GAME NOTES WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 2014

TODAY’S GAME: (7-5-1) vs. (7-6-1) YANKEES ROSTER 1:05 P.M. – GEORGE M. STEINBRENNER FIELD – TAMPA, FL – TV/RADIO: YES/MLBN 2 ...... INF RHP HIROKI KURODA (1-0, 0.00) vs. RHP ANIBAL SANCHEZ (0-0, 3.60) 11 ...... OF In relief for NYY: RHP Shawn Kelley, RHP Jose Campos, RHP Robert Coello, RHP Danny Burawa and RHP Yoshinori Tateyama 12 Alfonso Soriano...... OF 14 Brian Roberts ...... INF. YANKEE DOODLES: Today at 1:05 p .m ., the New York Yankees will play the Detroit Tigers at George M . Steinbrenner Field in 17 Brendan Ryan...... INF

Tampa… are scheduled for 34 total spring games, including 33 against Major League opposition (defeated Florida State, 8-3, in 18 Hiroki Kuroda...... RHP their first game of the spring on 2/25)… are slated for 17 home games, including 16 vs . Major League teams… will play six night 19 ...... RHP 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) 22 ...... OF and one on the road (3/20 at Boston)… marks the Yankees’ 19th consecutive season at Steinbrenner Field (1996-2014), formerly 24 Scott Sizemore*...... INF Legends Field, and the 112th season in franchise history . 25 ...... INF 26 Eduardo Nunez...... INF

YESTERDAY’S NEWS: On Tuesday, the Yankees fell to the , 3-2, at Space Coast Stadium… LHP CC 27 Shawn Kelley...... RHP

Sabathia started and allowed 3ER in 3 .0IP (4H, 2BB, 3K)… Yankees relievers (Matt Daley, Jim Miller, David Herndon, Cesar Cabral 28 ...... and Brian Gordon) combined to hold the Nationals to 1H and 2BB with 8K in 5 .0IP… Yankees hitters did not have a baserunner 29 ...... C prior to a two-out, fifth-inning triple by SS Eduard Nunez (1-for-3)… RF Zoilo Almonte (1-for-2) doubled and scored a . 30 David Robertson...... RHP 31 Ichiro Suzuki...... OF CANAL STREET: On Saturday and Sunday, the Yankees and will Most Seasons as a Yankees Player 33 Kelly Johnson...... INF participate in the “Legend Series” with a two-game series at Panama City’s Rod Player Seasons 34 Brian McCann...... C Carew Stadium… the series will honor the legacy of recently-retired all-time saves DEREK JETER. . . . 19 (1995-2013) 35 Michael Pineda...... RHP leader … the series will mark the return of Mariano Rivera...... 19 (1995-2013) 36 Carlos Beltran...... OF to Panama for the first time since 1947… the “Legend Series” will include charitable Yogi Berra ...... 18 (1946-63) 38 Preston Claiborne...... RHP events away from the field, including a gala featuring representation of both teams Mickey Mantle...... 18 (1951-68) 40 Matt Daley*...... RHP Frank Crosetti...... 17 (1932-48) on 3/14 to benefit the Mariano Rivera Foundation… proceeds from the dinner will 41 David Phelps...... RHP go to Children’s Hospital in Panama City, the largest pediatric hospital in the country . Bill Dickey ...... 17 (1928-43, ’46) Lou Gehrig...... 17 (1923-39) 43 Adam Warren ...... RHP ...... 17 (1995-2011) 45 ...... RHP MADE IN JAPAN: The Yankees have four Japan-born players in camp: OF Ichiro Whitey Ford...... 16 (1950, ’53-67) 47 Ivan Nova...... RHP Suzuki, RHP Hiroki Kuroda, RHP Masahiro Tanaka and non-roster invitee RHP ...... 16 (1991-2006) 48 Matt Thornton ...... LHP

Yoshinori Tateyama… the Yankees have had six Japan-born players in their history: MLB All-Time Hits List 50 Mick Kelleher. . . . . 1B (1997-99), (2003-09), Kei Igawa (2007-08), Hiroki Kuroda 1 . Pete Rose...... 4,256 52 CC Sabathia...... LHP 2 . Ty Cobb...... 4,191 (2012-13), Ryota Igarashi (2012) and Ichiro Suzuki (2012-13)… with Tanaka and 53 Austin Romine...... C 3 . Hank Aaron ...... 3,771 Kuroda, the Yankees will have two Japan-born in their starting rotation, 4 . Stan Musial...... 3,630 54 ...... HITTING becoming the first team to do so since the had starters Hideo 5 . Tris Speaker...... 3,514 55 David Herndon*...... RHP Nomo and Kazuhisa Ishii in 2004 . 6 . Honus Wagner...... 3,430 56 Tony Pena...... BENCH 7 . Carl Yastrzemski...... 3,419 57 Chris Leroux*...... RHP DOUBLE TAKE: Major League Baseball’s new instant replay rules will be in effect in 8 . Paul Molitor...... 3,319 58 Larry Rothschild. . . . . PITCHING seven Yankees games this spring (3/6 at Philadelphia, 3/8 at Houston, 3/12 vs . Detroit, 9. DEREK JETER ...... 3,316 59 ...... 3B COACH 10 . Eddie Collins...... 3,313 3/13 at Philadelphia, 3/17 at Pittsburgh, 3/22 at Minnesota and 3/29 vs . Miami) . 60 Gary Tuck...... BULLPEN Most Hits in Franchise History 61 Jim Miller*...... RHP 1. DEREK JETER...... 3,316 62 Robert Coello*...... RHP #WINNING: The Yankees secured their 21st consecutive winning season last year 2 . Lou Gehrig...... 2,721

(1993-2013)… according to the Elias Sports Bureau, it marks the second-longest 3 . Babe Ruth...... 2,518 63 Yoshinori Tateyama*...... RHP such streak among Major League teams all time, trailing only the Yankees’ run of 4 . Mickey Mantle...... 2,415 64 Cesar Cabral...... LHP 39 straight wining seasons from 1926-64 . 5 . Bernie Williams...... 2,336 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, which is the Majors’ best mark over the stretch… is 68 Dellin Betances...... RHP sixth in Yankees history in managerial wins, trailing only Joe McCarthy-1,460, -1,173, Casey Stengel-1,149, 70 Russ Canzler* ...... INF

Miller Huggins-1,067 and Ralph Houk-944… has led the Yankees to three AL East Division titles (2009, ‘11-12) along 71 Brian Gordon*...... RHP

with a championship in 2009… was named to the post on 10/30/07, becoming the 32nd manager 72 Corban Joseph*...... INF

in franchise history… his 566. (642-492) career winning pct . (including a 78-84 mark in 2006 with Florida) is the 73 Antoan Richardson*...... OF highest by any skipper with at least 1,000 games managed since Hall of Famer Earl Weaver tallied a 1,480-1,060 74 *...... RHP ( .583) mark over a 17-year managerial career (1968-82 and ‘85-86) . 75 Manny Banuelos ...... LHP 78 Slade Heathcott...... OF SUPPORTING CAST: The Yankees drew an AL-high 3,279,589 fans to in 2013, leading the AL in total 79 Nik Turley...... LHP

attendance for the 11th consecutive season… also led the AL with an average of 40,489 fans per home game… both 80 Jose Gil* ...... C 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 81 Ramon Flores ...... OF

Francisco (3,369,106/41,594)… the Yankees also led the AL in road attendance (2,690,604)… the Yankees’ combined draw 82 Gary Sanchez ...... C of 5,970,203 fans topped the AL for the 15th consecutive season . 83 Chase Whitley*...... RHP 84 Mark Montgomery*...... RHP SOMETHING YOU JUST CAN’T TEACH: The Yankees spring training roster features 11 players who are 6’4” or taller, 85 Bryan Mitchell...... RHP 86 *...... INF all of whom are pitchers… the tallest is 6’8” RHP Dellin Betances, followed by 6‘7” LHP CC Sabathia and 6’7” RHP 87 Francisco Arcia*...... C Michael Pineda… at 6’6” are RHP Chris Leroux and LHP Matt Thornton… at 6’5” are RHPs Robert Coello and David 88 Danny Burawa* ...... RHP Herndon… at 6’4’ are RHPs Jose Campos, Shane Greene, Ivan Nova and LHP Nik Turley . 89 Yangervis Solarte*...... INF 90 Shane Greene...... RHP FOR STARTERS: Today vs . Detroit, RHP Hiroki Kuroda will make his third spring appearance and second start… last started 91 Tyler Austin*...... OF on 3/7 vs . Detroit, tossing 2 .2 scoreless innings (1H, 1BB, 5K)… earned the win on 3/2 vs . Philadelphia, tossing 2 .0 scoreless 92 Fred Lewis* ...... LHP innings (1H, 2K) in relief of CC Sabathia… in 2013, went 11-13 with a 3 .31 ERA (201 .1IP, 74ER) in 32 starts for the Yankees… was 93 Dean Anna...... INF 7-3 with a 2 .35 ERA (88 .0IP, 23ER) in 14 starts at Yankee Stadium and 4-10 with a 4 .05 ERA (113 .1IP, 51ER) in 18 road starts… his 94 Jose Campos...... RHP nine scoreless starts were most among all AL hurlers… went undefeated in July, going 3-0 in five starts with a 0 .55 ERA (33 .0IP, 25H, 2ER, 6BB, 25K), marking the lowest single-month ERA (min . 5GS) by any Yankees since at least 1916 . 95 Adonis Garcia*...... OF • On Thursday vs . Baltimore, RHP Michael Pineda will make his second appearance­­—and first start—of the 96 Pete O’Brien*...... C 97 Mason Williams* ...... OF spring… pitched in relief on 3/7 vs . Detroit, tossing 2 .0 scoreless innings (1H, 4K)… began 2013 on the 60-day D .L . recovering 98 Zelous Wheeler*...... INF from right shoulder surgery performed on 5/1/12… in five combined rehab starts with Single-A Tampa, Double-A Trenton *Non-roster invitees 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 RailRiders… was acquired by the Yankees along with RHP Jose Campos from Seattle in exchange for C/DH Jesus Montero and RHP Hector Noesi on 1/23/12 .

• On Thursday at Philadelphia, RHP Ivan Nova will make his fourth start of the spring… last started on 3/8 at Houston, OPENING DAY COUNTDOWN

allowing 3ER in 4 0IP. (8H, 0BB, 5K) without recording a decision… in 2013, was 9-6 with a 3 10. ERA (139 1IP,. 48ER) in two (April 1 at Houston - 7:10 p .m .)

stints with the Yankees (4/1-5/31 and 6/23-9/29)… was named AL “Pitcher of the Month” for August after going 4-0 in six

starts with a 2 08. ERA (43 1IP,. 10ER)… Nova’s career winning percentage as a starter ( 673,. 37-18) is the third highest for 20 DAYS any current MLB pitcher with at least 50 career starts, trailing only Kris Medlen ( .698, 30-13) and Lance Lynn ( .673, 33-16) . UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time TV/Radio Thurs ., March 13 vs . Baltimore (SS) RHP Michael Pineda (0-0, 0 .00) vs . RHP Bud Norris (1-0, 0 .00) 1:05 p .m . YES at Philadelphia (SS) RHP Ivan Nova (1-0, 5 .40) vs . RHP Roberto Hernandez (0-0, 3 .24) 1:05 p .m . None Fri ,. March 14 vs . Minnesota RHP David Phelps (0-0, 1 .86) vs . RHP Kyle Gibson (0-0, 0 .00) 1:05 p .m . YES QUICK HITS UPCOMING GAME INFORMATION PLAYERS ON CAMP ROSTER (65): Pitchers: 32 : 8 Infielders: 13 : 12 YOUNGEST PLAYER IN CAMP: C Gary Sanchez (DOB: 12/2/92) Yankees vs. Detroit OLDEST PLAYER IN CAMP: OF Ichiro Suzuki (DOB: 10/22/73) Wednesday, March 12 – 1:05 p .m . MOST TENURED PLAYER IN CAMP: SS Derek Jeter (Service time: 18 years, 43 days) George M . Steinbrenner Field One Steinbrenner Drive, Tampa, FL 33614 GMS Clubhouse Hours: 8:15-9:15 a .m . 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), Yankees vs. Baltimore

surpassing their previous high of 51 players in both 2005 and ’08… their 33 position players were the most used Thursday, March 13 – 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 One Steinbrenner Drive, Tampa, FL 33614 their MLB debuts (Adams, Almonte, Cabral, Claiborne, Joseph, Marshall, Murphy and Nuno) . GMS Clubhouse Hours: 8:30-9:30 a .m .

SIDELINED: The Yankees used the disabled list 28 times in 2013 for 21 different players… placed a total of 15 Yankees at Philadelphia 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 . Thursday, March 13 – 1:05 p .m . AFTERTHOUGHTS: The Yankees failed to make the postseason for just the second time in the last 19 seasons Bright House Field

(also 2008)… their game vs . Tampa Bay on 9/26 at Yankee Stadium marked the club’s first home game played 601 N . Old Coachman Rd ., Clearwater, FL 33765 without being in the playoff picture since the team’s final home game in 1993 (10/3/93 vs Detroit) . Bus Leaves: 9:45 a .m . 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 for the club in 1965 and 2000 .

2014 TRANSACTIONS Jan. 10 Signed LHP Matt Thornton to a two-year contract; designated OF Vernon Wells for assignment . Jan. 11 3B 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 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 . 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

Day/Date Opponent Site Time TV/RADIO Wed ., Mar . 12 DETROIT GMS Field 1:05 p .m . YES/MLBN Thurs ., Mar . 13 BALTIMORE (ss) GMS Field 1:05 p .m . YES at Philadelphia (ss) Clearwater 1:05 p .m . Fri ., Mar . 14 MINNESOTA GMS Field 1:05 p .m . YES Sat ., Mar . 15 at Baltimore (ss) Sarasota 1:05 p .m . WFAN/MLBN vs . Miami (ss) Panama City, Panama TBD Sun ., Mar . 16 ATLANTA GMS Field 1:05 p .m . YES/WFAN vs . Miami (ss) Panama City, Panama TBD 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 Sun ., Mar . 30 Off Day Highlighted=Home Games / ss=Split Squad / All Times Eastern and Subject to Change

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