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GAME NOTES SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 2014

TODAY’S GAME: (14-9-2) at (7-11-3) YANKEES ROSTER 1:05 P.M. – HAMMOND STADIUM – FORT MYERS, FL – TV/RADIO: WFAN 2 Derek Jeter...... INF RHP (0-0, 1.93) vs. RHP KEVIN CORREIA (1-1, 6.00) 11 Brett Gardner ...... OF In relief for NYY: RHP Danny Burawa, LHP Fred Lewis and RHP Shane Greene. 12 ...... OF 14 Brian Roberts...... INF YANKEE DOODLES: Today the New York Yankees will play a 1:05 p.m. game vs. the Minnesota Twins at Hammond 17 Brendan Ryan...... INF Stadium in Fort Myers… are scheduled for 33 total spring games, including 32 against Major League opposition (defeated 18 ...... RHP Florida State, 8-3, in their first game of the spring on 2/25)… are slated for 17 home games, including 16 vs. Major League 19 Masahiro Tanaka ...... RHP 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. 22 Jacoby Ellsbury...... OF

Philadelphia and 3/28 vs. Miami) and one on the road (3/20 at Boston)… marks Most Seasons as a Yankees Player 24 Scott Sizemore*...... INF the Yankees’ 19th consecutive season at Steinbrenner Field (1996-2014), formerly 25 Mark Teixeira...... INF Legends Field, and the 112th season in franchise history. Player Seasons DEREK JETER. . . . 19 (1995-2013) 26 Eduardo Nunez...... INF Mariano Rivera. . . . . 19 (1995-2013) 27 Shawn Kelley...... RHP YESTERDAY’S NEWS: The Yankees won their sixth straight game, shutting out Yogi Berra...... 18 (1946-63) 28 Joe Girardi...... MANAGER the Pirates, 4-0, at Steinbrenner Field… LHP CC Sabathia started and earned the Mickey Mantle...... 18 (1951-68) 29 Francisco Cervelli...... C win, tossing 7.0 scoreless (4H, 1BB, 7K) in the longest outing by a Yankees Frank Crosetti...... 17 (1932-48) 30 David Robertson...... RHP Bill Dickey ...... 17 (1928-43, ’46) starter this spring… C Brian McCann (1-for-4) doubled, drove in a run and caught Lou Gehrig...... 17 (1923-39) 31 ...... OF a full 9.0 innings… SS Derek Jeter (0-for-3) and CF Brett Gardner (0-for-3) each had Jorge Posada ...... 17 (1995-2011) 33 Kelly Johnson...... INF RBI groundouts in the second … RHP David Robertson tossed a perfect ninth Whitey Ford...... 16 (1950, ’53-67) 34 Brian McCann...... C inning (1.0IP) and has allowed just 1H and 1BB in 5.0 scoreless innings over six relief Bernie Williams . . . . .16 (1991-2006) 35 Michael Pineda...... RHP appearances this spring (5K). MLB All-Time Hits List 36 Carlos Beltran...... OF 1. Pete Rose...... 4,256 38 Preston Claiborne...... RHP SPRING IN THEIR STEP: C Francisco Cervelli is hitting .484 (15-for-31) this spring with 2. Ty Cobb...... 4,191 40 Matt Daley*...... RHP 1 double, 1 triple, 7RBI and a team-leading 4HR… INF Yangervis Solarte has batted 3. Hank Aaron ...... 3,771 41 David Phelps...... RHP .455 (15-for-33) with 2HR and 8RBI, leading the club in RBI and tied with Cervelli for 4. Stan Musial...... 3,630 5. Tris Speaker...... 3,514 43 Adam Warren ...... RHP the lead in hits… RHP Ivan Nova leads all Yankees with 21K (in 19.2IP)… RHP 6. Honus Wagner...... 3,430 45 Andrew Bailey...... RHP Michael Pineda has tossed 9.0 scoreless innings, going 2-0 with 14K (8H, 1BB). 7. Carl Yastrzemski...... 3,419 47 Ivan Nova...... RHP 8. Paul Molitor...... 3,319 48 Matt Thornton ...... LHP MADE IN JAPAN: The Yankees have four Japan-born players in camp: OF Ichiro 9. DEREK JETER ...... 3,316 50 Mick Kelleher. . . . . 1B COACH 10. Eddie Collins...... 3,313 Suzuki, RHP Hiroki Kuroda, RHP Masahiro Tanaka and non-roster invitee RHP 52 CC Sabathia...... LHP Yoshinori Tateyama… the Yankees have had six Japan-born players in their history: Most Hits in Franchise History 53 Austin Romine...... C (1997-99), Hideki Matsui (2003-09), (2007-08), Hiroki Kuroda 1. DEREK JETER...... 3,316 54 Kevin Long...... HITTING 2. Lou Gehrig...... 2,721 (2012-13), Ryota Igarashi (2012) and Ichiro Suzuki (2012-13)… with Tanaka and Kuroda, 55 David Herndon*...... RHP the Yankees will have two Japan-born pitchers in their starting rotation, becoming 3. Babe Ruth...... 2,518 4. Mickey Mantle...... 2,415 56 Tony Pena...... BENCH the first team to do so since the had starters and 5. Bernie Williams...... 2,336 57 Chris Leroux*...... RHP in 2004. 58 Larry Rothschild. . . . PITCHING 59 Rob Thomson. . . . . 3B COACH DOUBLE TAKE: Major League ’s new instant replay rules will be in effect in six Yankees games this spring (3/6 at 60 Gary Tuck...... Philadelphia, 3/8 at Houston, 3/12 vs. Detroit, 3/13 at Philadelphia, 3/22 at Minnesota and 3/29 vs. Miami). 61 Jim Miller*...... RHP 63 Yoshinori Tateyama*. . . . . RHP #WINNING: The Yankees secured their 21st consecutive winning season in 2013 (since 1993), the second-longest such streak 64 Cesar Cabral...... LHP among Major League teams all time, trailing only the Yankees’ run of 39 straight wining seasons from 1926-64‑credit: Elias. 65 Zoilo Almonte...... OF 66 John Ryan Murphy...... C THE SKIPPER: In 2014, Manager Joe Girardi enters his seventh season (2008-present) at the helm of the 67 Vidal Nuno...... LHP Yankees… owns a 564-408 (.580) record in six years with the club, the Majors’ best mark over the stretch and the sixth- 68 Dellin Betances...... RHP most managerial wins in Yankees history… has led the Yankees to three AL East Division titles (2009, ‘11-12) and a World 70 Russ Canzler* ...... INF Series championship in ‘09… is the 32nd manager in Yankees history… his .566 (642-492) career winning pct. (including 73 Antoan Richardson*...... 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 80 Jose Gil* ...... C Earl Weaver tallied a 1,480-1,060 (.583) mark over a 17-year managerial career (1968-82 and ‘85-86). 88 Danny Burawa* ...... RHP 89 Yangervis Solarte*...... INF SUPPORTING CAST: The Yankees drew an AL-high 3,279,589 fans to Yankee Stadium in 2013, leading the AL in total 90 Shane Greene...... RHP attendance for the 11th consecutive season… also led the AL with an average of 40,489 fans per home game… both 92 Fred Lewis* ...... LHP 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 93 Dean Anna...... INF Francisco (3,369,106/41,594)… the Yankees also led the AL in road attendance (2,690,604)… the Yankees’ combined draw 95 Adonis Garcia*...... OF of 5,970,203 fans topped the AL for the 15th consecutive season. 98 Zelous Wheeler*...... INF *Non-roster invitees CANAL STREET: From 3/15-16, the Yankees and participated in the “Legend Series” with a two-game series

at Panama City’s Rod Carew Stadium, splitting the series in front of nearly 50,000 over two games… the series honored the legacy of recently-retired all-time saves leader Mariano Rivera, who threw out the ceremonial first pitch to RHP David OPENING DAY COUNTDOWN

Robertson prior to the game on 3/15… the series marked the return of to Panama for the first time (April 1 at Houston - 7:10 p.m.) since 1947… the “Legend Series” included charitable events away from the field, including a gala featuring representation

of both teams on Friday to benefit the Mariano Rivera Foundation… proceeds from the dinner went to Children’s Hospital 10 DAYS in Panama City, the largest pediatric hospital in the country. UPCOMING GAME INFORMATION FOR STARTERS: Today at Minnesota, RHP Masahiro Tanaka will make his fourth spring appearance and third spring start… last started on 3/16 vs. Atlanta, allowing 1ER in 4.1IP (3H, 2BB, 6K)… was acquired by the Yankees via the posting Yankees at Minnesota system from the Tohoku Golden Eagles of Japan and signed to a seven-year contract on 1/22/14… contract extends Saturday, March 22 – 1:05 p.m. through the 2020 season with an opt-out following the 2017 season… went 24-0 with one and a 1.27 ERA (212.0IP, 30ER, Hammond Stadium

183K 8CG, 2SHO) in 28 games (27 starts) with the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles… won the MVP and the 14100 Six Mile Cypress Pk., Ft. Myers, FL 33912

Sawamura Award as the best in Nippon , setting all-time NPB records for wins and ERA… was the Bus Leaves: 9:00 a.m. No. 1 pick in the 2006 NPB draft. Yankees vs. Toronto • On Sunday vs. Toronto, RHP Michael Pineda will make his fourth appearance­­—and third start—of the spring… last Sunday, March 23 – 1:05 p.m. started on 3/18 vs. Boston, tossing 4.1 scoreless innings (4H, 0BB, 5K)… began 2013 on the 60-day disabled list George M. Steinbrenner Field recovering from right shoulder surgery performed on 5/1/12… in five combined rehab starts with Single-A Tampa, One Steinbrenner Drive, Tampa, FL 33614 Double-A Trenton and Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, went 2-0 with a 2.82 ERA (22.1IP, 7ER)… was optioned to Scranton/WB on 7/7 after coming off the D.L. and went 1-1 with a 3.86 ERA (23.1IP, 10ER) in six total starts with the Clubhouse Hours: 8:15-9:15 a.m.

RailRiders… was acquired by the Yankees from the along with RHP Jose Campos on 1/23/12 in exchange for C/DH Jesus Montero and RHP Hector Noesi. QUICK HITS PLAYERS ON CAMP ROSTER (47): Pitchers: 23 : 5 Infielders: 11 Outfielders: 8 YOUNGEST PLAYER IN CAMP: C John Ryan Murphy (DOB: 5/13/91) / OLDEST PLAYER IN CAMP: OF Ichiro Suzuki (DOB: 10/22/73) MOST TENURED PLAYER IN CAMP: SS Derek Jeter (Service time: 18 years, 43 days)

UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time TV/Radio Sun., March 23 vs. Toronto RHP Michael Pineda (2-0, 0.00) vs. LHP Mark Buehrle (0-1, 3.60) 1:05 p.m. YES/MLBN/WFAN Mon., March 24 Off Day 2013 SEASON IN REVIEW CENSUS BUREAU: The Yankees used a franchise-record 56 players in 2013 (23-P, 4-C,18-INF, 10-OF and 1-DH), surpassing their previous high of 51 players in

both 2005 and ’08… their 33 position players were the most used by a Major League team since the 2004 Royals (also 33)… the Yankees used 45 players in 2012

(22-P, 3-C, 10-INF, 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).

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.

AFTERTHOUGHTS: The Yankees failed to make the postseason for just the second time in the last 19 seasons (also 2008)… their game vs. Tampa Bay on 9/26 at Yankee Stadium marked the club’s first home game played without 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 ). 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 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 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. Mar. 16 Optioned LHP Manny Banuelos to Single-A Tampa. Mar. 18 Optioned OF Ramon Flores to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre; reassigned C Francisco Arcia, OF Tyler Austin, RHP Bruce Billings, RHP Robert Coello, RHP Brian Gordon, INF Corban Joseph, RHP Mark Montgomery, C Pete O’Brien, INF Jose Pirela, OF Mason Williams and RHP Chase Whitley to minor league camp. 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. 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 Sat., Mar. 15 at BAL (SS) 1-2 Yoon Montgomery Meek 8,602* Nuno ND 4.0 1 0 0 1 3 0 58/37 Sat., Mar. 15 vs. MIA (Pan.-SS) 0-5 Hand Warren None 26,686 Warren L 4.1 2 1 1 0 6 0 53/39 Sun., Mar. 16 vs. ATL 7-4 Thornton Severino None 10,527* Tanaka ND 4.1 3 1 1 2 6 0 74/44 Sun., Mar. 16 vs. MIA (Pan.-SS) 7-0 Sabathia Eovaldi None 22,022 Sabathia W 5.0 0 0 0 0 5 0 64/45 Mon., Mar. 17 at PIT Cancelled due to rain Tues., Mar. 18 vs. BOS 8-1 Pineda Doubront None 11,032* Pineda W 4.1 4 0 0 0 5 0 60/45 Wed., Mar. 19 at ATL 7-0 Nova Hale None 10,413* Nova W 6.1 2 0 0 0 5 0 65/48 Thurs., Mar. 20 at BOS 3-2 Phelps Buchholz Daley 9,750* Phelps W 6.0 4 2 2 2 3 0 86/56 Fri., Mar. 21 vs. PIT 4-0 Sabathia Volquez None 10,890* Sabathia W 7.0 4 0 0 1 7 0 89/55

DAY/DATE OPPONENT SITE TIME TV/RADIO 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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