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Yankees on the Disabled List in 2014 Manager Challenges in 2014

Yankees on the Disabled List in 2014 Manager Challenges in 2014

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PLAYER INJURY DATES TYPE GMS LOST INF Brendan Ryan ...... Cervical spine nerve injury...... 4/1 (retro . to 3/22) - 5/5...... 15-day...... 31 INF ...... Right hamstring strain...... 4/5-19...... 15-day...... 14 RHP David Robertson...... Left groin strain...... 4/8 (retro . to 4/7) - 4/21...... 15-day...... 13 RHP Bruce Billings ...... Right forearm strain...... 4/27 (retro . to 4/26) - 5/15...... 15-day...... 16 OF Carlos Beltran...... Right elbow inflammation...... 5/15 (retro . to 5/13) - 6/5...... 15-day...... 21 RHP Shawn Kelley ...... Strained lumbar spine...... 5/13 (retro . to 5/7) - 6/10...... 15-day...... 31 C ...... Grade 2 right hamstring strain...... 4/15 (retro . to 4/14) - 6/17...... 60-day...... 55 OF Carlos Beltran...... Concussion...... 7/10 (retro . to 7/9) - 7/17...... 7-day concussion...... 5 INF Kelly Johnson...... Strained left groin ...... 7/23-31...... 15-day...... 8 RHP Ivan Nova...... Right elbow ulnar collateral ligament injury...... 4/20 - Present...... 60-day...... 98 RHP Michael Pineda...... Right shoulder muscle injury...... 5/6 - Present...... 60-day...... 85 LHP CC Sabathia...... Right knee inflammation...... 5/11 - Present...... 60-day...... 81 RHP ...... Right elbow inflammation...... 7/9 - Present...... 15-day...... 27 RHP David Phelps...... Right elbow inflammation...... 8/4 - Present...... 15-day...... 6 C Brian McCann...... Concussion...... 8/9 - Present...... 7-day concussion...... 1

#47 IVAN NOVA—RHP Last Appearance: 4/19 at TB (L, 4 .0IP, 8H, 8ER) #52 CC SABATHIA—LHP Last Appearance: 5/10 at MIL (ND, 5 .1IP, 4R/1ER) • Was placed on the 15-day disabled list on 4/20 with a right elbow ulnar collateral • On 5/11, was placed on the Yankees’ 15-day disabled list with right knee ligament injury (transferred to the 60-day D .L . on 4/24)…was removed from his inflammation…was transferred to the 60-day D .L . on 7/1 . start on 4/19 at Tampa Bay with right elbow soreness, allowing eight runs in 4 .0 • His next win will move him into a tie for 24th place on MLB’s all-time wins list innings (8H, 4HR, 1BB, 4K) . among LHP (Vida Blue-209)…is tied with Tommy John for 20th on the Yankees’ • Prior to his start on 4/19, had allowed 1HR or fewer in 26 consecutive starts all-time wins list (91)…needs only two victories to tie Johnny Murphy and dating back to the 2012 season, which had been the second-longest active George Pipgras for 18th place on the club’s all-time list (93) . streak in the AL and the seventh-longest active streak in the Majors at the • Has 1,044 career as a Yankee, the 10th-highest total in franchise time…allowed multiple home runs in a game for the first time since 8/21/12 history… the immediately ahead of him on the club’s all-time list are at -AL (2HR) . Bob Shawkey (1,167) and (1,173) . 2014 Statistics (4GS): 2-2, 8 .27 ERA (20 .2IP, 19ER), 6BB, 12K, 6HR • Has never finished a season with a K/9 .0IP ratio above 9 .00 (currently 9 .39) . 2014 Statistics (8GS): 3-4, 5 .28 ERA (46 .0IP, 27ER), 58H, 10HR, 10BB, 48K #41 DAVID PHELPS—RHP Last Appearance: 8/3 at BOS (ND, 2 .0IP, 6H, 5ER) • Was placed on the 15-day disabled list on 8/4 with right elbow inflammation . #19 MASAHIRO TANAKA—RHP Last Appearance: 7/8 at CLE (L, 6 .2IP, 10H, 5ER) • Prior to his start at Boston on 8/3, had been 4-1 with a 3 .29 ERA (54 .2IP, 20ER) • On 7/9, was placed on the Yankees’ 15-day disabled list with right elbow in his previous nine starts (since 6/13), allowing 2ER or fewer in seven of those . inflammation . • Has made 17 consecutive starts after beginning the season in the bullpen, the • Produced a quality start (at least 6 .0IP and 3ER or fewer) in each of his first 16 longest such stretch of his career (previous: 12 from 5/1-7/4/13) . Major League starts…is one of just two pitchers to produce such an outing in • Was unbeaten in eight consecutive starts from 6/13-7/23 (4-0), tied for the each of his first 16 Major League starts (since earned runs became an official longest such stretch of his career (also 8GS from 8/27/12 - 5/8/13, 1-0)…no statistic in 1912 in the NL and 1913 in the AL), joining Montreal’s Steve Rogers Yankees had a longer streak since CC Sabathia was unbeaten in nine (also his first 16G in 1973) . consecutive starts (6-0) from 6/12-8/24/12 . • Tied the Yankees franchise record for consecutive quality starts at any point in a • Recorded at least 5 .0IP in 17 consecutive starts from 7/4/13 - 7/28/14…that career (CC Sabathia--16 from 6/3-8/22/10) . streak was snapped in his last outing on 8/3 at Boston . • Was selected by his peers via the Player Ballot to attend his first All-Star Game . 2014 Statistics (26G/17GS): 5-5, 1SV, 4 .24 ERA (108 .1IP, 51ER), 40BB, 89K, 13HR 2014 Statistics (18GS): 12-4, 2 .51 ERA (129 .1IP, 36ER), 111H, 15HR, 19BB, 135K #35 MICHAEL PINEDA—RHP Last Appearance: 4/23 at BOS (L, 1 .2IP, 4H, 2ER) • On 5/6, was reinstated from MLB’s suspended list and place on the Yankees’ 15- day disabled list with a right shoulder muscle injury . • On 4/24, was suspended for 10 games by Major League for possessing a foreign substance on his person during the bottom of the second inning of the Yankees’ game against the at on 4/23 . • Prior to his suspension, became the first pitcher to allow one-or-fewer earned runs and pitch at least 6 .0 innings in each of his first three games as a Yankee since Kevin Brown accomplished the feat in 2004 (3GS) . 2014 Statistics (4GS): 2-2, 1 .83 ERA (19 .2IP, 4ER), 17H, 1HR, 3BB, 15K Challenges in 2014

49 total challenges/reviews in Yankees games in 2014 22 challenges by Yankees (17 overturned, 3 confirmed, 2 stand) 21 challenges by Opponent (11 overturned, 5 confirmed, 5 stand) 6 reviews by (2 overturned, 2 confirmed, 1 stand, 1 record keeping)

Date/Opp . Challenger Inning Player of Reference Initial Call Calling Umpire Crew Chief Result Time 4/3 at HOU Umpire Top 9 Count Check Record Keeping (3-1 count) 2:20 4/4 at TOR YANKEES Top 3 Ichiro Suzuki Out at 1st Dana DeMuth Dana DeMuth Overturned (infield ) 1:20 4/4 at TOR YANKEES Top 8 Jacoby Ellsbury Out at 1st Dana DeMuth Dana DeMuth Confirmed (groundout) 1:20 4/5 at TOR Umpire Top 3 Josh Thole Out at home Dana DeMuth Dana DeMuth Confirmed (no interf .) 1:47 4/6 at TOR Blue Jays Top 6 Ichiro Suzuki Safe at 2nd Dana DeMuth Call stands (stolen base) 2:20 4/12 vs . BOS Red Sox Bottom 8 Dean Anna Safe at 2nd Confirmed () 1:00 4/13 vs. BOS YANKEES Bottom 4 Francisco Cervelli Out at 1st Bob Davidson Overturned (fielder’s choice) 3:00 4/16 vs . CHC-G1 Cubs Top 2 Junior Lake Out at 1st Overturned (bunt single) 1:52 4/16 vs . CHC-G1 Cubs Top 7 Nate Schierholtz Out at 1st Manny Gonzalez Jim Reynolds Call stands (groundout) 2:46 4/18 at TB YANKEES Top 2 Ichiro Suzuki Out at 1st Overturned (bunt single) 0:47 4/20 at TB YANKEES Top 4 Wil Myers Catch of fly ball Joe West Overturned (Gardner double) 1:47 4/20 at TB Rays Top 11 Ichiro Suzuki Safe at 2nd Joe West Joe West Overturned (caught stealing) 2:05 4/24 at BOS YANKEES Top 2 Carlos Beltran Gerry Davis Overturned (wild pitch) 2:47 4/27 vs. LAA YANKEES Bottom 8 Brian McCann Not hit by pitch Overturned (hit by pitch) 2:55 4/29 vs . SEA Mariners Top 5 Mike Zunino Out at 1st Bill Miller Overturned (infield single) 0:38 5/2 vs . TB Rays Bottom 9 Jacoby Ellsbury Safe at 1st Brian O’Nora Overturned (picked off) 1:08 Manager Challenges in 2014 (continued) Date/Opp . Challenger Inning Player of Reference Initial Call Calling Umpire Crew Chief Result Time 5/2 vs. TB YANKEES Top 13 Matt Joyce Safe at 1st Doug Eddings Brian O’Nora Overturned () 1:04 5/2 vs . TB Umpire Top 14 Sean Rodriguez Safe at home Brian O’Nora Brian O’Nora Confirmed (safe at home) 0:51 5/5 at LAA YANKEES Bottom 6 Erick Aybar Safe at 3rd Marcus Pattillo Confirmed (advanced to 3rd) 0:52 5/11 at MIL YANKEES Top 8 John Ryan Murphy Out at 1st Overturned (infield single) 0:53 5/14 at NYM Mets Bottom 9 Eric Young, Jr . Out at 2nd Confirmed (out at 2nd) 1:17 5/17 vs . PIT Pirates Top 5 Tony Sanchez Out at 2nd Bob Davidson Overturned (safe at 2nd) 2:25 5/17 vs. PIT YANKEES Top 7 Tony Sanchez Safe at 2nd James Hoye Bob Davidson Overturned (out at 2nd) 0:30 5/18 vs . PIT-G1 Pirates Bottom 4 Zoilo Almonte Safe at 1st Marcus Pattillo Bob Davidson Overturned (out at 1st, PO) 0:40 5/18 vs . PIT-G2 Pirates Top 5 Josh Harrison Out in rundown Bob Davidson Bob Davidson Confirmed (out, no run scores) 1:13 5/26 at STL Cardinals Top 12 Jacoby Ellsbury Safe at 2nd Larry Vanover Call stands (stolen base) 1:20 5/31 vs . MIN Twins Top 3 Eduardo Escobar Out at 1st Brian Gorman Brian Gorman Overturned (single) 0:28 6/1 vs . MIN Twins Top 3 Brian Dozier Out at 1st Brian Gorman Call stands (out at 1st) 2:10 6/1 vs. MIN YANKEES Bottom 8 Out at 1st David Rackley Brian Gorman Call stands (out at 1st) 1:45 6/2 vs. SEA YANKEES Top 7 Mike Zunino Safe at 3rd Brian Gorman Brian Gorman Call stands (safe at 3rd) 1:28 6/5 vs . OAK Crew Chief Bottom 1 Jacoby Ellsbury Sean Barber Overturned (double) 1:16 6/6 at KC YANKEES Bottom 3 Norichika Aoki Safe at 2nd Mike DiMuro Jerry Layne Overturned (caught stealing) 1:42 6/19 vs. TOR YANKEES Top 1 Safe at 2nd Jerry Meals Overturned (picked off) 0:41 6/19 vs . TOR Blue Jays Top 8 Dioner Navarro Out at 1st Jerry Meals Call stands (out at 1st) 1:58 6/22 vs . BAL Orioles Bottom 1 Brett Gardner Safe at 3rd Tom Hallion Tom Hallion Overturned (out at 3rd) 2:39 6/28 vs . BOS Red Sox Bottom 5 Yangervis Solarte Safe at 1st Overturned (out at 1st) 0:57 6/28 vs. BOS YANKEES Top 6 Safe at 2nd Mike Winters Overturned (single, out at 2nd) 0:30 7/2 vs . TB Rays Top 4 Sean Rodriguez Out at 2nd Confirmed (out at 2nd) 1:48 7/2 vs . TB Umpire Top 9 Desmond Jennings Out at 2nd Will Little Ted Barrett Call stands (out at 2nd) 1:16 7/4 at MIN Twins Bottom 9 Sam Fuld Catch (foul terr .) Joe West Overturned (at-bat continued) 0:41 7/9 at CLE YANKEES Top 10 Brian Roberts Out at 1st Brian Knight Overturned (fielder’s choice) 2:26 7/10 at CLE Umpire Bottom 8 Roberto Perez Double Manny Gonzalez Fieldin Culbreth Overturned (home run) 2:25 7/21 vs . TEX Rangers Top 7 Adrian Beltre Out at 1st Overturned (reached on E6) 0:26 7/23 vs . TEX Rangers Top 1 Alex Rios Out at 2nd CB Bucknor Dale Scott Confirmed (caught stealing) 1:15 7/24 vs. TEX YANKEES Bottom 5 Brendan Ryan Out at 1st CB Bucknor Dale Scott Confirmed (out at 1st) 2:29 7/29 at TEX YANKEES Top 6 Out at 1st Dana DeMuth Overturned (safe at 1st) 1:07 8/1 at BOS YANKEES Top 6 Jacoby Ellsbury Out at 2nd Paul Schrieber Ted Barrett Overturned (stolen base) 1:53 8/2 at BOS YANKEES Top 6 Derek Jeter Out at 1st Paul Schrieber Ted Barrett Overturned (single) 1:13 8/6 vs. DET YANKEES Bottom 8 Mark Teixeira Out at home Tom Woodring Mike Winters Overturned (safe at home) N/A Yankees Transactions in 2014 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 . 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 extend- ing 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, , Yangervis Solarte and and OF Antoan Richardson to minor league contracts with invitations to Major League ; 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 . Mar. 25 Optioned C John Ryan Murphy and C to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre . Mar. 26 Optioned RHP Preston Claiborne and OF Zoilo Almonte to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre; reassigned INF Russ Canzler, RHP David Herndon, RHP Jim Miller, INF Scott Sizemore and RHP Yoshinori Tateyama to minor league camp . Mar. 27 Reassigned RHP Danny Burawa, RHP Chris Leroux and LHP Fred Lewis to minor league camp . Mar. 28: Optioned LHP Cesar Cabral and RHP Shane Greene to Triple-A Scranton/WB; reassigned INF Zelous Wheeler, OF Antoan Richardson, OF Adonis Garcia, RHP Matt Daley and C Jose Gil to minor league camp . Mar. 29: Optioned INF Eduardo Nunez to Triple-A Scranton/WB . Apr. 1: Signed INF Yangervis Solarte to a Major League contract and selected him to the Major League roster; designated INF Eduardo Nunez for assignment; placed INF Brendan Ryan on the 15-day disabled list (retro . to 3/22) with a cervical spine nerve injury . Apr. 5: Placed 1B Mark Teixeira on the 15-day disabled list with a right hamstring strain; recalled C Austin Romine from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre . Apr. 7: Acquired LHP Miguel Sulbaran from the in exchange for INF Eduardo Nunez . Apr. 8: Placed RHP David Robertson on the 15-day disabled list (retro . to 4/7) with a left groin strain; recalled LHP Cesar Cabral from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre; optioned C Austin Romine to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre following the game . Apr. 9: Recalled RHP Shane Greene from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre . Apr. 13: Optioned RHP Shane Greene to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (following the game) . Apr. 15: Recalled C John Ryan Murphy from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre; signed INF Scott Sizemore to a Major League contract and selected him to the 25-man roster from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre; placed C Francisco Cervelli on the 60-day disabled list with a right hamstring strain . Apr. 16: Recalled RHP Shane Greene from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre for split doubleheader only, pursuant to MLB “26th Man” Rule (was returned to Scranton/WB following the doubleheader) . Apr. 18: Following the game, designated LHP Cesar Cabral for assignment . Apr. 19: Signed RHP Matt Daley to a Major League contract and selected him to the 25-man roster from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre . Apr. 20: Reinstated 1B Mark Teixeira from the 15-day disabled list; recalled RHP Preston Claiborne from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and RHP Bryan Mitchell from Double-A Trenton; placed RHP Ivan Nova on the 15-day disabled list with a right elbow ulnar collateral ligament injury; optioned INF Scott Sizemore to Triple-A Scranton/WB; designated RHP Matt Daley for assignment; following the game, optioned RHP Bryan Mitchell to Double-A Trenton . Apr. 21: Optioned RHP Matt Daley to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre . Apr. 22: Reinstated RHP David Robertson from the 15-day disabled list; outrighted LHP Cesar Cabral to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre . Apr. 24: Recalled RHP Shane Greene from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre; signed RHP Bruce Billings to a Major League contract and selected him to the 25-man roster; optioned INF Dean Anna and RHP Preston Claiborne to Scranton/WB; transferred RHP Ivan Nova to the 60-day disabled list; MLB suspended RHP Michael Pineda for 10 days for possessing a foreign substance during the Yankees’ 4/23 game at Boston . Apr. 25: Signed RHP Chris Leroux to a Major League contract and selected him to the 25-man roster from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre; optioned RHP Shane Greene to Scranton/WB; unconditionally released LHP Nik Turley . Apr. 27: Recalled RHP Preston Claiborne from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre; placed RHP Bruce Billings on the 15-day disabled list with a right forearm strain (retro . to 4/26) . May 3: Signed RHP Alfredo Aceves to a Major League contract and selected him to the 25-man roster from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre; designated RHP Chris Leroux for assignment . Yankees Transactions in 2014 (continued) May 6: Major League Baseball reinstated RHP Michael Pineda from the suspended list; the Yankees placed Pineda on the 15-day disabled list with a right shoulder muscle injury; returned INF Brendan Ryan from rehab and reinstated him from the 15-day disabled list; outrighted RHP Chris Leroux to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre . May 11: Placed LHP CC Sabathia on the 15-day disabled list with right knee inflammation; recalledRHP Matt Daley from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre . May 13: Placed RHP Shawn Kelley on the 15-day disabled list with a strained lumbar spine (retroactive to 5/7); recalled OF Zoilo Almonte from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre . May 15: Placed OF Carlos Beltran on the 15-day disabled list with right elbow inflammation (retroactive to May 13); signedRHP Chase Whitley to a Major League contract and selected him to the 25-man roster from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre; returned from rehab, reinstated from the disabled list and designated for assignment RHP Bruce Billings . May 18: Recalled RHP Jose Ramirez from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre for split doubleheader only, pursuant to MLB “26th Man” Rule (was returned to Scranton/ WB following the doubleheader) . June 3: Recalled INF Scott Sizemore from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre…optioned OF Zoilo Almonte to Scranton/WB…claimed LHP Wade LeBlanc off waivers from Los Angeles-AL…transferred RHP Michael Pineda to the 60-day disabled list . June 4: Recalled RHP Jose Ramirez from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre; optioned RHP Preston Claiborne to Scranton/WB; designated RHP Alfredo Aceves for assignment (to make room on the 25-man roster for LHP Wade LeBlanc) . June 5: Reinstated OF Carlos Beltran from the 15-day disabled list; designated for assignment and optioned INF Scott Sizemore to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre . June 11: Returned from rehab and reinstated from the 15-day disabled list RHP Shawn Kelley; optioned RHP Matt Daley to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre; acquired LHP David Huff from the San Francisco Giants in exchange for cash considerations; designated LHP Wade LeBlanc for assignment . June 17: Returned from rehab and reinstated from the 60-day disabled list C Francisco Cervelli; optioned C John Ryan Murphy to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre . July 1: Signed RHP Jim Miller to a Major League contract and selected him to the 25-man roster from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre…transferred LHP CC Sabathia to the 60-day disabled list; optioned RHP Jose Ramirez to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre . July 2: Optioned INF Yangervis Solarte to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre . July 3: Signed INF Zelous Wheeler to a Major League contract and selected him to the 25-man roster from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre; designated INF Dean Anna for assignment . July 5: INF Dean Anna was claimed off waivers by the Pirates . July 6: Acquired RHP Brandon McCarthy from the in exchange for LHP Vidal Nuno and cash considerations; selected RHP Bruce Billings to the 25-man roster from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre; designated OF Alfonso Soriano for assignment . July 7: Recalled RHP Shane Greene from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre . July 8: RHP Brandon McCarthy reported to the Major League club; optioned RHP Bruce Billings to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre . July 9: Placed RHP Masahiro Tanaka on the 15-day disabled list with right elbow inflammation; recalledOF Zoilo Almonte from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre . July 10: Placed OF Carlos Beltran on the 7-day concussion disabled list (retroactive to 7/9); recalled INF Yangervis Solarte from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre . July 11: Acquired LHP and cash considerations from Oakland in exchange for a player to be named later; recalled RHP Matt Daley from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre; designated RHP Jim Miller for assignment . July 12: LHP Jeff Francis reported to the Major League club; designated RHP Matt Daley for assignment . July 13: Recalled RHP Bryan Mitchell from Double-A Trenton prior to the Yankees game and optioned him to Trenton following the game; optioned OF Zoilo Almonte and RHP Matt Daley to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre; outrighted RHP Jim Miller to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre . July 18: Reinstated OF Carlos Beltran from the 7-day concussion disabled list . July 22: Acquired 3B Chase Headley and cash considerations from the in exchange for INF Yangervis Solarte and RHP Rafael De Paula . July 23: Placed INF Kelly Johnson on the 15-day disabled list with a strained left groin; recalled RHP Chris Leroux from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre; designated RHP Bruce Billings for assignment . July 25: Signed LHP Chris Capuano to a Major League contract and selected him to the 25-man roster; designated RHP Chris Leroux for assignment . July 28: Recalled OF Zoilo Almonte from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre; designated LHP Jeff Francis for assignment . July 31: Acquired INF Stephen Drew and cash considerations from the Boston Red Sox in exchange for INF Kelly Johnson; acquired INF Martin Prado from the Arizona Diamondbacks in exchange for minor leaguer Pete O’Brien and either cash considerations or a player to be named later; claimed RHP Esmil Rogers off waivers from the ; unconditionally releasedINF Scott Sizemore . Aug. 1: Designated INF Brian Roberts for assignment; optioned INF Zelous Wheeler to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre; optioned OF Zoilo Almonte to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre; INF Stephen Drew, INF/OF Martin Prado and RHP Esmil Rogers reported to the Major League club . Aug. 4: Placed RHP David Phelps on the 15-day disabled list with right elbow inflammation; recalledRHP Matt Daley from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre . Aug. 5: Awarded a waiver claim assignment of LHP Matt Thornton to the ; signed LHP Rich Hill to a Major League contract and selected him to the 25-man roster . Aug. 8: Recalled RHP Bryan Mitchell from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre…designated RHP Matt Daley for assignment . Aug. 9: Recalled C Austin Romine from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre…placed C Brian McCann on the 7-day concussion disabled list…unconditionally released INF Brian Roberts .