SPRING TRAINING GAME NOTES WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 2016

TODAY’S GAMES: (12-13-2) at (6-18-5) UPCOMING GAME INFORMATION 1:05 P.M. – CHAMPION STADIUM – KISSIMMEE, FL – TV/RADIO: NONE RHP IVAN NOVA (0-0, 5.50 ERA) vs. RHP JULIO TEHERAN (1-1, 2.60 ERA) Yankees (ss) vs. St. Louis Cardinals Thurs., Mar. 31 — 1:05 p.m. YANKEE DOODLES: The New York Yankees will play their 29th exhibition game of their spring schedule today, facing George M. Steinbrenner Field

the Atlanta Braves at Champion Stadium in Kissimmee, Fla… will be the fi nal of two spring games between the two One Steinbrenner Drive

teams in 2016, with the Yankees defeating the Braves, 3-2, in their fi rst meeting on 3/19 at GMS Field… are slated for Tampa, FL 33614

16 home games… are playing eight night games, including fi ve at home (3/16 vs. Toronto, 3/18 vs. Baltimore, 3/22 vs. Clubhouse Hours: TBA New York-NL, 3/24 vs. Tampa Bay and 3/28 vs. Detroit) and three on the road (3/15 at Boston, 3/23 at Washington and Yankees (ss) at Detroit Tigers

4/1 at Miami at Marlins Park)… each of the Yankees’ home night games is scheduled to start at 6:35 p.m.… … marks the Yankees’ 21st consecutive season at Steinbrenner Field (1996-2016), formerly Legends Field, and the 114th season in Thurs., Mar. 31 — 1:05 p.m. franchise history. Joker Marchant Stadium 2301 Lakeland Hills Blvd. Lakeland, FL 33805

YESTERDAY’S NEWS: On Tuesday in Tampa, the Yankees defeated the Pirates, 5-4, in a rain-shortened, fi ve-inning game… LHP Bus Departs: 9:30 a.m.

CC Sabathia started and earned the win, allowing 2ER in 4.0 innings (3H, 2BB, 2K, 1HP, 70 pit./41 stk.)… RF Carlos Beltran (1- for-1, 3RBI) put the Yankees on the board with a two-run HR in the second inning, his fi rst of the spring… later drove in a run in Yankees at Miami Marlins the third with a sac fl y… RHP Johnny Barbato worked the fi nal two outs of the fi fth inning (1H), earning the . Fri., April 1 — 7:05 p.m. Marlins Park

In Clearwater, the Yankees led the Phillies, 7-1, prior to the game being called in the fourth inning… RHP Masahiro Tanaka 501 Marlins Way started and allowed 1ER in 4.0IP (7H, 1BB, 5K, 66 pit./42 stk.)… 1B Dustin Ackley (1-for-2, 3RBI) and 3B Miguel Andujar Miami, FL 33125

(1-for-2, 2RBI) each homered in the game… would have been the fi rst home run of the spring for both Ackley and Andujar. Bus Departs: TBD

LEAGUE LEADER: RHP Bryan Mitchell has posted a 0.61 ERA (14.2IP, 1ER) in fi ve appearances (three starts), held opponents to a .122 average (6-for-49) and posted a 0.48 WHIP, all of which lead the Yankees (min. 10.0IP)… leads the YANKEES ROSTER Majors (min. 10.0IP) in WHIP and ranks second in the Majors in opponents’ average. 11 Brett Gardner ...... OF

CATCH ME IF McCANN: C Brian McCann is batting .343 (12-for-35) in 14 games this spring… has hit safely in three of 12 Chase Headley ...... 3B his last four games (5-for-11, 1R, 2 doubles)… is tied for second on the Yankees with 10 hits and four doubles… ranks 13 Alex Rodriguez...... DH fi fth in BA among Grapefruit League catchers (min. 20AB). 14 Starlin Castro ...... INF STAR(LIN) POWER: INF Starlin Castro is batting .390/.395/.641 (16-for-41) with 5R, 4 doubles, 2HR, 11RBI and 1SB in 17 Carlos Corporan*...... C 18 Didi Gregorius ...... SS 16G this spring… leads the Yankees in hits, HR, RBI and all three triple-slash categories (min. 10AB)… ranks third among AL second basemen in BA and slugging, and leads all Grapefruit League second basemen in both. 19 Masahiro Tanaka ...... RHP 22 Jacoby Ellsbury ...... OF MOUND NOTES: Yankees have held opponents to a .246 (225-for-913) average, which ranks third in the AL 25 Mark Teixeira...... 1B

and fourth in the Majors… have posted a 1.25 WHIP, which ranks fourth in the Majors… have allowed the third-fewest 27 Pete Kozma* ...... INF hits in the AL… have issued 68 walks, third-fewest in the AL and tied for fi fth-fewest in the Majors.  Yankees pitchers have posted a 3.63 ERA (104.0IP, 42ER) in 12 road games, which ranks second in the AL and fourth 28 Joe Girardi ...... MANAGER

in the Majors… have held opponents to a .236 BA on the road, which ranks second in the Majors. 29 Dustin Ackley ...... INF/OF 30 Nathan Eovaldi...... RHP STREAKING: RHP Bryan Mitchell has retired 35-of-39BF during his 11.2-inning scoreless streak (3H, 8K) over four 31 Aaron Hicks...... OF

appearances… has not allowed a LHP has retired 27-of-28BF in eight appearances (9.0IP, 0H, 0BB, 8K)… retired his fi rst 11BF 33 Greg Bird ...... 1B of the spring prior to allowing a baserunner to reach on a fi elding error on 3/13 vs. Philadelphia… has retired 16 straight 34 Brian McCann...... C since… has rRHP Dellin Betances has retired nine straight batters, and has allowed just two baserunners this spring, one on

a fi elding error, in four appearances (3.1IP, 1H, 1R/0ER, 6K)… RHP Kirby Yates has not allowed a run in six appearances 35 Michael Pineda ...... RHP

this spring (6.1 IP, 2H, 1BB, 8K)… has ret retired 19-of-22BF this spring overall… tied RHP Johnny Barbato has retired 18-of-22BF 36 Carlos Beltran...... OF during his 5.2-inning scoreless streak (4H, 2BB, 6K) over six appearances… is ti tied for the team lead with Yates with two 39 Kirby Yates...... RHP

saves… RHP Branden Pinder has retired 9-of-10BF over his last three appearances (3.0IP, 1H, 3K), and 10-of-11 overall… LF 40 Luis Severino ...... RHP

Brett Gardner has hit safely in fi ve of his last six games… has reached base safely in six of seven. 41 Anthony Swarzak* ...... RHP

FOR STARTERS: RHP Ivan Nova (0-0, 5.50 ERA) will make his sixth spring start today at Atlanta in Kissimmee… picked 43 Austin Romine ...... C up the loss in his last outing on Fri. at Baltimore in Sarasota, allowing 6R/5ER in 4.2IP (5H, 3BB, 5K, 3HR, 92 pit./46 45 Chasen Shreve ...... LHP

stk.)… allowed just 2ER in his 47 Ivan Nova...... RHP NOVA’S 2016 SPRING GAME LOG fi rst three starts (9.0IP, 8H, 2BB, Date/Opp. DEC ERA IP H R ER BB K HR Pit./Stk. 48 Andrew Miller...... LHP 6K)… missed the fi rst 71 team 3/3 vs. Philadelphia ND 4.50 2.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 25/20 games on the 60-day D.L. while 52 CC Sabathia...... LHP 3/9 at New York-NL ND 1.80 3.0 3 0 0 1 0 0 36/24 recovering from “Tommy John” 53 Joe Espada...... THIRD BASE 3/15 at Boston ND 2.00 4.0 3 1 1 1 4 0 49/32 surgery to repair the ulnar 54 Aroldis Chapman ...... LHP 3/20 at Minnesota ND 4.05 4.1 5 4 4 3 2 0 77/49 collateral ligament in his right 55 Bryan Mitchell ...... RHP 3/25 at Baltimore ND 5.50 4.2 5 6 5 3 5 3 92/46 elbow, which was performed Totals 0-0 5.50 18.0 18 12 11 8 12 3 56 Tony Pena ...... FIRST BASE on 4/29/14… held opponents to a .269 (99-for-368, 13HR) 58 Larry Rothschild . . . . . PITCHING 59 Rob Thomson...... BENCH average; LH .312 (59-for-189, 8HR), RH .223 (40-for-179, 5HR)… went 6-11 with a 5.07 ERA (94.0IP, 53ER) in 17 starts after returning from the D.L. 60 Mike Harkey ...... BULLPEN  Thursday in Tampa vs. St. Louis, RHP Michael Pineda (1-0, 1.00 ERA) will make his third spring start (fourth 62 Alan Cockrell...... HITTING

appearance)… last pitched in a minor league game on Fri., throwing 5.0 shutout innings (2H, 1BB, 4K)… picked up 63 Marcus Thames . .ASST. HITTING

the win in his last start against Major League competition, allowing 1ER in 4.0IP (4H, 4K) on 3/19 vs. Atlanta… did 66 Mason Williams ...... OF

not allow a run in his fi rst 7.1IP this spring (5H, 1BB, 8K)… went 12-10 with a 4.37 ERA (160.2IP, 78ER) in 27 starts in 68 Dellin Betances ...... RHP 2015… tied for second on the team with a career-high 12 wins… held opponents to a .278 BA (176-for-634, 21HR); LH

.272 (82-for-302, 9HR), RH .283 (94-for-332, 12HR)… led the AL and ranked second in the Majors with a 7.43 - 70 Eddy Rodriguez* ...... C to-walk ratio (156K, 21BB), which was the highest every by a Yankee who threw at least 150.0IP. 74 Ronald Torreyes...... INF  Thursday at Detroit in Lakeland, RHP Chad Green (0-1, 45.00 ERA) will make his fi rst spring start (third 79 Cesar Puello* ...... OF

appearance)… last appeared in a Major League spring game on 3/10 at Baltimore (0.1IP, 1H)… was reassigned to 83 Johnny Barbato ...... RHP

minor league camp on 3/13… went 5-14 with a 3.93 ERA (148.2IP, 65ER) in 27 starts with the Detroit Tigers’ Double-A 85 Luis Cessa...... RHP affi liate, the Erie SeaWolves, in 2015… posted a 1.70 ERA (47.2IP, 9ER) in his fi nal eight starts. *Non-roster invitee HOW’S THE WEATHER UP THERE?: The Yankees’ current spring training roster features nine players who are 6’4” or

taller, all but one of whom are pitchers… the tallest is 6’8” RHP Dellin Betances, followed by LHP Andrew Miller and

RHP Michael Pineda, each of whom stand at 6’7”… LHP CC Sabathia is 6’6”… listed at 6’5” is RHP Ivan Nova… OF INF Greg Bird, LHP Aroldis Chapman, LHP Chasen Shreve and RHP Anthony Swarzak are all 6’4”.

UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time TV/Radio COUNTDOWN TO OPENING DAY Thurs., Mar. 31 (ss) vs. St. Louis RHP Michael Pineda vs. RHP Mike Leake 1:05 p.m. YES (April 4 vs. Houston - 1:05 p.m.) Thurs., Mar. 31 (ss) at Detroit RHP Chad Green vs. LHP Kyle Ryan 1:05 p.m. 5 days Fri., April 1 at Miami RHP Nathan Eovaldi vs. RHP Jose Fernandez 7:05 p.m. QUICK HITS 2016 SPRING GAMES/STARTS BY POSITION PLAYERS ON CAMP ROSTER (34): Pitchers: 15 Catchers: 4 Infi elders: 8 Outfi elders: 6 DH: 1 PLAYER C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF DH YOUNGEST PLAYER IN CAMP: RHP Luis Severino, age 22 (DOB: 02/20/94) Ackleyy - 7/5 6/5 - - - - - 2/2 OLDEST PLAYER IN CAMP: DH Alex Rodriguez, age 40 (DOB: 07/27/75) Adams - - - - - 5/2 5/0 2/0 1/0 Beltran ------13/13 1/1 MOST TENURED PLAYER IN CAMP: DH Alex Rodriguez (Service time: 21 years, 11 days) Castro --14/14 - 2/2 -- - - Corporan 10/3 ------4/1 THE SKIPPER: In 2016, Manager Joe Girardi enters his ninth season (2008-present) at the helm of Denorfi a -----6/5 - 4/4 1/1 Diaz, F. 2/0 ------the Yankees… owns a 735-561 (.567) record in eight years with the club, which is the Majors’ best Diaz, J. - - 7/1 3/1 2/0 2/0 - - 1/1

mark over the stretch… according to Elias, is the only current manager to guide his team to winning Ellsburyy ------11/11 - - Fowler ------12/3 - - records in each of the last eight seasons (2008-15)… is sixth in Yankees history in managerial wins, Gamel - - - - - 7/2 4/1 4/1 - trailing only Joe McCarthy (1,460), Joe Torre (1,173), Casey Stengel (1,149), Miller Huggins (1,067) Gardner - - - - - 9/9 - - - Gregoriusg - - - - 16/16 - - - - and Ralph Houk (944)… … the Yankees have reached the postseason in fi ve of his eight seasons as Headleyy - - - 16/16 - - - - 1/1 manager (2009-12, ‘15), including three AL East Division titles (2009, ‘11-12) and a World Series Heathcott - - - - - 4/3 5/3 2/0 - championship in 2009… was named to the post on 10/30/07, becoming the 32nd manager in Hicks - - - - -5/5 7/7 4/4 - Higashiokag 2/0 ------3/1 franchise history… in 2015, guided the Yankees to an 87-75 (.537) fi nish and an AL Wild Card Game Judgeg ------8/3 1/0 berth… was at the helm for the Yankees’ 10,000th franchise win on 10/1/15 vs. Boston. Kozma -- 3/0 3/1 8/3 - - - - Mateo - - - - 8/3 - - - 1/0 HOPE WEEK 2016: The Yankees are proud to announce the return of HOPE Week (Helping Others McCann 14/14 ------Nessyy 1/0 ------2/0

Persevere & Excel) in 2016 for the eighth consecutive season… the initiative, which will run in New Parmelee - 14/4 - - - 1/0 - 1/0 2/2 York from Monday, June 6 - Friday, June 10, is rooted in the belief that acts of good will provide hope Puello - - - - - 7/0 2/2 10/2 1/0 Refsnydery - - 7/3 10/7 - - - - 1/0 and encouragement to more than just the recipient of the gesture… the Yankees kicked off their Rodriguezg , A. ------15/15 announcement of HOPE Week with a pregame ceremony at GMS Field prior to Friday night’s game Rodriguez,g E. 3/0 ------5/0

vs. Baltimore… this year marks the sixth consecutive year that the Yankees have kicked off HOPE Romero -6/1 - 7/1 - - - - - Week-themed events by recognizing a Tampa-area group for making a diff erence in the Bay area. Romine 12/6 ------3/0 Sanchez 10/5 ------3/1  This year’s recipient was Ainsley’s Angels, a national running organization that builds awareness Solano - - - 2/1 - - - - - for America’s special needs community and its members through events that focus on their Teixeira - 17/17 ------Torreyesy -- 8/4 6/0 6/1 - - - - inclusion… founded in 2008, Ainsley’s Angels are running enthusiasts who give the gift of Valle -5/0 ------mobility and raise funds by pushing along special needs riders in wheeled “chariots” as they Wade - - 2/0 - 9/2 - - - - Williams ------complete various road races and other distance runs… the organization, which has chapters in *includes gamesgpyy played by those on 40-man roster/offi cial 25 states, has seen several members run coast-to-coast with their riders. non-roster-invitees onlyy

RECENT TRANSACTIONS Mar. 2 Signed OF Chris Denorfi a to a minor league contract with an invitation to Major League spring training.

Mar. 13 Optioned LHP to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and reassigned him to minor league camp… reassigned RHPs Domingo German, Chad Green, Kyle Haynes, James Kaprielian and Brady Lail, LHP Tyler Webb, Cs Francisco Diaz, Kyle Higashioka, Santiago Nessy and Sebastian Valle, INFs Jorge Mateo, Deibinson Romero and Tyler Wade, and OFs Lane Adams, Dustin Fowler and Aaron Judge to minor league camp. Mar. 14 Optioned RHP Vicente Campos to Single-A Tampa. Mar. 18 Re-acquired LHP Evan Rutckyj from Atlanta as Rule 5 draft return and assigned him to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.

Mar. 19 Optioned OF Ben Gamel to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and reassigned him to minor league camp… reassigned the following players to minor league camp: RHPs Tyler Cloyd, Mark Montgomery and Vinnie Pestano, LHP Richard Bleier and INFs Jonathan Diaz and Donovan Solano. Mar. 22 Optioned OF Slade Heathcott to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and reassigned him to minor league camp. Mar. 24 Optioned C Gary Sanchez to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and reassigned him to minor league camp.

Mar. 26 Optioned LHP James Pazos and RHP Nick Rumbelow to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and reassigned them to minor league camp… reassigned 1B Chris Parmelee to minor league camp.

Mar. 27 OF Chris Denorfi a exercised his opt-out and was released… optioned 2B Rob Refsnyder to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and reassigned him to minor league camp. Mar. 28 RHP Diego Moreno was reassigned to minor league camp. Mar. 30 Optioned RHPs Nick Goody and Branden Pinder and LHP Tyler Olson to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. 2016 SPRING TRAINING RESULTS/SCHEDULE Date/Opp. Score WP LP SV Att. Starter DEC IP H R ER BB K HR Pit./Stk. Wed., Mar. 2 vs. Detroit W, 10-9 Goody Mantiply 9,023 Severino ND 1.1 2 5 5 2 2 1 37/21 Thurs., Mar. 3 vs. Philadelphia L, 4-13 Asher Lindgren 7,897 Nova ND 2.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 25/20 Fri., Mar. 4 at Detroit L, 0-3 Britton Pestano Saupold 8,696 Mitchell ND 2.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 25/12 Sat., Mar. 5 vs. Boston W, 6-4 Rumbelow Wright Goody *10,991 Cloyd ND 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 15/8 Sun., Mar. 6 at Philadephia L, 5-6 Burke Green Gomez *9,877 Tanaka ND 2.0 2 0 0 1 2 0 31/20 Mon., Mar. 7 vs. Houston L, 0-1 Valdez Betances Minaya 8,041 Pineda ND 2.0 2 0 0 0 3 0 28/21 Tue., Mar. 8 at Miami L, 0-1 Dunn Rumbelow McGowan *7,206 Sabathia ND 2.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 25/16 Wed., Mar. 9 at New York-NL T, 4-4 7,558 Nova ND 3.0 3 0 0 1 1 0 36/24 Thurs., Mar. 10 vs. Toronto L, 4-11 Chavez Moreno 8,706 Eovaldi ND 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22/15 Thurs., Mar. 10 at Baltimore T, 4-4 *7,588 Mitchell ND 3.0 4 1 1 0 2 1 45/29 Fri., Mar. 11 vs. Baltimore W, 7-1 Tanaka Wright 9,743 Tanaka W 3.0 1 0 0 0 3 0 40/30 Sat., Mar. 12 at Tampa Bay L, 1-2 Webb Barbato Colome *6,872 Severino ND 3.2 4 0 0 0 4 0 59/43 Sun., Mar. 13 vs. Philadelphia L, 0-3 Morgan Sabathia Roibal *11,028 Sabathia L 1.2 5 3 2 1 1 0 49/29 Tue. Mar. 15 at Boston W, 6-3 Mitchell Ross Jr. *8,914 Nova ND 4.0 3 1 1 1 4 0 49/32 Wed., Mar. 16 vs. Toronto W, 2-1 Eovaldi Hutchison Yates *11,128 Eovaldi W 2.0 0 0 0 2 2 0 46/27 Thurs., Mar. 17 at Pittsburgh W, 7-2 Severino Locke *8,485 Tanaka ND 2.0 4 2 2 0 1 1 50/30 Fri., Mar. 18 vs. Baltimore L, 2-11 Gonzalez Sabathia *10,937 Sabathia L 3.2 6 7 4 2 1 1 63/37 Sat., Mar. 19 vs. Atlanta W, 3-2 Pineda Teheran Yates *10,972 Pineda W 4.0 4 1 1 0 4 0 62/41 Sun., Mar. 20 at Minnesota W, 6-4 Mitchell Graham Barbato *9,109 Nova ND 4.1 5 4 4 3 2 0 77/49 Tue., Mar. 22 vs. New York-NL W, 6-3 Severino Matz Moreno *11,146 Severino W 4.1 5 2 2 1 5 0 77/48 Wed., Mar. 23 at Washington L, 0-13 Strasburg Tanaka *7,718 Tanaka L 4.0 9 7 7 1 3 2 68/49 Thurs., Mar. 24 vs. Tampa Bay L, 2-6 Andriese Sabatahia *11,159 Sabathia L 5.0 6 2 2 1 4 1 68/44 Fri., Mar. 25 at Baltimore L, 10-11 Crichton Tracy *8,350 Nova ND 4.2 5 6 5 3 5 1 92/46 Sat., Mar. 26 at Toronto W, 4-3 Pinder Osuna Mullee *5,515 Mitchell ND 4.0 1 0 0 0 4 0 49/29 Sun., Mar. 27 vs. Minnesota L, 2-5 Hughes Eovaldi 10,418 Eovaldi L 5.1 7 5 4 2 5 0 79/52 Mon., Mar. 28 vs. Detroit W, 3-2 Moreno Ravenelle 10,311 Cessa ND 3.0 1 0 0 1 4 0 56/33 Tue., Mar. 29 vs. Pittsburgh W, 5-4 Sabathia Brault Barbato 9,244 Sabathia W 4.0 3 2 2 2 2 0 70/41 Tue., Mar. 29 at Philadelphia Ppd. Tanaka* 4.0 7 1 1 1 5 0 66/42 * - unoffi cial stats

DAY/DATE OPPONENT SITE TIME TV/RADIO Wed., Mar. 30 at Atlanta Kissimmee 1:05 p.m. Thurs., Mar. 31 vs. St. Louis (ss) GMS Field 1:05 p.m. YES at Detroit (ss) Lakeland 1:05 p.m. Fri., Apr. 1 at Miami Marlins Ballpark 7:10 p.m. Sat., Apr. 2 at Miami Marlins Ballpark 1:10 p.m. Sun., Apr. 3 Off Day Bold=Home Games / ss=Split Squad / *=Sellout / All Times Eastern and Subject to Change

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