GAME NOTES

NEW YORK YANKEES (13-4) at TAMPA BAY RAYS (7-8) YANKEES ROSTER 11 Brett Gardner...... OF RHP Luis Severino (1-0, 4 .15) vs . RHP Jake Odorizzi (0-0, 2 .25) 12 Chase Headley...... INF Probable relievers for NYY: LHP Jon Niese, RHP Johnny Barbato, LHP Dietrich Enns, RHP Jonathan Holder 14 Starlin Castro...... INF 17 Matt Holliday...... DH Tuesday, March 14, 2017 • Charlotte Sports Park • Port Charlotte, Fla. • 1:05 p.m. ET 18 Didi Gregorius^ ...... INF. 19 Masahiro Tanaka...... RHP Game #19 • Road Game #9 • TV: None • Radio: None 22 Jacoby Ellsbury...... OF 24 Gary Sánchez...... C AT A GLANCE: The will play the 19th exhibition game of their spring schedule today against the Tampa 26 Tyler Austin...... INF/OF 27 Austin Romine...... C Bay Rays in Port Charlotte, Fla …. will be the second of four spring meetings between the teams in 2017 (won 7-6 in 10 28 Joe Girardi...... MANAGER innings on 3/7 in Tampa; also meet on 3/23 in Port Charlotte and 3/26 in Tampa)… will play 35 total spring games, all but 29 Tyler Clippard^...... RHP one against MLB opposition (10-4 win vs . Team Canada on 3/8)… are slated for 17 home games… will play six night games, 30 Rubén Tejada*...... INF including five at home (left to play: 3/15 vs . Philadelphia, 3/21 vs . Boston and 3/28 vs . Detroit) and one on the road (3/31 31 Aaron Hicks ...... OF at Atlanta at SunTrust Park)… each of the Yankees’ home night games will start at 6:35 p .m …. marks the Yankees’ 22nd 33 Greg Bird...... INF consecutive season at Steinbrenner Field (1996-2017), formerly Legends Field, and the 115th season in franchise history . 34 Donovan Solano*^...... INF 35 Michael Pineda...... RHP YESTERDAY’S NEWS: On Sunday the Yankees lost to the Braves, 10-2, at GMS Field in Tampa…LHP CC Sabathia (0 .2IP, 36 Ji-Man Choi*...... INF 6H, 6R/4ER, 1BB, 1K, 33pit ./20stk .) started and took the loss…the Yankees committed a spring-high five errors…C Austin 38 Rob Refsnyder...... INF/OF Romine (1-for-2) and SS Jorge Mateo (1-for-2) both hit their first home runs of the spring…C Kyle Higashioka (1-for-1) 39 Tommy Layne^...... LHP doubled and is now 6-for-12 with 2 doubles and 2HR this spring…RHP Ben Heller tossed 1 .1 scoreless innings (1H) to 40 Luis Severino...... RHP lower his spring ERA to 1 .23 (7 .1IP, 1ER)…LHP Aroldis Chapman (1BB) and LHP Chasen Shreve (1H) each threw 1 .0IP 41 Pete Kozma*...... INF and did not allow a run . 43 Adam Warren...... RHP 45 Chasen Shreve...... LHP LEADERS OF THE PACK: At 13-4 ( .765), the Yankees have the best spring record in all of . 47 Jon Niese...... LHP 48 Chris Carter...... INF Yankees pitchers have allowed just 124H and 50BB in 151 .2IP for a 1 .15 WHIP, tied with the Pirates for the MLB lead this 52 CC Sabathia ...... LHP spring… their .217 opponents’ BA leads the Majors…rank second in the Majors (and first among AL staffs) with a 3 .32 53 Joe Espada^...... THIRD BASE ERA (151 2IP,. 56ER) . 54 Aroldis Chapman...... LHP RHP Masahiro Tanaka has allowed just 3H in 9 .0 scoreless innings pitched this spring (0BB, 13K) . 55 Bryan Mitchell...... RHP Yankees batters are tied for second in the Majors with 26HR and a .498 slugging percentage this spring and are sixth 56 Tony Peña^...... FIRST BASE

with 101R scored… have scored at least 5R in 12 of their 17 games so far…also rank fourth in OPS ( .836) and sixth in 57 Chad Green ...... RHP

BA ( 283)…. 1B Greg Bird and C Gary Sánchez are tied and leading the team in home runs this spring with 3HR each . 58 Larry Rothschild...... PITCHING 59 Rob Thomson ...... BENCH GLOBAL ENTRY: Six Yankees players departed Major League camp to play in the 2017 World Baseball Classic…RHP Dellin 60 Mike Harkey...... BULLPEN Betances (Dominican Republic), RHP Tyler Clippard (USA) and INF Didi Gregorius (The Netherlands) advanced to the 61 Ben Heller...... RHP second round…RHP Giovanny Gallegos (Mexico), LHP Tommy Layne (Italy) and INF Donovan Solano (Colombia) 62 Alan Cockrell...... HITTING were eliminated in the first round of pool play and will return soon…in a 12-2 win on Sunday vs . Israel, Gregorius went 63 Wilkin Castillo*...... C 2-for-3 with 3R, 1 double, 1HR and 5RBI, including a three-run HR off former Yankee Danny Burawa in the fourth . 63 Marcus Thames. . . . . ASST . HITTING 64 Johnny Barbato...... RHP Additionally, first base coach Tony Peña is managing the Dominican Republic squad, and third base coach Joe 65 Jonathan Holder...... RHP Espada is serving as third base coach for Puerto Rico . 66 Mason Williams...... OF 67 J .R . Graham*...... RHP HOPE WEEK 2017: The Yankees are proud to announce the return of HOPE Week (Helping Others Persevere & Excel) 68 Dellin Betances^...... RHP in 2017 for the ninth consecutive season… the initiative, which will run in New York from Monday, May 22 - Friday, May 71 Billy McKinney*...... OF 26, is rooted in the belief that acts of good will provide hope and encouragement to more than just the recipient of the 72 Jason Gurka*...... LHP

gesture… the Yankees will kick off their announcement of HOPE Week with a pregame ceremony on 3/15 at GMS Field 74 Ronald Torreyes ...... INF. 75 Clint Frazier*...... OF prior to their 6:35 p .m . game vs . Philadelphia… this year marks the seventh consecutive year that the Yankees have kicked off HOPE Week-themed events by recognizing a Tampa-area organization for making a difference in the Bay area . 77 Dustin Fowler* ...... OF  81 Gleyber Torres*...... INF This year’s recipient is Blanket Tampa Bay, an organization that provides to the homeless and working poor in the Tampa 82 Tyler Wade* ...... INF area…during the spring and summer, the organization distributes rain gear, including ponchos, umbrellas, socks and 83 Chance Adams* ...... RHP hygiene products, and in the fall and winter, they also give out blankets, hats and gloves…the organization was founded 85 Luis Cessa...... RHP in 2014 by Beth Ross, who, with her husband, Ray, have collected donations for more than 1,000 individuals in need . 86 Kyle Higashioka ...... C 88 James Kaprielian*...... RHP GEORGE M. STEINBRENNER FIELD ENHANCEMENTS: During this past offseason, George M . Steinbrenner Field underwent 90 Jordan Montgomery*...... LHP significant ballpark enhancements, including a new entrance gate in right field by the Dale Mabry Highway overpass and a 91 Dietrich Enns...... LHP

two-level team store by the home plate entrance… bullpen clubs on the first and third base lines provide great social gathering 92 Giovanny Gallegos^...... RHP 93 Jorge Mateo...... INF spaces for all fans to enjoy… fans will now be able to walk a complete loop around the entire stadium with newly installed 94 Miguel Andújar...... INF concourses and seating in the outfield… more shaded areas have been added to the stadium… additional highlights include a redesigned right field pavilion, loge boxes on the first and third base lines, a group party area on the left field deck and newly 99 Aaron Judge...... OF *Non-roster invitee / ^WBC participant built cabanas in the outfield… fans will also be able to enjoy a redesigned menu courtesy of Legends Hospitality . Fans attending home spring training Yankees games are strongly encouraged to arrive early and budget an appropriate

amount of time for MLB-mandated metal detection screening via hand-held wanding… fans should also note the already established bag check policy prohibiting the admission of bags larger than 16” x 16” x 8” into Steinbrenner Field . Steinbrenner Field gates will open to fans with valid tickets 2 hours prior to every game . For complete GMS Field information, fans should visit: http://yankees .mlb .com/nyy/spring_training/ballpark or call (813) 879-2244 during regular business hours .

WHAT’S NEW AT YANKEE STADIUM: During this offseason, Yankee Stadium has undergone its first series of major design enhancements, which are intended

to improve the guest experience for fans of all ages… enhancements include seven new social gathering spaces and additional dynamic food and beverage

areas, available to all ticketholders… among the many highlights, the Sunrun Kids Clubhouse — shaped like a mini-baseball field with a soft artificial surface and

Yankees-themed playground equipment — will be the Stadium’s first-ever children’s zone… Frank’s RedHot Terrace (LF) and the Toyota Terrace (RF) will be open-air social gathering spaces overlooking the bullpens, featuring specialty food and drink at drink rail locations which will have power/USB outlets .

TURN STYLES: The Yankees have announced their special events and promotional schedule for the 2017 regular season… featured dates include Derek Jeter’s

number retirement plaque dedication (Mother’s Day-5/14) and the 71st Annual Old-Timers’ Day (6/25)… limited-edition collectible player bobbleheads presented

by AT&T feature Gary Sánchez (4/30), Reggie Jackson (6/9), Whitey Ford (7/9) and Aroldis Chapman (8/27)… other giveaways include Replica Bat Day pres . by Bank

of America (6/11), Yankees Star Wars Night (8/25) and 1977 World Championship Fan Ring Day, presented by Betteridge Jewelers (9/17)… Military Appreciation Day (7/29) will see the first 18,000 Guests in attendance (21 and older) receive a Yankees camo baseball cap .

FOR STARTERS: Today at Tampa Bay, RHP Luis Severino will make his fourth spring start (third official)…last started on 3/8 vs . Team Canada (stats unofficial), allowing 2ER in 2 .0IP (4H, 1BB, 4K, 1HR)…in 2016, made 11 starts for the Yankees, going 0-8 with an 8 .50 ERA (47 .2IP, 46R/45ER, 41K)…also made 11 relief appearances, posting a 3-0 record with a 0 .39 ERA (23 .1IP, 2R/1ER, 25K)…at 22 years old, 48 days old in his season debut on 4/8/16 at Detroit, was the second- youngest AL pitcher to start a game in 2016, older than only Minnesota’s José Berrios (21 years, 336 days)…made seven starts for the Yankees before being placed on the 15-day D .L . from 5/14-30 with a right triceps strain…was signed by the Yankees as a non-drafted free agent on 12/26/11 .

On Wednesday vs . Philadelphia, RHP Michael Pineda (1-0, 3 .60 ERA) will make his third spring start…allowed 2ER in 3 .0IP (3H, 1K, 42pit ./29stk .) on 3/9 at Atlanta… on 3/4 at Detroit, tossed 2 .0 scoreless frames (1H, 5K), retiring his final 5BF via …went 6-12 with a 4 .82 ERA (175 .2IP, 94ER) in 32 starts in 2016…recorded a career- high 207K, sixth-most in the AL and the second 200K season by a Yankee since 2006 (Sabathia-230K in 2011)…finished ninth in the AL with a 3 .91 K/BB ratio…had an AL-high 49K in June, the highest single-month strikeout total by a Yankee since CC Sabathia (50K) in July 2011…was acquired by the Yankees along with RHP Vicente Campos from the in exchange for C/DH Jesús Montero and RHP Héctor Noesí on 1/23/12 .

UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS COUNTDOWN Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time (ET) TV/Radio TO OPENING DAY Wed ., Mar . 15 vs . Philadelphia RHP Michael Pineda (1-0, 3 .60) vs . RHP Clay Buchholz 6:35 p .m . YES/WFAN (4/2 at Tampa Bay - 1:10 p .m ). Thurs ., Mar . 16 at Toronto TBD vs . TBD 1:05 p .m . None/None Fri ,. Mar . 17 at Detroit TBD vs . TBD 1:05 p .m . MLBN/None 19 days QUICK HITS UPCOMING GAME INFORMATION PLAYERS ON CAMP ROSTER (53): Pitchers: 24 : 4 Infielders: 16 Outfielders: 8 DH: 1 YOUNGEST PLAYER IN CAMP: INF Gleyber Torres, age 20 (DOB: 12/13/96) Yankees vs. Philadelphia OLDEST PLAYER IN CAMP: DH Matt Holliday, age 37 (DOB: 1/15/80) Wed ., Mar . 15 – 6:35 p .m . MOST TENURED PLAYER IN CAMP: LHP CC Sabathia (Service time: 16 years) George M . Steinbrenner Field One Steinbrenner Drive, Tampa, FL 33614 ABOUT THE SKIPPER GMS Clubhouse Hours: 2:30-3:30 p .m .

In 2017, Manager Joe Girardi enters his 10th season (2008-present) at the helm of the Yankees… owns a 819-

639 ( 562). record in nine years with the club, which is the Majors’ best mark over the stretch… according to Yankees at Elias, is the only current manager to guide his team to winning records in each of the last nine seasons (2008- Thurs ., Mar . 16 – 1:05 p .m . 16)… is sixth in Yankees history in managerial wins, trailing only Joe McCarthy (1,460), Joe Torre (1,173), Casey Florida Auto Exchange Stadium Stengel (1,149), Miller Huggins (1,067) and Ralph Houk (944)… the Yankees have reached the postseason in five of his nine seasons as manager (2009-12, ‘15), including three AL East Division titles (2009, ‘11-12) and a World 373 Douglas Avenue, Dunedin, FL 34698

Series championship in 2009… was named to the post on 10/30/07, becoming the 32nd manager in franchise Bus Time: 9:30 a .m .

history… in 2016, guided the Yankees to an 84-78 ( .519) record .

2016 SEASON IN REVIEW ROLL CALL: The Yankees used 53 players in 2016 (P-29, C-3, INF-12, OF-8, DH-1), their fourth-highest total in franchise history, trailing 2014 (58), 2015 (56) and 2013 (56)…used 17 players with rookie status…24 players made their Yankees debuts in 2016, including 10 who made their Major League debuts: Austin, Barbato, Bleier, Cessa, Gamel, Green, Heller, Holder, Judge, Mullee…11 players spent the entire season on the Yankees’ active roster: Betances, Castro, Ellsbury, Gardner, Gregorius, Headley, McCann, Pineda, Romine, Tanaka and Torreyes . YOUTH MOVEMENT: At 29 years, 99 days, the average age of the Yankees Opening Day active roster in 2016 was its youngest since 1992 (average age: 29 years, 52 days)…marked the first time since 1996 that the Yankees’ average age on Opening Day was under 30 years old . WE WERE ON A BREAK: The Yankees posted a winning record (40-34) after the All-Star break for the 24th consecutive season (1993-2016)…is the second- longest such streak in Major League history, after their own 32-year streak from 1933-64 . WALK-OFF FAME: The Yankees had six “walk-off” wins in 2016: 4/23 vs . Tampa Bay (Gardner solo HR); 6/22 vs . Colorado (Castro solo HR); 6/29 vs . Texas (Gregorius two-run HR); 6/30 vs . Texas (Headley scored on passed ball); 9/8 vs . Tampa Bay (Austin solo HR); and 9/28 vs . Boston (Teixeira grand slam) . 2017 TRANSACTIONS Jan. 13 Agreed to terms with SS Didi Gregorius, OF Aaron Hicks, LHP Tommy Layne, RHP Michael Pineda, C Austin Romine and RHP Adam Warren on one-year, non-guaranteed contracts, thus avoiding arbitration . Jan. 31 Signed 11 players to minor league contracts with an invitation to Major League Spring Training: C Wilkin Castillo, INF Ji-Man Choi, C Kellin Deglan, C Francisco Diaz, LHP Jason Gurka, INF Pete Kozma, LHP Joe Mantiply, RHP Nick Rumbelow, LHP Evan Rutckyj, INF Donovan So- lano and INF Rubén Tejada…also invited to Major League Spring Training: RHP Chance Adams, LHP Daniel Camarena, RHP J.P. Feyereisen, OF Dustin Fowler, OF Clint Frazier, RHP James Kaprielian, RHP Brady Lail, LHP Jordan Montgomery, C Jorge Saez, LHP Justus Sheffield, INF Gleyber Torres and INF Tyler Wade. Feb. 13 Invited RHP J.R. Graham and LHP James Reeves to Major League spring training . Feb. 16 Signed 1B Chris Carter to a one-year contract…designated LHP Richard Bleier for assignment . Feb. 17 Signed RHP Dellin Betances to a one-year contract . Feb. 19 Invited OF Billy McKinney to Major League spring training . Feb. 20 Signed LHP Jon Niese to a minor league contract with an invitation to Major League spring training . Feb. 21 Traded LHP Richard Bleier to the Baltimore Orioles in exchange for a player to be named later or cash considerations . Mar. 12 Reassigned LHP Daniel Camarena, C Kellin Deglan, C Francisco Diaz, RHP J.P. Feyereisen, RHP Brady Lail, LHP Joe Mantiply, LHP James Reeves, RHP Nick Rumbelow, LHP Evan Rutckyj, C Jorge Saez and LHP Justus Sheffield to minor league camp . Mar. 13 Optioned RHP Domingo Germán, RHP Ronald Herrera and RHP Yefry Ramírez to Double-A Trenton and reassigned them to minor league camp . 2017 SPRING TRAINING SCHEDULE Date/Opp. Score WP LP SV Att. Starter DEC IP H R ER BB K HR Pit./Stk. Fri., Feb. 24 vs. PHI 9-4 Mitchell (1-0) Asher (0-1) None 8,845 Mitchell W 2 .0 0 0 0 0 1 0 27/17 Sat., Feb. 25 at PHI 5-6 Neris (1-0) Mantiply (0-1) None 7,142 Warren ND 2 .0 0 0 0 0 2 0 26/17 Sun., Feb. 26 vs. TOR 7-2 Severino (1-0) Oberholtzer (0-1) None 8,598 Severino W 2 .0 0 0 0 1 1 0 35/20 Mon., Feb. 27 at BAL 4-1 Mantiply (1-1) Drake (0-1) Haynes 6,969 Green ND 2 .0 1 0 0 1 0 0 23/14 Tue., Feb. 28 vs. DET (ss) 9-5 Layne (1-0) VerHagen (0-1) None 6,935 Tanaka ND 2 .0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25/16 at BOS (ss) 5-4 Sheffield (1-0) Maddox (0-1) Ramírez (1) 9,849 Cessa ND 2 .0 3 2 2 1 1 0 40/24 Wed., Mar. 1 vs. ATL 8-7 Mitchell (2-0) Garcia (0-1) Camarena (1) 7,244 Mitchell W 3 .0 0 0 0 1 2 0 36/20 Thurs., Mar. 2 vs. BAL 8-1 Chapman (1-0) Gunkel (0-1) None 7,159 Warren ND 3 .0 1 1 1 1 3 1 42/26 Fri., Mar. 3 vs. TOR 2-3 Grube (1-0) Mantiply (1-2) None 5,143 Severino ND 2 .1 4 2 2 1 4 1 46/30 Sat., Mar. 4 vs. DET 11-1 Pineda (1-0) Sanchez (0-1) None 9,349 Pineda W 2 .0 1 0 0 0 5 0 25/19 Sun., Mar. 5 vs. PIT 3-2 Adams (1-0) Bastardo (0-1) Cessa (1) 9,604 Tanaka ND 3 .0 3 0 0 0 4 0 37/26 Mon., Mar. 6 at PIT 1-13 Nova (1-0) Mitchell (2-1) None 7,017 Mitchell L 2 .1 6 4 4 0 2 1 48/32 Tue., Mar. 7 vs. TB 7-6 (10) Lail (1-0) Walters (0-1) None 9,356 Sabathia ND 2 .0 2 0 0 1 2 0 35/24 Wed., Mar. 8 vs. CAN 10-4 Graham (1-0) Dawson (0-1) None 6,291 Severino ND 2.0 4 2 2 1 4 1 51/37 Thurs., Mar. 9 at ATL 8-7 Shreve (1-0) Boyer (1-1) Gurka (1) 7,412 Pineda ND 3 .0 3 2 2 0 1 0 42/29 Fri., Mar. 10 at PHI 5-0 Green (1-0) Buchholz (0-1) None 8,494 Green W 2 .0 2 0 0 3 2 0 43/21 Sat., Mar. 11 vs. DET 7-1 Tanaka (1-0) Norris (0-1) None 9,834 Tanaka W 4 .0 0 0 0 0 7 0 45/33 Sun., Mar. 12 vs. ATL 2-10 Garcia (1-0) Sabathia (0-1) None 9,576 Sabathia L 0 .2 6 6 4 1 1 0 33/20 Mon., Mar. 13 (Off Day) DAY/DATE OPPONENT SITE TIME TV/RADIO Tue ., Mar . 14 at Tampa Bay Port Charlotte 1:05 p .m . Wed., Mar. 15 vs. Philadelphia GMS Field 6:35 p.m. YES/WFAN Thurs ., Mar . 16 at Toronto Dunedin 1:05 p .m . Fri ., Mar . 17 at Detroit Lakeland 1:05 p .m . MLBN Sat., Mar. 18 vs. Toronto GMS Field 1:05 p.m. WFAN Sun ., Mar . 19 at Houston West Palm Beach 1:05 p .m . Mon ,. Mar . 20 at Washington West Palm Beach 1:05 p .m . Tue., Mar. 21 vs. Boston GMS Field 6:35 p.m. Wed ., Mar . 22 at Philadelphia Clearwater 1:05 p .m . MLBN Thurs ., Mar . 23 at Tampa Bay Port Charlotte 1:05 p .m . ESPN Fri., Mar. 24 vs. Philadelphia GMS Field 1:05 p.m. YES Sat., Mar. 25 vs. Toronto GMS Field 1:05 p.m. YES/WFAN Sun., Mar. 26 vs. Tampa Bay GMS Field 1:05 p.m. Mon ,. Mar . 27 Off Day Tue., Mar. 28 vs. Detroit GMS Field 6:35 p.m. Wed ., Mar . 29 at Toronto Dunedin 1:05 p .m . Thurs ., Mar . 30 at Philadelphia Clearwater 1:05 p .m . Fri ., Mar . 31 at Atlanta SunTrust Park 7:35 p .m . YES

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game days, credentials should be picked up in Media Relations office in the rear of the press box on the third floor… media guides are also distributed from

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acceptable method for requesting credentials to games at GMS Field… applications must be completed by a Sports Assignment Editor .