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GAME NOTES WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 2016

TODAY’S GAME: (0-0) vs. (0-1) YANKEES ROSTER 1:05 P.M. – GEORGE M. STEINBRENNER FIELD – TAMPA, FL – TV/RADIO: YES Network 11 Brett Gardner ...... OF RHP LUIS SEVERINO (5-3, 2.89 in 2015) vs. RHP MIKE PELFREY (6-11, 4.26 in 2015 w/ MIN) 12 Chase Headley ...... 3B Probable relievers for NYY: RHP Nick Rumbelow, RHP Tyler Cloyd, RHP Mark Montgomery and LHP . 13 ...... DH 14 ...... INF YANKEE DOODLES: The New York Yankees will play the first exhibition game of their spring schedule today against 17 Carlos Corporan* ...... C the Detroit Tigers at George M . Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Fla… will be the first of four spring games between the two 18 Didi Gregorius ...... SS teams in 2016, also Fri . at Lakeland, 3/28 at GMS Field and 3/31 (ss) at Lakeland… will play 33 total spring games, all against 19 Masahiro Tanaka ...... RHP

Major League opposition… are slated for 16 home games… will play eight night games, including five at home (3/16 vs . Toronto, 3/18 vs . Baltimore, 3/22 vs . New York-NL, 3/24 vs . Tampa Bay and 3/28 vs . Detroit) and three on the road (3/15 22 Jacoby Ellsbury ...... OF. 24 Chris Parmelee* ...... 1B at Boston, 3/23 at Washington and 4/1 at Miami at Marlins Park)… each of the Yankees’ home night games will start at 25 ...... 1B 6:35 p .m …. marks the Yankees’ 21st consecutive season at Steinbrenner Field (1996-2016), formerly Legends Field, and the 114th season in franchise history . 26 Donovan Solano* ...... INF 27 Pete Kozma* ...... INF HOPE WEEK 2016: The Yankees are proud to announce the return of HOPE Week (Helping Others Persevere & Excel) 28 Joe Girardi ...... 29 Dustin Ackley ...... INF/OF in 2016 for the eighth consecutive season… the initiative is rooted in the belief that acts of good will provide hope and 30 Nathan Eovaldi ...... RHP encouragement to more than just the recipient of the gesture… the Yankees will kick off their announcement of HOPE 31 Aaron Hicks ...... OF Week with a pregame ceremony on 3/18 at GMS Field prior to their 6:35 p .m . game vs . Baltimore… this year marks the fourth consecutive year that the Yankees have kicked off HOPE Week-themed events by recognizing a Tampa-area group 33 Greg Bird ...... 1B for making a difference in the Bay area . 34 Brian McCann ...... C 35 ...... RHP 36 Carlos Beltran ...... OF WINNING WAYS: The Yankees secured their 23rd consecutive winning season last year (1993-2015)… according to the Elias Sports Bureau, it marks the second-longest such streak among Major League teams all time, trailing only the Yankees’ of 39 straight 39 Kirby Yates ...... RHP

winning seasons from 1926-64… the team also secured its 24th consecutive winning season at home (went 45-36 at home in 40 Luis Severino ...... RHP

2015) extending its run since 1992… according to Elias, it is tied for the second-longest such streak in Major League history, 41 Anthony Swarzak* ...... RHP

trailing only the Yankees’ 47-year home winning streak from 1918-64… the Pirates also had a 24-year streak from 1892-1915 . 43 Austin Romine ...... C 45 ...... LHP

THE SKIPPER: In 2016, Manager Joe Girardi enters his ninth season (2008-present) at the helm of the Yankees… owns 47 Ivan Nova ...... RHP

a 735-561 ( .567) record in eight years with the club, which is the Majors’ best mark over the stretch… according to Elias, 48 ...... LHP

is the only current manager to guide his team to winning records in each of the last eight seasons (2008-15)… is sixth 50 Nick Rumbelow ...... RHP in Yankees history in managerial wins, trailing only Joe McCarthy (1,460), Joe Torre (1,173), Casey Stengel (1,149), Miller 52 CC Sabathia ...... LHP

Huggins (1,067) and Ralph Houk (944)… the Yankees have reached the postseason in five of his eight seasons as manager 53 Joe Espada ...... THIRD BASE

(2009-12, ‘15), including three AL East Division titles (2009, ‘11-12) and a championship in 2009… was named 54 Aroldis Chapman ...... LHP

to the post on 10/30/07, becoming the 32nd manager in franchise history… in 2015, guided the Yankees to an 87-75 ( .537) 55 Bryan Mitchell ...... RHP

finish and an AL Wild Card Game berth… was at the helm for the Yankees’ 10,000th franchise win on 10/1/15 vs . Boston . 56 Tony Pena ...... FIRST BASE 57 Branden Pinder ...... RHP 21 AND COUNTING: This year marks the 21st season the Yankees have held spring training at George M . Steinbrenner 58 Larry Rothschild . . . . . PITCHING

Field in Tampa, Fla .… the complex originally opened prior to the 1996 season as Legends Field… during a pregame 59 ...... BENCH ceremony on 3/27/08, was renamed as George M . Steinbrenner Field in honor of principal owner George Steinbrenner 60 Mike Harkey ......

III… since its inception, GMS Field has also served as home for the Single-A Tampa Yankees of the Florida State 61 Vinnie Pestano* ...... RHP

League… prior to relocating to Tampa in 1994 (the team played at Red McEwen Field at the University of South Florida 62 Alan Cockrell ...... HITTING from 1994-95), the Yankees trained in Ft . Lauderdale, Fla . 62 Mark Montgomery* ...... RHP 63 Kyle Haynes* ...... RHP HOW’S THE WEATHER UP THERE?: The Yankees’ spring training roster features 14 players who are 6’4” or taller, all but 63 Marcus Thames . . . ASST . HITTING

three of whom are … the tallest is 6’8” RHP Dellin Betances, followed by OF Aaron Judge, LHP Andrew Miller 64 ...... INF

and RHP Michael Pineda, all of whom stand at 6’7”… LHP CC Sabathia and LHP Tyler Webb are 6’6”… listed at 6’5” is RHP 65 ...... LHP

Ivan Nova… OFOF Lane Adams, INF Greg Bird, LHP Aroldis Chapman, RHP James Kaprielian, RHP Branden Pinder, LHP 66 Mason Williams ...... OF Chasen Shreve and RHP Anthony Swarzak are all 6’4” . 67 James Pazos ...... LHP 68 Dellin Betances ...... RHP

TURN STYLES: The Yankees have announced their promotional schedule for the 2016 regular season… featured dates 70 Eddy Rodriguez* ...... C include Old-Timers’ Day presented by Ernst & Young (6/12), a 20th anniversary celebration of the 1996 World Series 71 ...... OF championship team (8/13) and the Mariano Rivera Monument Park plaque dedication ceremony (8/14)… limited-edition 72 Gary Sanchez ...... C collectible player bobbleheads presented by AT&T feature Mickey Mantle (June 24), Didi Gregorius (8/7), Dellin Betances 73 ...... RHP

(9/10) and Roger Maris (10/1)… other giveaways include Alex Rodriguez Replica Bat Day presented by Bank of America 74 ...... INF

(5/14) and Yankees Peanuts Bobblehead Night, presented by MetLife, (Franklin bobblehead on 9/8)… Military Appreciation 75 Tyler Olson ...... LHP Day (7/23), will see the first 18,000 Guests in attendance (21 and older) receiving a Yankees camo baseball cap . 76 Domingo German* ...... RHP 77 Diego Moreno* ...... RHP PEN STATION: Yankees relievers set a new single-season Major League record with 596 combined 78 Jonathan Diaz* ...... INF (previously Colorado, 589K in 2012) . 79 Cesar Puello* ...... OF Collectively posted a 10 .11K/9 .0IP ratio (530 .2IP, 596K),the second-highest bullpen ratio in MLB history (2014 80 Vicente Campos ...... RHP

Yankees, 10 .25K/9 .0IP, 501 .1IP, 571K)… held opponents to a .232 BA, fourth-lowest in MLB (KC- .214, HOU- .220, TOR- .231) . 81 Tyler Cloyd* ...... RHP RHP Dellin Betances (131K) and LHP Andrew Miller (100K) ranked first and third among all MLB relievers in strikeouts 82 Ben Gamel ...... OF

(Chapman-116)… per Elias, were the sixth bullpen duo all-time—and first such Yankees duo—with 100K each, and first since 83 Johnny Barbato ...... RHP

the 2004 Angels (Francisco Rodriguez-123K/Scot Shields-109)… per Elias, became the first duo to finish Nos . 1-2 in a league 84 Richard Bleier* ...... LHP

in reliever Ks since the 2009 A’s (Michael Wuertz-102K & -91K)… Elias also notes that they are the first bullpen 85 Luis Cessa ...... RHP teammates to each finish a season with at least 100K and individual ERAs below 3 .00 (Betances-1 .50, Miller-2 .04) . 86 Kyle Higashioka* ...... C Betances had a 2 .4 WAR, third-best among MLB relievers in 2015 (Cody Allen-2 .6, Aroldis Chapman-2 .4)… has the top-two 87 Brady Lail* ...... RHP reliever strikeout seasons in club history (also 135K in 2014), is the fourth in MLB history with multiple 130-strikeout 88 Tyler Webb* ...... LHP seasons and the third to do it in consecutive years: Boston’s Dick Radatz (3x, 1962-64), Cincinnati’s Rob Dibble (1989-90) and 89 Francisco Diaz* ...... C Chicago-AL/Pittsburgh’s Goose Gossage (1975, ‘77) . 90 James Kaprielian* ...... RHP Acquired LHP Aroldis Chapman from the Reds in the offseason… in 2015, he went 4-4 with 33 saves (in 36 chances) and 91 Santiago Nessy* ...... C a 1 63. ERA (66 .1IP, 12ER, 116K) in 65 relief appearances…was named to his fourth straight NL All-Star team… has averaged 92 Sebastian Valle* ...... C 15 40. K/9 .0IP in his career (319 .0IP, 546K), the best ratio in the Major Leagues since at least 1900 (min . 300 .0IP) . 93 Jorge Mateo* ...... INF 94 Tyler Wade* ...... INF FOR STARTERS: RHP Luis Severino (5-3, 2 .89 ERA in 2015) will make his first spring start for the Yankees today 95 Dustin Fowler* ...... OF vs . Detroit… made his Major League debut as a 21-year-old in 2015, going 5-3 with a 2 .89 (62 .1 IP, 20 ER) in 11 96 Chad Green* ...... RHP starts… opponents batted .229 (53-for-231, 9HR); LH .244 (30-for-123, 3HR); RH .213 (23-for-108, 6HR)… was just the 97 Deibinson Romero* ...... INF fourth pitcher in Yankees history to record at least five wins and post an ERA of 3 .00-or-lower in his age-21 season or 98 Lane Adams* ...... OF younger, joining Whitey Ford (1950), Hank Thormahlen (1918) and Ray Keating (1914) . 99 Aaron Judge* ...... OF • On Thursday vs . Philadelphia, RHP Ivan Nova (6-11, 5 .07 ERA in 2015) will make his first spring start for the *Non-roster invitee Yankees… missed the first 71 team games in 2015 on the 60-day D .L . while recovering from “Tommy John” surgery .

UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS COUNTDOWN TO Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time TV/Radio (April 4 vs . Houston - 1:05 p .m .) Thurs ., Mar . 3 vs . Philadelphia RHP Ivan Nova vs . LHP Adam Morgan 1:05 p .m. Fri ,. Mar . 4 at Detroit RHP Bryan Mitchell vs . RHP 1:05 p .m . 33 days QUICK HITS UPCOMING GAME INFORMATION PLAYERS ON CAMP ROSTER (69): Pitchers: 33 : 9 Infielders: 15 : 11 DH: 1 YOUNGEST PLAYER IN CAMP: INF Jorge Mateo, age 20 (DOB: 06/23/95) Yankees vs. OLDEST PLAYER IN CAMP: DH Alex Rodriguez, age 40 (DOB: 07/27/75) Thurs ., Mar . 3 – 1:05 p .m . MOST TENURED PLAYER IN CAMP: DH Alex Rodriguez (Service time: 21 years, 11 days) George M . Steinbrenner Field One Steinbrenner Drive, Tampa, FL 33614 2015 SEASON IN REVIEW Clubhouse: TBD ROLL CALL: The Yankees used 56 players in 2015 (P-31, C-4, INF-11, OF-9, DH-1), tied for the second-highest Yankees at Detroit Tigers total in franchise history, trailing only 2014 (58 total: P-32, C-4, INF-12, OF-10) and matching 2013 (56 total: Fri ., Mar . 4 – 1:05 p .m .

P-23, C-4, INF-18, OF-10, DH-1)… used 23 players with rookie status… 31 players made their Yankees debuts in Joker Marchant Stadium

2015, including 18 making their MLB debuts… tied a club record (also 2014) by using an AL-high 33 pitchers 2301 Lakeland Hills Blvd . in 2015 (including position players) . Lakeland, FL 33805 10,000 WINS: With their postseason-clinching win on 10/1 vs . Boston the Yankees became the first AL team to GMS Clubhouse Hours: TBD

win 10,000 regular season games… are the winningest AL team all-time with a 10,000-7,570 record ( .569)… per Bus departs: TBD Elias, the Yankees had the highest winning pct . for any franchise at the time of their 10,000th win (previously

the Giants at .540)… the next-most wins among AL teams: Boston (9,224-8,638) and Cleveland (9,097-8,772) . FRONTRUNNERS: The Yankees finished with the AL’s best record when leading after six innings (66-3, .957), seven innings (73-2, .973) and eight innings

(81-0, 1 .000)… had the most such wins of the three MLB teams that were perfect when leading after eight innings (WAS, 74-0; and SD, 62-0) .

PEN STATION: Yankees relievers collectively set a new single-season MLB record with 596K as a unit (previously Colorado, 589K in 2012)… collectively posted a 10 .11K/9 0IP. ratio (530 .2IP, 596K), the second-highest bullpen strikeout ratio in MLB history (2014 Yankees, 10 .25K/9 .0IP, 501 .1IP, 571K) .

SURVEY SAYS… : From 2014-15, the Yankees had a Major League-best 77 .6% success rate on replay challenges (58 challenges, 45 overturned)… led the Majors in both 2014 (82 .1%, 28 challenges, 23 overturned) and 2015 (73 .3%, 30 challenges, 22 overturned) .

2016 TRANSACTIONS Jan. 8 Acquired RHP Kirby Yates from Cleveland in exchange for cash considerations . Jan. 12 Acquired LHP Tyler Olson and INF Ronald Torreyes from Los Angeles-NL in exchange for INF Rob Segedin and a player to be named later or cash considerations . Jan. 15 Claimed OF Lane Adams off waivers from Kansas City…designatedINF Ronald Torreyes for assignment…agreed to terms with RHP Michael Pineda and INF/OF Dustin Ackley on one-year, non-guaranteed contracts, thus avoiding arbitration . Jan. 19 Agreed to terms with RHP Nathan Eovaldi and INF Didi Gregorius on one-year, non-guaranteed contracts, thus avoiding arbitration . Jan. 25 INF Ronald Torreyes was claimed off waivers by Los Angeles-AL . Jan. 28 Agreed to terms with RHP Ivan Nova on a one-year, non-guaranteed contract, thus avoiding arbitration . Feb. 1 Claimed INF Ronald Torreyes off waivers from Los Angeles-AL…designatedOF Lane Adams for assignment . Feb. 5 Signed LHP Richard Bleier, RHP Tyler Cloyd, C Carlos Corporan, C Francisco Diaz, INF Jonathan Diaz, C Kyle Higashioka, INF Pete Kozma, RHP Diego Moreno, RHP Vinnie Pestano, OF Cesar Puello, C Eddy Rodriguez, INF Deibinson Romero, INF Donovan Solano, RHP Anthony Swarzak and C Sebastian Valle to minor league contracts with invitations to Major League spring training; invited OF Dustin Fowler, RHP Do- mingo German, RHP Chad Green, OF Aaron Judge, RHP James Kaprielian, RHP Brady Lail, INF Jorge Mateo, C Santiago Nessy, INF Tyler Wade and LHP Tyler Webb to Major League spring training . Feb. 11 Outrighted OF Lane Adams to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and invited him to Major League spring training . Feb. 12 Agreed to terms with LHP Aroldis Chapman on a one-year, non-guaranteed contract, thus avoiding arbitration . Feb. 19 Invited RHP Kyle Haynes and RHP Mark Montgomery to Major League spring training . Feb. 23 Signed 1B Chris Parmelee to a minor league contract with an invitation to Major League spring training .

2016 SPRING TRAINING SCHEDULE DAY/DATE OPPONENT SITE TIME TV/RADIO Wed., Mar. 2 vs. Detroit GMS Field 1:05 p.m. YES Thurs., Mar. 3 vs. Philadelphia GMS Field 1:05 p.m. Fri ., Mar . 4 at Detroit Lakeland 1:05 p .m . Sat., Mar. 5 vs. Boston GMS Field 1:05 p.m. YES/WFAN Sun ., Mar . 6 at Philadelphia Clearwater 1:05 p .m . WFAN Mon., Mar. 7 vs. Houston GMS Field 1:05 p.m. Tue ., Mar . 8 at Miami Jupiter 1:05 p .m . Wed ., Mar . 9 at New York-NL Port St . Lucie 1:10 p .m . Thurs., Mar. 10 vs. Toronto (ss) GMS Field 1:05 p.m. YES at Baltimore (ss) Sarasota 1:05 p .m . Fri., Mar. 11 vs. Baltimore GMS Field 1:05 p.m. Sat ., Mar . 12 at Tampa Bay Port Charlotte 1:05 p .m . WFAN Sun., Mar. 13 vs. Philadelphia GMS Field 1:05 p.m. YES/WFAN Mon ,. Mar . 14 Off Day Tue ., Mar . 15 at Boston Fort Myers 6:05 p .m . Wed., Mar. 16 vs. Toronto GMS Field 6:35 p.m. YES/WFAN Thurs ., Mar . 17 at Pittsburgh Bradenton 1:05 p .m . Fri., Mar. 18 vs. Baltimore GMS Field 6:35 p.m. YES/WFAN Sat., Mar. 19 vs. Atlanta GMS Field 1:05 p.m. WFAN Sun ., Mar . 20 at Minnesota Fort Myers 1:05 p .m . WFAN Mon ,. Mar . 21 Off Day Tue., Mar. 22 vs. New York-NL GMS Field 6:35 p.m. Wed ., Mar . 23 at Washington Viera 5:05 p .m . Thurs., Mar. 24 vs. Tampa Bay GMS Field 6:35 p.m. Fri ., Mar . 25 at Baltimore Sarasota 1:05 p .m . YES Sat ., Mar . 26 at Toronto Dunedin 1:07 p .m . WFAN Sun., Mar. 27 vs. Minnesota GMS Field 1:05 p.m. YES/WFAN Mon., Mar. 28 vs. Detroit GMS Field 6:35 p.m. Tue., Mar. 29 vs. Pittsburgh (ss) GMS Field 1:05 p.m. YES at Philadelphia (ss) Clearwater 1:05 p .m . Wed ., Mar . 30 at Atlanta Kissimmee 1:05 p .m . Thurs., Mar. 31 vs. St. Louis (ss) GMS Field 1:05 p.m. YES at Detroit (ss) Lakeland 1:05 p .m . Fri ., Apr . 1 at Ballpark 7:10 p .m . Sat ., Apr . 2 at Miami Marlins Ballpark 1:10 p .m . Sun ., Apr . 3 Off Day

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game days, credentials should be picked up in Media Relations office in the rear of the press box on the third floor… media guides are also distributed from

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acceptable method for requesting credentials to games at GMS Field… applications must be completed by a Sports Assignment Editor .