SPRING TRAINING GAME NOTES SATURDAY, MARCH 15, 2014 TODAY’S GAMES: NEW YORK YANKEES (8-7-2) vs. MIAMI MARLINS (10-4-2) YANKEES ROSTER 8:05 P.M. – ROD CAREW STADIUM – PANAMA CITY, PANAMA – TV/RADIO: NONE 2 Derek Jeter ...................INF RHP ADAM WARREN (1-0, 2.08) vs. LHP BRAD HAND (1-0, 1.29) 11 Brett Gardner ................OF In relief for NYY: RHP Jim Miller, RHP Chase Whitley, RHP Robert Coello, RHP Yoshinori Tateyama and RHP Matt Daley 12 Alfonso Soriano ..............OF ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 14 Brian Roberts. .INF NEW YORK YANKEES (8-7-2) at BALTIMORE ORIOLES (9-5) 17 Brendan Ryan ................INF 1:05 P.M. – ED SMITH STADIUM – SARASOTA, FL – TV/RADIO: WFAN/MLBN 18 Hiroki Kuroda ...............RHP LHP VIDAL NUNO (0-0, 4.50) vs. RHP CHRIS TILLMAN (2-0, 7.04) 19 Masahiro Tanaka ............RHP In relief for NYY: RHP Brian Gordon, RHP Mark Montgomery and RHP Danny Burawa 22 Jacoby Ellsbury ...............OF 24 Scott Sizemore* ..............INF YANKEE DOODLES: Today the New York Yankees will play a split squad with a 1:05 p.m. game vs. the Baltimore Orioles at Ed 25 Mark Teixeira .................INF 26 Eduardo Nunez ...............INF Smith Stadium in Sarasota and an 8:05 p.m. contest vs. the Miami Marlins ar Rod Carew Stadium in Panama City, Panama… are scheduled for 34 total spring games, including 33 against Major League opposition (defeated Florida State, 8-3, in their first 27 Shawn Kelley ................RHP 28 Joe Girardi ........... MANAGER game of the spring on 2/25)… are slated for 17 home games, including 16 vs. Major League teams… will play six night games, including five at home (3/4 vs. Baltimore, 3/7 vs. Detroit, 3/21 vs. Pittsburgh, 3/25 vs. Philadelphia and 3/28 vs. Miami) and one 29 Francisco Cervelli. C 30 David Robertson ............RHP on the road (3/20 at Boston)… marks the Yankees’ 19th consecutive season at Steinbrenner Field (1996-2014), formerly Legends Field, and the 112th season in franchise history. 31 Ichiro Suzuki .................OF Most Seasons as a Yankees Player 33 Kelly Johnson ................INF YESTERDAY’S NEWS: On Friday at Steinbrenner Field, the Yankees fell to the Twins, Player Seasons 34 Brian McCann ................. C DEREK JETER ....... 19 (1995-2013) 35 Michael Pineda ..............RHP 7-3… RHP David Phelps started and allowed 2ER in 4.0IP (5H, 1BB, 4K, 1HR)… 1B Mark Mariano Rivera .........19 (1995-2013) 36 Carlos Beltran ................OF Teixeira (1-for-2) drove in his first run of the spring with an RBI single in the first… 2B Yogi Berra. 18 (1946-63) 38 Preston Claiborne ...........RHP Brian Roberts (1-for-3) scored a run and hit an RBI ground rule double in the first… RHP Mickey Mantle ...........18 (1951-68) 40 Matt Daley* .................RHP Dellin Betances tossed 1.2 scoreless innings (2K)… has now tossed 8.0 scoreless innings Frank Crosetti ............17 (1932-48) with 7K over five relief appearances this spring. Bill Dickey ...........17 (1928-43, ’46) 41 David Phelps ................RHP Lou Gehrig ...............17 (1923-39) 43 Adam Warren ...............RHP CANAL STREET: Today and tomorrow, the Yankees and Miami Marlins will Jorge Posada ..........17 (1995-2011) 45 Andrew Bailey ...............RHP Whitey Ford ..........16 (1950, ’53-67) participate in the “Legend Series” with a two-game series at Panama City’s Rod 47 Ivan Nova ...................RHP Bernie Williams ........16 (1991-2006) 48 Matt Thornton ..............LHP Carew Stadium… the series will honor the legacy of recently-retired all-time saves MLB All-Time Hits List 50 Mick Kelleher ......... 1B COACH leader Mariano Rivera… the series will mark the return of Major League Baseball 1. Pete Rose. .4,256 52 CC Sabathia .................LHP to Panama for the first time since 1947… the “Legend Series” will include charitable 2. Ty Cobb ..................... 4,191 53 Austin Romine ................ C events away from the field, including a gala featuring representation of both teams 3. Hank Aaron .................3,771 54 Kevin Long ..............HITTING on 3/14 to benefit the Mariano Rivera Foundation… proceeds from the dinner will 4. Stan Musial ..................3,630 go to Children’s Hospital in Panama City, the largest pediatric hospital in the country. 5. Tris Speaker .................3,514 55 David Herndon* .............RHP 6. Honus Wagner ..............3,430 56 Tony Pena ................BENCH 7. Carl Yastrzemski ............. 3,419 57 Chris Leroux* ................RHP MADE IN JAPAN: The Yankees have four Japan-born players in camp: OF Ichiro 8. Paul Molitor. 3,319 58 Larry Rothschild .......PITCHING Suzuki, RHP Hiroki Kuroda, RHP Masahiro Tanaka and non-roster invitee RHP 9. DEREK JETER .............3,316 10. Eddie Collins ................3,313 59 Rob Thomson ........ 3B COACH Yoshinori Tateyama… the Yankees have had six Japan-born players in their history: 60 Gary Tuck ..............BULLPEN Most Hits in Franchise History Hideki Irabu (1997-99), Hideki Matsui (2003-09), Kei Igawa (2007-08), Hiroki Kuroda 61 Jim Miller* ..................RHP 1. DEREK JETER .............3,316 (2012-13), Ryota Igarashi (2012) and Ichiro Suzuki (2012-13)…with Tanaka and 62 Robert Coello* ..............RHP Kuroda, the Yankees will have two Japan-born pitchers in their starting rotation, 2. Lou Gehrig .................2,721 3. Babe Ruth ..................2,518 63 Yoshinori Tateyama*. RHP becoming the first team to do so since the Los Angeles Dodgers had starters Hideo 4. Mickey Mantle .............. 2,415 64 Cesar Cabral .................LHP Nomo and Kazuhisa Ishii in 2004. 5. Bernie Williams .............2,336 65 Zoilo Almonte ................OF 66 John Ryan Murphy ............ C DOUBLE TAKE: Major League Baseball’s new instant replay rules will be in effect in seven Yankees games this spring (3/6 at 67 Vidal Nuno ..................LHP Philadelphia, 3/8 at Houston, 3/12 vs. Detroit, 3/13 at Philadelphia, 3/17 at Pittsburgh, 3/22 at Minnesota and 3/29 vs. Miami). 68 Dellin Betances ..............RHP 70 Russ Canzler* ................INF #WINNING: The Yankees secured their 21st consecutive winning season in 2013 (since 1993), the second-longest such streak 71 Brian Gordon* ...............RHP among Major League teams all time, trailing only the Yankees’ run of 39 straight wining seasons from 1926-64-credit: Elias. 72 Corban Joseph* ..............INF 73 Antoan Richardson*. .OF THE SKIPPER: In 2014, Manager Joe Girardi enters his seventh season (2008-present) at the helm of the 74 Bruce Billings* ...............RHP Yankees… owns a 564-408 (.580) record in six years with the club, the Majors’ best mark over the stretch and the sixth- 75 Manny Banuelos ............LHP most managerial wins in Yankees history… has led the Yankees to three AL East Division titles (2009, ‘11-12) and a World 80 Jose Gil* ...................... C Series championship in ‘09… is the 32nd manager in Yankees history… his .566 (642-492) career winning pct. (including 81 Ramon Flores ................OF a 78-84 mark in 2006 with Florida) is the highest by any skipper with at least 1,000 games managed since Hall of Famer 83 Chase Whitley* ..............RHP Earl Weaver tallied a 1,480-1,060 (.583) mark over a 17-year managerial career (1968-82 and ‘85-86). 84 Mark Montgomery* .........RHP 86 Jose Pirela* ...................INF SUPPORTING CAST: The Yankees drew an AL-high 3,279,589 fans to Yankee Stadium in 2013, leading the AL in total 87 Francisco Arcia* ............... C attendance for the 11th consecutive season… also led the AL with an average of 40,489 fans per home game… both 88 Danny Burawa* .............RHP marks were fourth in the Majors, behind only Los Angeles-NL (3,743,527/46,216), St. Louis (3,369,769/41,602) and San 89 Yangervis Solarte* ............INF Francisco (3,369,106/41,594)… the Yankees also led the AL in road attendance (2,690,604)… the Yankees’ combined draw 90 Shane Greene ...............RHP of 5,970,203 fans topped the AL for the 15th consecutive season. 91 Tyler Austin* .................OF 92 Fred Lewis* .................LHP FOR STARTERS: Today vs. Miami in Panama, RHP Adam Warren will make his third start of the spring… last started on 3/5 at 93 Dean Anna ...................INF Tampa Bay, allowing 4H and 1ER in 2.1IP (2K, 1HR)… made his first career Opening Day roster and combined to go 3-2 with a 95 Adonis Garcia* ...............OF 3.39 ERA (77.0IP, 29ER) in two stints with the Yankees (4/1-6/14 and 6/18-9/29)… made two starts, going 1-0 with a 2.25 ERA 96 Pete O’Brien* .................. C (8.0IP, 2ER)… in 32 relief appearances, was 2-2 with a 3.52 ERA (69.0IP, 27ER). 97 Mason Williams* .............OF • On Saturday at Baltimore, LHP Vidal Nuno will make his second official start of the spring… last started on 3/2 at Toronto, 98 Zelous Wheeler*. .INF allowing 1ER in 2.0IP (2H, 0BB, 3K)… made his Major League debut in 2013, going 1-2 with a 2.25 ERA (20.0IP, 16H, *Non-roster invitees 5ER, 2HR, 6BB, 9K, 1HP) in five games (three starts) over two stints with the Yankees (4/27-5/14 and 5/18-31)… while with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, was placed on the 7-day D.L. on 6/8 with a strained left groin (suffered on 6/7), OPENING DAY COUNTDOWN missing the remainder of the season… won the 2013 James P. Dawson Award (given annually to the most outstanding Yankees rookie in spring training, after going 1-1 with one save and a 0.61 ERA (14.1IP, 1ER, 13K) in seven games (2GS). (April 1 at Houston