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Yankees release Juan Rivera as roster begins to take shape, plus notes

juan-rivera

The Yankees 25-man roster started to really take shape yesterday when Ken Rosenthal broke the news that they have released outfielder/first baseman Juan Rivera. That seems to indicate that the Yankees will go with Lyle Overbay at their first baseman. Brian Cashman also told Joel Sherman that Brennan Boesch will make the team as well. I think ...

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Jeter done with the Grape Fruit League, and other rumors & notes

Derek Jeter

No big news today so we'll start with Derek Jeter. Yesterday I mentioned that he could start the season on the DL and that looks even more likely today. Jeter is done playing in Grape Fruit League games and if he does play again before the season starts it'll be with one of the minor league ...

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Most important spring stats: AB and IP

david-phelps

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 ...

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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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Vidal Nuno is dominating the Yankees minor league system

The Yankees have a 24-year-old lefty pitching in Double-A with a 0.33 ERA and he's not Manny Banuelos. He's not even a top prospect. He's Vidal Nuno. The Yankees signed Nuno, 24, last season from the Washington Wild, an independant team that picked him up after the Indians let him go. He had previously been drafted by ...

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