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A Look at the Yankees Potential Playoff Roster

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Rob Abruzzese

The Yankees have the luxury of being able to carry 40 players on their active roster for the entire month of September, but come October they are going to have to cut that back to 25. Now the ALDS and potential ALCS rosters are going to be different. For one there could be injuries, but most ...

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Yankees with 4 More September Call-Ups

Posted on September 5, 2011 by Rob Abruzzese

The Yankees are taking full advantage of having a 40-man roster in September. They already called up seven players pushing their total roster to 32 and now they are calling up four more, according to the Scranton Yankees twitter feed. The four new players are righties Hector Noesi and George Kontos, infielder Ramiro ...

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Yankees Injury Updates: A-Rod, Prior, Feliciano, Marte

Posted on August 23, 2011 by Rob Abruzzese

Just two days after returning to the Yankees lineup Alex Rodriguez is out again. This time it is a jammed left thumb that he suffered while fielding a ground ball off of Joe Mauer on Sunday, according to Chad Jennings of the Journal News. A-Rod said he hope to only miss one game. The ...

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Yankees Prospect Brandon Laird Called Up

Posted on July 19, 2011 by Rob Abruzzese
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Brandon Laird certainly isn't on the same level as other prospects like Jesus Montero, but for people who follow the minor leagues he is somebody that has been anticipated for a little while now. The Yankees finally called him up yesterday after Ramiro Pena had to go in for emergency appendectomy surgery, ...

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Yankees Place Derek Jeter on DL

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Rob Abruzzese
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Before last night's game, the Yankees placed The Captain Derek Jeter on the 15-day disabled list after he suffered a calf injury the night before. Jeter apparently didn't think he needed to be placed on the DL, but with interleague play looming, the Yankees wanted to make sure they had a deep bench for the ...

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Yankees Cut Jesus Montero, 6 Others, & Sell 1 to Japan

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Rob Abruzzese
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The Yankees top minor league prospect, Jesus Montero, has not made the major league roster and will start the season in Triple-A Scranon, according to Marc Carig of the Newark Star-Ledger. Mark Prior was cut, he'll go to extended spring training. IF Doug Bernier, OF Justin Maxwell, and IF Ramiro Pena ...

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Yankees Making Final Spring Decisions This Week

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Rob Abruzzese
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Spring training is winding down as the Yankees get set to open their season at home against the Detroit Tigers this week. The lineup is mostly set, the rotation is finally set, but there have been a few loose ends to wrap up in the bullpen and the bench. I went over the bullpen earlier today. ...

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Rumors: Yankees Offered Twins Nova & Pena for Liriano

Posted on March 2, 2011 by Rob Abruzzese
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Via Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports: The Yankees at one point this offseason dangled right-hander Ivan Nova and infielder Ramiro Pena for  [Francisco Liriano], according to a major league source. The Twins, however, want prized left-hander Manny Banuelos as part of any package, the source says. Though just 20, Banuelos is expected to ...

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Notes from Cashman: Nova to the Rotation, Joba to the bullpen, Aceves, and More

Posted on November 17, 2010 by Rob Abruzzese

No, Brian Cashman and I don't pass notes to each other the way the girls in school used to. This is just a summary of the press conference he gave yesterday after the first day of the GM meetings in Florida.  Obviously we owe Chad Jennings of the Journal News credit for most of the ...

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Yankees News: Roster Decisions

Posted on October 6, 2010 by Rob Abruzzese

The ALDS starts tonight as the Yankees go to Minnesota to take on the Twins at 8:37. CC Sabathia gets the ball as he takes on fellow lefty Francisco Liriano in game one. Here are some notes: Joe Girardi said he has a lineup in mind for tomorrow, but is still mulling over the outfield. ...

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