GAME NOTES THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 2016

TODAY’S GAME: (1-0) vs. (SS) (0-1-1) YANKEES ROSTER 1:05 P.M. – GEORGE M. STEINBRENNER FIELD – TAMPA, FL – TV/RADIO: NONE 11 Brett Gardner ...... OF RHP IVAN NOVA (6-11, 5.07 in 2015) vs. LHP ADAM MORGAN (5-7, 4.48 in 2015) 12 Chase Headley ...... 3B Probable relievers for NYY: LHP , LHP , RHP Diego Moreno and LHP James Pazos . 13 ...... DH 14 Starlin Castro ...... INF YANKEE DOODLES: The New York Yankees will play the second exhibition game of their spring schedule today against 17 Carlos Corporan* ...... C the Philadelphia Phillies at George M . Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Fla… will be the first of four spring games between 18 ...... SS the two teams in 2016, also Sun . at Clearwater, 3/13 at GMS Field and 3/29 (ss) at Clearwater… will play 33 total spring 19 Masahiro Tanaka ...... RHP games, all against Major League opposition… are slated for 16 home games… will play eight night games, including five 22 Jacoby Ellsbury ...... OF. 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 24 Chris Parmelee* ...... 1B on the road (3/15 at Boston, 3/23 at Washington and 4/1 at Miami at Marlins Park)… each of the Yankees’ home night 25 ...... 1B games will start at 6:35 p .m …. marks the Yankees’ 21st consecutive season at Steinbrenner Field (1996-2016), formerly 26 Donovan Solano* ...... INF Legends Field, and the 114th season in franchise history . 27 Pete Kozma* ...... INF 28 ...... MANAGER YESTERDAY’S NEWS: On Wednesday in their spring opener, the Yankees picked up a 10-9 “walk-off” victory over Detroit with 29 Dustin Ackley ...... INF/OF two out in the ninth… came back from a 7-0 deficit after 3 1/2 innings to go ahead 8-7 after seven innings beforeallowing 30 Nathan Eovaldi ...... RHP and scoring two runs in the final frame… RHP Luis Severino started and received a no-decision, allowing 5ER in 1 .1IP (2H, 31 Aaron Hicks ...... OF

2BB, 2K, 1HP, 1HR)… 2B Starlin Castro (2-for-3) had a single and an RBI-double in his Yankees debut… DH Dustin Ackley (1- 33 Greg Bird ...... 1B for-2) had a two-run double in the fourth… SS (1-for-2) tripled to lead off the ninth and scoring the game-tying 34 Brian McCann ...... C run… C Austin Romine (2-for-3, 2R) entered the game as a pinch-runner in the fourth and drove in the game-tying run on a 35 Michael Pineda ...... RHP ninth-inning infield single… two batters later, scored the winning run after a misplayed flyball by the Tigers’ leftfielder with two 36 Carlos Beltran ...... OF outs… RHP Mark Montgomery (1 .0IP, 1K), LHP (1 .2IP, 1H, 2BB, 1K) and RHP Johnny Barbato (1 .0IP, 1H, 2K, 1HP) 38 Chris Denorfia* ...... OF each made scoreless appearances… RHP (1 0IP,. 3H, 2ER, 1HR) pitched the ninth and was credited with the win . 39 Kirby Yates ...... RHP 40 Luis Severino ...... RHP HOPE WEEK 2016: The Yankees are proud to announce the return of HOPE Week (Helping Others Persevere & Excel) in 2016 41 Anthony Swarzak* ...... RHP for the eighth consecutive season… the initiative is rooted in the belief that acts of good will provide hope and encouragement 43 Austin Romine ...... C to more than just the recipient of the gesture… the Yankees will kick off their announcement of HOPE Week with a pregame 45 Chasen Shreve ...... LHP 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 47 Ivan Nova ...... RHP Yankees have kicked off HOPE Week-themed events by recognizing a Tampa-area group for making a difference in the Bay area . 48 ...... LHP 50 Nick Rumbelow ...... RHP

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’ run of 39 straight 52 CC Sabathia ...... LHP 53 Joe Espada ...... THIRD BASE winning seasons from 1926-64… the team also secured its 24th consecutive winning season at home (went 45-36 at home in 54 Aroldis Chapman ...... LHP 2015) extending its run since 1992… according to Elias, it is tied for the second-longest such streak in Major League history, 55 Bryan Mitchell ...... RHP trailing only the Yankees’ 47-year home winning streak from 1918-64… the Pirates also had a 24-year streak from 1892-1915 . 56 Tony Pena ...... FIRST BASE 57 ...... RHP THE SKIPPER: In 2016, Manager Joe Girardi enters his ninth season (2008-present) at the helm of the Yankees… owns 58 . . . . . PITCHING a 735-561 ( .567) record in eight years with the club, which is the Majors’ best mark over the stretch… according to Elias, 59 ...... BENCH is the only current manager to guide his team to winning records in each of the last eight seasons (2008-15)… is sixth in Yankees history in managerial wins, trailing only Joe McCarthy (1,460), Joe Torre (1,173), Casey Stengel (1,149), Miller 60 Mike Harkey ...... BULLPEN 61 Vinnie Pestano* ...... RHP Huggins (1,067) and Ralph Houk (944)… the Yankees have reached the postseason in five of his eight seasons as manager 62 Alan Cockrell ...... HITTING (2009-12, ‘15), including three AL East Division titles (2009, ‘11-12) and a World Series championship in 2009… was named 62 Mark Montgomery* ...... RHP to the post on 10/30/07, becoming the 32nd manager in franchise history… in 2015, guided the Yankees to an 87-75 ( .537) 63 Kyle Haynes* ...... 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 . 63 Marcus Thames . . . ASST . HITTING 64 Rob Refsnyder ...... INF 21 AND COUNTING: This year marks the 21st season the Yankees have held spring training at George M . Steinbrenner 65 Jacob Lindgren ...... LHP Field in Tampa, Fla .… the complex originally opened prior to the 1996 season as Legends Field… during a pregame 66 Mason Williams ...... OF ceremony on 3/27/08, was renamed as George M . Steinbrenner Field in honor of principal owner George Steinbrenner 67 James Pazos ...... LHP III… since its inception, GMS Field has also served as home for the Single-A Tampa Yankees of the Florida State 68 Dellin Betances ...... RHP League… prior to relocating to Tampa in 1994 (the team played at Red McEwen Field at the University of South Florida 70 Eddy Rodriguez* ...... C from 1994-95), the Yankees trained in Ft . Lauderdale, Fla . 71 ...... OF 72 Gary Sanchez ...... C HOW’S THE WEATHER UP THERE?: The Yankees’ spring training roster features 14 players who are 6’4” or taller, all but 73 Nick Goody ...... RHP three of whom are … the tallest is 6’8” RHP Dellin Betances, followed by OF , LHP Andrew Miller 74 Ronald Torreyes ...... 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 75 Tyler Olson ...... LHP Ivan Nova… OFOF , INF Greg Bird, LHP Aroldis Chapman, RHP James Kaprielian, RHP Branden Pinder, LHP 76 Domingo German* ...... RHP Chasen Shreve and RHP Anthony Swarzak are all 6’4” . 77 Diego Moreno* ...... RHP 78 Jonathan Diaz* ...... INF PEN STATION: Yankees relievers set a new single-season MLB record with 596K (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 82 ...... 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 & Andrew Bailey-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 Ivan Nova (6-11, 5 07. ERA in 2015) will make his first spring start for the Yankees today vs . 95 * ...... OF

Philadelphia… missed the first 71 team games in 2015 on the 60-day D .L . while recovering from “Tommy John” 96 Chad Green* ...... RHP surgery… held opponents to a .269 (99-for-368) average; LH .312 (59-for-189), RH .223 (40-for-179)… set a career high with 97 Deibinson Romero* ...... INF

11 losses, recording a loss in seven of his final eight starts… went 4-3 with a 3 .10 ERA (40 .2IP, 14ER) over his first seven starts 98 Lane Adams* ...... OF

(6/24-8/2), allowing 2ER-or-fewer in five of the seven outings… went 2-8 with a 6 .58 ERA (53 .1IP, 39ER) in his final 10 starts . 99 Aaron Judge* ...... OF

• On Friday at Detroit, RHP Bryan Mitchell (0-2, 6 .37 ERA in 2015) will make his first spring start for the Yankees… made 20 appearances (two starts) over four stints with the Yankees last season (5/16-17, 6/19-21, 6/23-7/18 and 7/30-10/4) . *Non-roster invitee

UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS COUNTDOWN TO Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time TV/Radio (April 4 vs . Houston - 1:05 p .m .) Fri ,. Mar . 4 at Detroit RHP Bryan Mitchell vs . RHP Justin Verlander 1:05 p .m. Sat ., Mar . 5 vs . Boston RHP Nathan Eovaldi vs . TBD 1:05 p .m . YES/WFAN 32 days QUICK HITS UPCOMING GAME INFORMATION PLAYERS ON CAMP ROSTER (70): Pitchers: 33 : 9 Infielders: 15 Outfielders: 12 DH: 1 YOUNGEST PLAYER IN CAMP: INF Jorge Mateo, age 20 (DOB: 06/23/95) Yankees at Detroit Tigers OLDEST PLAYER IN CAMP: DH Alex Rodriguez, age 40 (DOB: 07/27/75) Fri ., Mar . 4 – 1:05 p .m . MOST TENURED PLAYER IN CAMP: DH Alex Rodriguez (Service time: 21 years, 11 days) Joker Marchant Stadium 2301 Lakeland Hills Blvd . 2015 SEASON IN REVIEW Lakeland, FL 33805 ROLL CALL: The Yankees used 56 players in 2015 (P-31, C-4, INF-11, OF-9, DH-1), tied for the second-highest GMS Clubhouse Hours: TBD total in franchise history, trailing only 2014 (58 total: P-32, C-4, INF-12, OF-10) and matching 2013 (56 total: Bus Departs: 9:30 A .M .

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

2015, including 18 making their MLB debuts… tied a club record (also 2014) by using an AL-high 33 pitchers Sat ., Mar . 5 – 1:05 p .m . in 2015 (including position players) . George M . Steinbrenner Field 10,000 WINS: With their postseason-clinching win on 10/1 vs . Boston the Yankees became the first AL team to One Steinbrenner Drive, Tampa, FL 33614 win 10,000 regular season games… are the winningest AL team all-time with a 10,000-7,570 record ( .569)… per Clubhouse: 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 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 . Mar. 2 Signed OF Chris Denorfiato a minor league contract with an invitation to Major League spring training .

2016 SPRING TRAINING SCHEDULE Date/Opp. Score WP LP SV Att. Starter DEC IP H R ER BB K HR Pit./Stk. Wed ., Mar . 2 vs . Detroit W, 10-9 Goody Mantiply None 9,023 Severino ND 1 .1 2 5 5 2 2 1 37/21

DAY/DATE OPPONENT SITE TIME TV/RADIO 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 Miami Marlins 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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