GAME NOTES WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 2015

TODAY’S GAME: (0-0-1) vs. PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES (0-0-1) YANKEES ROSTER 1:05 P.M. – GEORGE M. STEINBRENNER FIELD – TAMPA, FL – TV/RADIO: YES 11 Brett Gardner OF RHP (6-14, 4.37 in 2014 w/ MIA) vs. RHP KEVIN SLOWEY (1-1, 5.30 in 2014 w/ MIA) 12 Chase Headley INF Probable relievers for NYY: LHP , RHP Kyle Davies, RHP Danny Burawa, RHP Wilking Rodriguez, LHP James Pazos and 13 INF LHP Tyler Webb. 14 Stephen Drew INF 17 Brendan Ryan INF YANKEE DOODLES: The New York Yankees will play the second exhibition game of their spring schedule today against 18 Didi Gregorius INF the Philadelphia Phillies at George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Fla.… will play 34 total spring games, all against 19 Masahiro Tanaka RHP Major League opposition… are slated for 17 home games… will play seven night games, including five at home (3/6 vs. 22 Jacoby Ellsbury OF Pittsburgh, 3/12 vs. Atlanta, 3/17 vs. Toronto, 3/19 vs. Philadelphia and 3/24 vs. Detroit) and two on the road (3/13 at 24 Chris Young OF Boston and 3/18 at Atlanta)… marks the Yankees’ 20th consecutive season at Steinbrenner Field (1996-2015), formerly 25 Mark Teixeira INF Legends Field, and the 113th season in franchise history. 26 Chris Capuano LHP 27 Scott Baker* RHP YESTERDAY’S NEWS: On Tuesday at Clearwater, the Yankees and Phillies played to a 5-5 tie in the respective spring opener for 28 both teams…Yankees batters tallied 13 hits…RHP Adam Warren started and allowed just 1H in 2.0 scoreless IP…LF Slade 29 David Carpenter RHP Heathcott (2-for-2, 1 double) and 1B Greg Bird (2-for-3, 1 double) each had multi- games…RF Aaron Judge (1-for-2) hit a 30 Nathan Eovaldi RHP two-out, three- HR in the top of the ninth to tie the game, 5-5. 31 Jared Burton* RHP 33 Garrett Jones INF HOPE WEEK 2015: The Yankees are proud to announce the return of HOPE Week (Helping Others Persevere & Excel) in 2015 for 34 Brian McCann C the seventh consecutive season… the initiative is rooted in the belief that acts of good will provide hope and encouragement 35 Michael Pineda RHP to more than just the recipient of the gesture… the Yankees will kick off their announcement of HOPE Week with a pregame 36 Carlos Beltran OF ceremony on 3/6 at GMS Field prior to the Yankees’ 7:05 p.m. game vs. Pittsburgh… the Yankees will honor Palma Ceia Little League 39 Chase Whitley RHP Challenger Baseball, which is a baseball program designed for the needs of children that live with physical or mental disabilities. 40 Andrew Bailey* RHP 41 Justin Wilson LHP IN CONTROL: Yankees finished the season with the second-highest -to-walk ratio in modern Major 43 Adam Warren RHP League history (since 1900), according to the Elias Sports Bureau… had a 3.44 K/BB ratio (1,370K, 398BB), trailing only the 45 Kyle Davies* RHP 2014 Nationals’ 3.66 K/BB ratio (1,288K, 352BB). 47 Ivan Nova RHP • RHP Michael Pineda produced an 8.43 K/BB ratio, the highest-ever mark for a Yankees (min. 75.0IP)… the previous 48 Andrew Miller LHP Yankee record of 6.92 was set by in 2001 (80.2IP, 12BB, 83K)… also issued only 0.83 walks per 9.0IP, the lowest 52 CC Sabathia LHP

mark ever for a Yankees pitcher (min 75.0IP)… David Wells set the previous Yankees record of 0.85 in 2003 (213.0IP, 20BB). 53 Esmil Rogers RHP 54 Joe Espada 3B

#WINNING: The Yankees secured their 22nd consecutive winning season last year (1993-2014)… according to the Elias 55 Austin Romine C Sports Bureau, it marks the second-longest such streak among Major League teams all time, trailing only the Yankees’ run 56 Tony Pena 1B COACH of 39 straight winning seasons from 1926-64… the team also secured its 23rd consecutive winning season at home (went 58 Larry Rothschild PITCHING

43-38 at home in 2014) extending its run since 1992… according to Elias, it is the third-longest such streak in Major League history, trailing only the Yankees’ 47-year home winning streak from 1918-64 and the Pirates’ 24-year streak from 1892-1915. 59 Rob Thomson BENCH 60 Gary Tuck BULLPEN 60 Nick Noonan* INF THE SKIPPER: In 2015, Manager Joe Girardi enters his eighth season (2008-present) at the helm of the Yankees… owns 61 Jeff Pentland HITTING a 648-486 (.571) record in seven years with the club, which is the Majors’ best mark over the stretch… is sixth in Yankees history in managerial wins, trailing only Joe McCarthy (1,460), (1,173), (1,149), 61 RHP 62 Alan Cockrell ASST. HITTING (1,067) and (944)… has led the Yankees to three AL East Division titles (2009, ‘11-12) along with a 62 Cole Figueroa* INF championship in 2009… was named to the post on 10/30/07, becoming the 32nd manager in franchise history… owns a 726-570 (.560) managerial record in his career, trailing only (771), (753), Al Lopez (742) and 63 Jose Pirela INF Joe McCarthy (734) for the most wins by any manager in his first eight years at the helm (credit: Elias). 64 LHP 65 Bryan Mitchell RHP TERRIFIC TRIO: The Yankees announced that they will retire the uniform numbers and dedicate Monument Park plaques 66 John Ryan Murphy C 67 Eddy Rodriguez* C for (No. 46), (No. 20) and (No. 51) during the 2015 season… Williams will be 68 Dellin Betances RHP celebrated on Sunday, 5/24, before the Yankees’ 8:05 p.m. game vs. Texas… Posada will take his place in Monument Park on

Saturday, 8/22, prior to the Yankees’ contest against the Indians… Pettitte will be honored a day later on Sunday, 70 Wilking Rodriguez* RHP

8/23, with a pregame ceremony… former player and coach will also be recognized with a plaque, to be 71 Jose Ramirez RHP dedicated during Old-Timers’ Day festivities on Saturday, 6/20. 72 Danny Burawa RHP • In 2014, the Yankees dedicated Monument Park plaques to Nelson Mandela (4/16-rescheduled from a 4/15 rainout), Tino 73 Jose De Paula LHP

Martinez (6/21), Rich “Goose” Gossage (6/22-Old Timer’s Day), Paul O’Neill (8/9) and Joe Torre (8/23)… additionally, Torre 74 Slade Heathcott* OF had his No. 6 uniform retired. 75 Domingo German RHP 76 RHP 20/20 : This year marks the 20th season the Yankees have held spring training at George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, 77 Ramon Flores OF

Fla.… the complex originally opened prior to the 1996 season as Legends Field… was renamed during a pregame ceremony on 78 Gary Sanchez C

3/27/08 as George M. Steinbrenner Field in honor of principal owner III… since it’s inception, GMS Field has 79 Tyler Austin OF

also served as home for the Single-A Tampa Yankees of the … prior to relocating to Tampa in 1994 (the team 80 Mason Williams OF played at Red McEwen Field at the U. of South Florida from 1994-95), the Yankees trained in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. 81 Vicente Campos* RHP 82 Nick Goody* RHP HOW’S THE WEATHER UP THERE: The Yankees’ spring training roster features 11 players who are 6’4” or taller, all but one 83 Francisco Arcia* C who are pitchers… the tallest are 6’8” RHP Dellin Betances and 6’8” RHP Chris Martin followed by OF Aaron Judge, LHP 84 Trent Garrison* C

Andrew Miller, RHP Michael Pineda and LHP CC Sabathia, all of whom stand at 6’7”… RHP Tyler Webb is 6’6”…INF 85 Juan Graterol* C

Garrett Jones is 6’5”… at 6’4” are RHPs Scott Baker, Vicente Campos and Ivan Nova. 86 Kyle Higashioka* C 87 * LHP BROTHERLY LOVE: The Yankees will face the Phillies today for the second time this spring, with four games left scheduled 88 Diego Moreno* RHP between the two teams in 2015… will play a three-game series during the regular season at from 6/22-24. 89 James Pazos* LHP 90 Nick Rumbelow* RHP FOR STARTERS: RHP Nathan Eovaldi (6-14, 4.37 ERA in 2014) will make his first spring start for the Yankees today vs. 91 Luis Severino* RHP

Philadelphia… was acquired by the Yankees from Miami with RHP Domingo German and INF Garrett Jones on 12/19/14, in 92 Tyler Webb* LHP exchange for RHP and INF Martin Prado… went 6-14 with a 4.37 ERA (199.2IP, 223H, 97ER, 14HR, 43BB, 142K, 7HP) 93 Jake Cave* OF in 33 starts with the Marlins… established career highs in games started, and in 2014… recorded 94 Kyle Roller* INF a quality start in 20 of his 33 starts… saw his walks per 9.0IP decrease for the third consecutive season (5.19 in 2011, 3.54 in 95 Greg Bird* INF 2012, 3.39 in 2013 and 1.94 in 2014)… had a run support average of 2.70, the lowest such mark in the Majors among pitchers 96 Cito Culver* INF with at least 20 starts… struck out a career-high 10 batters on 5/5 vs. the Mets (7.0IP). 97 Jonathan Galvez* INF • On Thursday at Pittsburgh, RHP Esmil Rogers (2-0, 5.72 ERA in 2014) will make his first spring start for the Yankees…was 98 Rob Refsnyder* INF claimed off waivers from Toronto on 7/31/14 and went 2-0 with a 4.68 ERA (25.0 IP, 13 ER) in 19 appearances (1 GS) with 99 Aaron Judge* OF the Yankees…opponents batted .237 (22-for-93, 3 HR)…earned first win of the season in Yankees debut on 8/3 at Boston, *Non-roster invitees tossing 3.0 scoreless innings (1BB, 3K)…made only start of the season on 8/8 vs. Cleveland, allowing 1ER in 5.0IP for the win.

UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS COUNTDOWN Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time TV/Radio TO Thurs., Mar. 5 at Pittsburgh RHP Esmil Rogers vs. LHP Francisco Liriano 1:05 p.m. (April 6 vs Toronto - 1:05 p.m.) Fri., Mar. 6 at Philadelphia (ss) RHP Bryan Mitchell vs. LHP Cole Hamels 1:05 p.m. Fri., Mar. 6 vs Pittsburgh (ss) LHP Chris Capuano vs. LHP Jeff Locke 7:05 p.m. 33 DAYS QUICK HITS PLAYERS ON CAMP ROSTER (68): Pitchers: 34 : 9 : 15 : 10 UPCOMING GAME INFORMATION YOUNGEST PLAYER IN CAMP: RHP Luis Severino, age 21 (DOB: 02/20/94) Yankees at OLDEST PLAYER IN CAMP: INF Alex Rodriguez, age 39 (DOB: 07/27/75) Thurs., Mar. 5 – 1:05 p.m. MOST TENURED PLAYER IN CAMP: INF Alex Rodriguez (Service time: 20 years, 11 days) McKecknie Field 1611 9th Street West (Corner of 17th Ave. 2014 SEASON IN REVIEW and 9th St. West) Bradenton, FL 34205 ROLL CALL: The Yankees used a franchise-record 58 players in 2014 (32-P, 4-C, 12-INF, 10-OF), surpassing the GMS Clubhouse Hours: 8:50-9:50 a.m. Bus departs: 9:30 a.m. previous high set just a year earlier in 2013 (56)… 33 players made their debut with the Yankees, including nine who made their Major League debuts. Yankees (ss) at Philadelphia Phillies SURPASSING SANDMAN: All-Star RHP Dellin Betances had 135K in 2014 (in 90.0IP), surpassing Mariano Rivera Fri., Mar. 6 – 1:05 p.m.

(130K in 107.2IP in 1996) for the most single-season strikeouts by a reliever in franchise history… marks the most Bright House Field Ks by a Major League reliever since the Cubs’ Carlos Marmol had 138K in 77.2IP in 2010. 601 N. Old Coachman Road, Clearwater, TEN O’CLOCK LIGHTNING: The Yankees totaled nine “walk-off” wins in 2014, surpassing their 2013 total (seven) FL 33765 and marking their most since 2009 (15)… all occurred in the club’s final 49 home games (since 6/20) and eight took Clubhouse:TBA place after the All-Star Break… Elias notes that it’s the most post-All-Star “walk-offs” by the Yankees since 1988 (8). Bus departs: 9:45 a.m. CLOSE GETS THEM THE CIGAR: In 2014, the Yankees had an AL-best 50-37 (.575) record in games decided by two-or-fewer runs, trailing only St. Louis’ 48-34 (.585) mark in all of baseball… over the last two seasons, are a Yankees (ss) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates Major League-best 100-67 (.599) in such games over that span. Fri., Mar. 6 – 7:05 p.m. YOUTH MOVEMENT: The Yankees started a rookie pitcher in 61 games in 2014, the highest total in the George M. Steinbrenner Field

Majors… went 37-24 in those games, including 23-9 on the road… Yankees rookies went a combined 23-18 with One Steinbrenner Drive, Tampa, FL 33614 a 3.78 ERA (352.0IP, 148ER) as starters. Clubhouse: TBA THE : According to research from the Elias Sports Bureau, the Yankees have hit 15,006 home

runs in franchise history since their inception in 1903… OF Brett Gardner hit milestone HR 15,000 with a fifth- inning solo-HR against Toronto on 9/21. SURVEY SAYS: The Yankees’ 82.1% success rate on replay challenges was tops in the Majors in 2014 (28 challenges: 23 overturned, three confirmed, two stand). SUPPORTING CAST: An AL-high 3,401,624 fans came through the turnstiles at Yankee Stadium in 2014, marking the 12th consecutive time the Yankees have

led the league in total attendance… also led the Majors in road attendance (2,876,501)… the Yankees’ combined draw of 6,278,125 fans topped the AL for the 16th consecutive season. 2015 TRANSACTIONS Jan. 1 Traded LHP Manny Banuelos to the for RHP David Carpenter and LHP Chasen Shreve. Jan. 5 Signed OF Slade Heathcott to a minor league contract with an invitation to Major League spring training. Jan. 13 Acquired RHP Chris Martin from the in exchange for cash considerations. Jan. 14 Signed RHP Ivan Nova to a one-year contract, avoiding arbitration. Jan. 15 Signed INF Stephen Drew to a one-year contract; designated OF Eury Perez for assignment. Jan. 16 Signed RHPs David Carpenter, Nathan Eovaldi and Ivan Nova to one-year contracts, avoiding arbitration. Feb. 5 Signed RHP Scott Baker, INFs Cole Figueroa, Jonathan Galvez and Nick Noonan, Cs Juan Graterol and Eddy Rodriguez to minor league con- tracts with invitations to spring training; invited RHPs Andrew Bailey, Vicente Campos, Nick Goody, Diego Moreno, Wilking Rodriguez, Nick Rumbelow and Luis Severino, LHPs Jacob Lindgren, James Pazos and Tyler Webb, OFs Jake Cave, Slade Heathcott and Aaron Judge, INFs Greg Bird, Cito Culver, Rob Refsnyder and Kyle Roller, and Cs Francisco Arcia, Trent Garrison and Kyle Higashioka to spring training. Feb. 9 Signed RHP Kyle Davies to a minor league contract with an invitation to Major League spring training. Feb. 16 Signed RHP Jared Burton to a minor league contract with an invitation to Major League spring training.

2015 SPRING TRAINING SCHEDULE Date/Opp. Score WP LP SV Att. Starter DEC IP H R ER BB K HR Pit./Stk. Tue., Mar. 3 5-5 None None None 7,007 Warren ND 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -/- DAY/DATE OPPONENT SITE TIME TV/RADIO Wed., Mar. 4 PHILADELPHIA GMS Field 1:05 p.m. YES Thurs., Mar. 5 at Pittsburgh Bradenton 1:05 p.m. Fri., Mar. 6 at Philadelphia (ss) Clearwater 1:05 p.m. PITTSBURGH (ss) GMS Field 7:05 p.m. Sat., Mar. 7 at Houston Kissimmee 1:05 p.m. WFAN Sun., Mar. 8 WASHINGTON GMS Field 1:05 p.m. YES/WFAN Mon., Mar. 9 TAMPA BAY GMS Field 1:05 p.m. YES Tue., Mar. 10 at Baltimore Sarasota 1:05 p.m. Wed., Mar. 11 BOSTON GMS Field 1:05 p.m. YES Thurs., Mar. 12 ATLANTA GMS Field 7:05 p.m. YES Fri., Mar. 13 at Boston Fort Myers 7:05 p.m. Sat., Mar. 14 DETROIT (ss) GMS Field 1:05 p.m. YES/WFAN at Toronto (ss) Dunedin 1:07 p.m. Sun., Mar. 15 PHILADELPHIA GMS Field 1:05 p.m. WFAN Mon., Mar. 16 Off Day Tues., Mar. 17 TORONTO GMS Field 7:05 p.m. YES Wed., Mar. 18 at Atlanta Disney World 6:05 p.m. Thurs., Mar. 19 PHILADELPHIA GMS Field 7:05 p.m. YES/ESPN/WFAN Fri., Mar. 20 at Detroit Lakeland 1:05 p.m. Sat., Mar. 21 HOUSTON GMS Field 1:05 p.m. Sun., Mar. 22 at New York (NL) Fort Lauderdale 1:10 p.m. YES/WFAN Mon., Mar. 23 at Washington Viera 1:05 p.m. Tue., Mar. 24 DETROIT GMS Field 7:05 p.m. YES/WFAN Wed., Mar. 25 NEW YORK (NL) GMS Field 1:05 p.m. YES Thurs., Mar. 26 at Tampa Bay Port Charlotte 1:05 p.m. Fri., Mar. 27 at Philadelphia Clearwater 1:05 p.m. Sat., Mar. 28 BALTIMORE GMS Field 1:05 p.m. YES/WFAN Sun., Mar. 29 at Houston Kissimmee 1:05 p.m. Mon., Mar. 30 Off Day Tues., Mar. 31 at Minnesota Fort Myers 1:05 p.m. Wed., Apr. 1 TAMPA BAY GMS Field 1:05 p.m. YES Thurs., Apr. 2 at Detroit (ss) Lakeland 1:05 p.m. YES PITTSBURGH (ss) GMS Field 1:05 p.m. ESPN Fri., Apr. 3 WASHINGTON GMS Field 1:05 p.m. YES Sat., Apr. 4 at Washington Nationals Park (D.C.) 1:05 p.m. WFAN Sun., Apr. 5 Off Day Highlighted=Home Games / ss=Split Squad / *=Sellout / All Times Eastern and Subject to Change

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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

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