that a lot of teams will have much different looking rosters and the Yankees are no exception. Before we get into who will be called up, we have to realize that the Yankees 40-man roster currently has 48 players ...
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Tagged Adam Warren, Andy Pettitte, Austin Romine, Brett Gardner, Chase Whitley, Chris Dickerson, Corban Joseph, Cory Wade, David Adams, Dellin Betances, Eduardo Nunez, Francisco Cervelli, Justin Thomas, Manny Banuelos, Mark Montgomery, Melky Mesa, Pedro Feliciano, Ramiro Pena, Ronnier Mustelier, Vidal Nuno, Zoilo Almonte
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