3/28 – Yankees at Braves
The Great American Long Relief Battle gets underway this afternoon at Disney World, as Brett Tomko, Alfredo Aceves and Dan Giese will – in that order – try to convince Joe Girardi and the coaching...
View ArticleAt least one move to make today?
Repeating from a previous post… It looks like the Yankees will have a roster move to make today, finally trimming their pitching staff from 13 pitchers to 12 and calling up a position player now that...
View ArticleDamaso Marte activated
The Yankees have activated left-hander Damaso Marte and optioned infielder Ramiro Pena to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Joe Girardi said that he believes Marte will be used more situationally than...
View ArticleYankees call up five
The Yankees have promoted Francisco Cervelli, Ramiro Pena, Mark Melancon, Edwar Ramirez and Mike Dunn as their Sept. 1 callups, according to Chad Jennings of the Scranton Times-Tribune. We’ll have more...
View ArticleTune in tomorrow – same Bat-time, same Bat-channel
Via the New York Post’s George King comes this tidbit: the Yankees will haze their rookies tomorrow as they depart Safeco Field en route to Anaheim. The theme of this year’s dress-up disaster: the...
View ArticleMLB: Yanks can replace Melky with Pena
Major League Baseball has approved the Yankees’ request to replace the injured Melky Cabrera on the World Series roster with infielder Ramiro Pena. The 25-year-old Cabrera suffered a slight strain of...
View ArticleGame 92: Yankees vs. Blue Jays
TORONTO — This should be interesting. Yankees manager Joe Girardi chose Sunday as the day he’d shake up his lineup and give a few more guys a break from the field surface here at Rogers Centre. So,...
View ArticleGame 94: Yankees vs. Rays
ST. PETERSBURG — It’s possible (though not likely) that two Yankees could make their Major League debut at Tropicana Field tonight. Brandon Laird, called up yesterday after Ramiro Pena‘s appendectomy,...
View ArticleYankees Winter League highlights
Here are some quick updates on Yankees players currently active in winter leagues (statistics current as of Thursday): Jorge Vazquez hit .262 with 32 homers and 93 RBIs in 118 games for Triple-A...
View ArticleYankees talking with Bill Hall
The Yankees have engaged in discussions with free agent Bill Hall about a possible utility role, the New York Daily News reported. Citing a person with knowledge of the situation, the newspaper...
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