SPRING TRAINING GAME NOTES SATURDAY, MARCH 15, 2014

TODAY’S GAMES: (8-7-2) vs. (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 ...... 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 started and allowed 2ER in 4.0IP (5H, 1BB, 4K, 1HR)… 1B Mark . . . . . 19 (1995-2013) 36 Carlos Beltran...... OF Teixeira (1-for-2) drove in his first 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 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 ...... 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 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: ’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 and a 0.61 ERA (14.1IP, 1ER, 13K) in seven games (2GS). (April 1 at Houston - 7:10 p.m.) • On Sunday vs. Miami in Panama, LHP CC Sabathia will make his third spring start…last started on 3/11 at Washington, 17 DAYS allowing 3ER in 3.0IP (4H, 2BB, 3K)… in 32 starts in 2013, went 14-13 with a 4.78 ERA (211.0IP, 112ER)… opponents batted

.272 (224-for-823, 28HR); LH .242 (47-for-194, 5HR); RH .281 (177-for-629, 23HR)… since his debut in 2001, has a 205-115 (.641) record with a 3.60 ERA and 2,389K in 415 starts

the most wins and K in the Majors over the span… has at least 11 wins in each of his first 13 Major League seasons (2001-13), one of just four pitchers in the Modern Era (since 1900) to accomplish the feat, joining Don Sutton (first 17 seasons, 1966-82), Eddie Plank (first 16 seasons, 1901-16) and Tom Seaver (also first 13 seasons, 1967-79).

• On Sunday vs. Atlanta, RHP Masahiro Tanaka will make his third spring appearance and second spring start… last started on 3/6 at Philadelphia, allowing 1ER in

3.0IP (2H,, 1K, 1HR)… was acquired by the Yankees via the posting system from the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of Japan and signed to a seven-year contract on

1/22/14… contract extends through the 2020 season with an opt-out following the 2017 season… went 24-0 with one save and a 1.27 ERA (212.0IP, 30ER, 183K 8CG,

2SHO) in 28 games (27 starts) with the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles… won the Pacific League MVP and the Sawamura Award as the best in Nippon , setting all-time NPB records for wins and ERA…was the No. 1 pick in the 2006 NPB draft. UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time TV/Radio Sun., March 16 vs. Miami (SS - Panama) LHP CC Sabathia (0-1, 5.40) vs. RHP (0-0, 0.00) 1:05 p.m. None vs. Atlanta RHP Masahiro Tanaka (0-0, 1.80) vs. TBA 1:05 p.m. YES/WFAN Mon., March 17 at Pittsburgh RHP Hiroki Kuroda (1-0, 6.48) vs. RHP Stolmy Pimentel (1-0, 0.00) 1:05 p.m. None QUICK HITS UPCOMING GAME INFORMATION PLAYERS ON CAMP ROSTER (60): Pitchers: 29 : 7 Infielders: 13 : 11 Yankees at Baltimore YOUNGEST PLAYER IN CAMP: OF Ramon Flores (DOB: 3/26/92) Saturday, March 15 – 1:05 p.m. OLDEST PLAYER IN CAMP: OF Ichiro Suzuki (DOB: 10/22/73) Ed Smith Stadium MOST TENURED PLAYER IN CAMP: SS Derek Jeter (Service time: 18 years, 43 days) 1090 N. Euclid Ave., Sarasota, FL 34237 2013 SEASON IN REVIEW Bus Leaves: 9:15 a.m. CENSUS BUREAU: The Yankees used a franchise-record 56 players in 2013 (23-P, 4-C,18-INF, 10-OF and 1-DH), Yankees vs. Atlanta surpassing their previous high of 51 players in both 2005 and ’08… their 33 position players were the most used Sunday, March 16 – 1:05 p.m. by a Major League team since the 2004 Royals (also 33)… the Yankees used 45 players in 2012 (22-P, 3-C, 10-INF, George M. Steinbrenner Field 10-OF)… of the 56 players used in 2013, 28 made their first-ever appearance as a Yankee, with eight players making their MLB debuts (Adams, Almonte, Cabral, Claiborne, Joseph, Marshall, Murphy and Nuno). One Steinbrenner Drive, Tampa, FL 33614 GMS Clubhouse Hours: 9:00-10:00 a.m.

SIDELINED: The Yankees used the disabled list 28 times in 2013 for 21 different players… placed a total of 15 players (in 17 stints) on the 60-day D.L.… the Yankees combined to miss a total of 1,287 games on the D.L. in 2013. Yankees vs. Miami AFTERTHOUGHTS: The Yankees failed to make the postseason for just the second time in the last 19 seasons (also Saturday, March 15 and Sunday, March 16

2008)… their game vs. Tampa Bay on 9/26 at Yankee Stadium marked the club’s first home game played without Media Availability in Press Conference Room being in the playoff picture since the team’s final home game in 1993 (10/3/93 vs Detroit).

THOSE BLANKETY-BLANKS: The Yankees’ 10 shutouts in 2013, were their most in a season since 2008 (11)… Ivan Nova started and won each of the Yankees’ final three shutouts (9/21 vs. San Francisco, 8/31 vs. Baltimore, 8/3 at San Diego). FINISH LINES: The Yankees starting pitching staff had seven complete games in 2013 (Nova-3, Sabathia-2, Kuroda-1 and Pettitte-1), marking the most for the club since having eight complete games during the 2005 season (R. Johnson-4, Mussina-2, Pavano-1, Small-1).

CLOSE CALLS: The Yankees had a Major League-best 30-16 (.652) record in one-run games after going 22-25 (.468) in such games in 2012… have had just two other seasons in franchise history in which they played as many or more one-run games with as high a winning percentage (1963/36-17/.679 and 1904/35-17/.673).

YARD WORK: The Yankees had 23 different players homer for the club in 2013, tied with San Diego for most in the Majors… marked the most different Yankees to homer in a single season in franchise history, surpassing 22 different players with a home run for the club in 1965 and 2000.

GOLDEN GLOVES: The Yankees posted a .988 fielding percentage to set a new franchise record (fractionally better than their .988 mark in 2010)… made just 69 errors, the third-lowest total in the Majors in 2013 and tying the franchise record for fewest in a season (also 2010). 2014 TRANSACTIONS Jan. 10 Signed LHP Matt Thornton to a two-year contract; designated OF Vernon Wells for assignment. Jan. 11 3B Alex Rodriguez placed on the Restricted List by Major League Baseball. Jan. 14 Signed INF Brian Roberts to a one-year contract. Jan. 15 Unconditionally released OF Vernon Wells. Jan. 16 Signed C Francisco Cervelli to a one-year contract, avoiding arbitration. Jan. 17 Signed OF Brett Gardner, RHP Shawn Kelley, RHP Ivan Nova and RHP David Robertson to one-year contracts, avoiding arbitration. Jan. 22 Acquired RHP Masahiro Tanaka via the posting system from the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of Japan and signed him to a seven-year contract extending through the 2020 season with an opt-out following the 2017 season; designated LHP David Huff for assignment. Jan. 24 Traded LHP David Huff to the San Francisco Giants in exchange for cash considerations. Jan. 29 Signed RHPs Bruce Billings, Robert Coello, Brian Gordon and Chris Leroux, INFs Russ Canzler, Scott Sizemore, Yangervis Solarte and Zelous Wheel- er and OF Antoan Richardson to minor league contracts with invitations to Major League spring training; invited RHPs Danny Burawa, Matt Daley, David Herndon, Jim Miller, Mark Montgomery, Yoshinori Tateyama and Chase Whitley, LHPs Fred Lewis and Francisco Rondon, Cs Francisco Arcia, Jose Gil and Pete O’Brien, INFs Corban Joseph and Jose Pirela and OFs Tyler Austin, Adonis Garcia and Mason Williams to spring training. Feb. 24 Signed OF Brett Gardner to a four-year contract beginning in 2015 and extending through the 2018 season, with a club option for 2019. Mar. 9 Optioned RHP Jose Ramirez to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and reassigned LHP Francisco Rondon to minor league camp. Mar. 12 Optioned LHP Nik Turley and OF Slade Heathcott to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and optioned C Gary Sanchez to Double-A Trenton. Mar. 13 Optioned RHP Bryan Mitchell to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and optioned RHP Jose Campos to Single-A Tampa.

2014 SPRING TRAINING SCHEDULE Italics: Please note that statistics from the NYY vs. FSU game and any minor league games are not counted in official Grapefruit League stats. / * = sellout Date/Opp. Score WP LP SV Att. NYY Starter DEC IP H R ER BB K HR Pit./Stk. Tue., Feb. 25 vs. FSU 8-3 Nuno Miller None 7,708 Nuno W 2.0 3 0 0 0 3 0 26/17 Wed., Feb. 26 at PIT 5-6 Welker Whitley Wilk 6,870 Nova ND 1.1 2 2 2 2 1 0 37/22 Thurs., Feb. 27 vs. PIT 2-8 Coello Yang None 7,763 Phelps ND 2.0 2 1 1 0 4 1 30/20 Fri., Feb. 28 at DET 7-4 Warren Scherzer Claiborne 7,684 Warren W 2.0 2 0 0 2 1 0 27/17 Sat., Mar. 1 vs. PHI 4-0 Sabathia ND 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 24/16 Kuroda Gonzalez None 10,934* Kuroda W 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 17/11 Tanaka ND 2.0 2 0 0 0 3 0 32/22 Sun., Mar. 2 at TOR 8-2 Mitchell Redmond None 5,533 Nuno ND 2.0 2 1 1 0 3 1 34/25 Mon., Mar. 3 vs. WAS 4-2 Nova Detwiler Miller 8,044 Nova W 3.0 0 0 0 0 4 0 36/31 Tues., Mar. 4 vs. BAL 2-3 Brach Whitley Huntzinger 8,724 Phelps ND 2.2 5 1 1 1 2 0 49/29 Wed., Mar. 5 at TB 4-5 Bedard Coello Odorizzi 6,469 Warren ND 2.1 4 1 1 0 2 1 44/25 Thurs., Mar. 6 at PHI 4-3 Burawa Aumont Montgomery 6,935 Tanaka ND 3.0 2 1 1 0 1 1 41/25 Fri., Mar. 7 vs. DET 3-2 Miller Marte None 10,820* Kuroda ND 2.2 1 0 0 1 5 0 52/30 Sat., Mar. 8 at HOU 9-6 Whitley Cisnero Leroux 5,001 Nova ND 4.0 8 3 3 0 5 0 54/38 Sun., Mar. 9 vs. TB 3-3 None None None 11,017* Phelps ND 5.0 3 0 0 0 1 0 59/38 Mon., Mar. 10 Off Day Tues., Mar. 11 at WAS 2-3 Zimmermann Sabathia Delcarmen 7,372* Sabathia L 3.0 4 3 3 2 3 0 62/37 Wed., Mar. 12 vs. DET 7-7 None None None 10,759* Kuroda ND 3.2 10 6 6 0 1 0 60/38 Thurs., Mar. 13 vs. BAL (SS) 6-0 Pineda Norris None 9,317 Pineda W 2.2 3 0 0 1 5 0 48/27 Thurs., Mar. 13 at PHI (SS) 2-6 Hernandez Nova None 9,003* Nova L 5.0 9 3 3 0 6 0 75/56 Fri., Mar. 14 vs. MIN 3-7 Thielbar Banuelos None 9,309 Phelps L 4.0 5 2 2 1 4 1 75/47 DAY/DATE OPPONENT SITE TIME TV/RADIO Sat., Mar. 15 at Baltimore (ss) Sarasota 1:05 p.m. WFAN/MLBN vs. Miami (ss) Panama City, Panama 8:05 p.m. Sun., Mar. 16 ATLANTA GMS Field 1:05 p.m. YES/WFAN vs. Miami (ss) Panama City, Panama 1:05 p.m. Mon., Mar. 17 at Pittsburgh Bradenton 1:05 p.m. Tue., Mar. 18 BOSTON GMS Field 1:05 p.m. YES/ESPN/WFAN Wed., Mar. 19 at Atlanta Disney World 1:05 p.m. Thurs., Mar. 20 at Boston Fort Myers 7:05 p.m. YES/ESPN/WFAN Fri., Mar. 21 PITTSBURGH GMS Field 7:05 p.m. MLBN Sat., Mar. 22 at Minnesota Fort Myers 1:05 p.m. MLBN/WFAN Sun., Mar. 23 TORONTO GMS Field 1:05 p.m. YES/MLBN/WFAN Mon., Mar. 24 Off Day Tues., Mar. 25 PHILADELPHIA GMS Field 7:05 p.m. YES/MLBN/WFAN Wed., Mar. 26 at Toronto Dunedin 1:05 p.m. Thurs., Mar. 27 at Pittsburgh Bradenton 1:05 p.m. YES Fri., Mar. 28 MIAMI GMS Field 7:05 p.m. Sat., Mar. 29 MIAMI GMS Field 1:05 p.m. YES/WFAN Highlighted=Home Games / ss=Split Squad / All Times Eastern and Subject to Change

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