SPRING TRAINING GAME NOTES FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 2016

TODAY’S GAME: (2-6-2) vs. (0-9-2) YANKEES ROSTER 1:05 P.M. – GEORGE M. STEINBRENNER FIELD – TAMPA, FL – TV/RADIO: YES Network 11 Brett Gardner ...... OF RHP MASAHIRO TANAKA (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. RHP MIKE WRIGHT (0-0, 4.50 ERA) 12 Chase Headley ...... 3B Probable relievers for NYY: RHP Nick Rumbelow, LHP , RHP Vicente Campos and RHP Chad Green 13 Alex Rodriguez ...... DH 14 Starlin Castro ...... INF YANKEE DOODLES: The New York Yankees will play the 11th exhibition game of their spring schedule today against 17 Carlos Corporan* ...... C the Baltimore Orioles at George M . Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Fla… will be the second of four spring games between 18 ...... SS the two teams in 2016, also 3/18 at GMS Field and 3/25 at Sarasota… will play 33 total spring games, all against Major 19 Masahiro Tanaka ...... RHP

League opposition… are slated for 16 home games… will play eight night games, including five at home (3/16 vs . 22 Jacoby Ellsbury ...... OF. Toronto, 3/18 vs . Baltimore, 3/22 vs . New York-NL, 3/24 vs . Tampa Bay and 3/28 vs . Detroit) and three on the road (3/15 24 Chris Parmelee* ...... 1B at Boston, 3/23 at Washington and 4/1 at Miami at Marlins Park)… each of the Yankees’ home night games will start at 25 Mark Teixeira ...... 1B

6:35 p .m …. marks the Yankees’ 21st consecutive season at Steinbrenner Field (1996-2016), formerly Legends Field, and 26 Donovan Solano* ...... INF the 114th season in franchise history . 27 Pete Kozma* ...... INF 28 ...... MANAGER YESTERDAY’S NEWS: On Thursday in Tampa, the Yankees fell to the Blue Jays, 11-4 at GMS Field…RHP Nathan Eovaldi 29 Dustin Ackley ...... INF/OF started and recorded a no-decision, tossing 2 .0 perfect IP in his spring debut…2B Jonathan Diaz (1-for-3, 1R, 1HR, 2RBI) 30 Nathan Eovaldi ...... RHP hit his first of the spring in the fourth, giving the Yankees a 4-2 lead at the time…LHP Aroldis Chapman (0 .2 31 Aaron Hicks ...... OF IP, 1ER, 2BB, 2HB, 1K) made his spring debut…3B Pete Kozma (0-for-2, 1R, 1BB) made his spring debut…RHPs Dellin Betanaces (1 .0IP, 1K) and Tyler Cloyd (1 0IP,. 1H) had scoreless appearances…RHP Diego Moreno picked up the loss in 33 Greg Bird ...... 1B relief, alowing 5R/4ER in 1 .1IP (3H, 1BB, 2K) . 34 Brian McCann ...... C 35 Michael Pineda ...... RHP 36 Carlos Beltran ...... OF In Sarasota, the Yankees played to a 4-4 tie with the Orioles… RHP Bryan Mitchell started and recorded a no-decision, allowing 1ER in 3 .0IP (4H, 1HR, 2K) in his second spring start…SS Starlin Castro (3-for-3, 1 double, 3RBI) and CF 38 Chris Denorfia* ...... OF Jacoby Ellsbury (2-for-3, 2R) each had multi-hit efforts at the plate…3B Rob Refsnyder (1-for-3, 1R) made his second 39 Kirby Yates ...... RHP start and third appearance at third base…five of the Yankees’ six relievers had scoreless outings: RHPs Kyle Haynes 40 Luis Severino ...... RHP (2 .0IP, 1H, 1BB, 2K), Anthony Swarzak (1 0IP,. 2H, 1K), Chad Green (0 .1IP, 1H) and Brady Lail (1 .0IP, 1K) and LHP 41 Anthony Swarzak* ...... RHP Richard Bleier (1 .0IP, 1K) . 43 Austin Romine ...... C 45 Chasen Shreve ...... LHP RUNNIN’ REFSNYDER: With 2SB Sunday in Clearwater, 2B Rob Refsnyder has three this spring, which is tied for third 47 Ivan Nova ...... RHP among all Major League players…his 3SB in four games (two starts) already matches the highest total by a Yankees 48 Andrew Miller ...... LHP player last spring (OF Slade Heathcott)…the last Yankees player to steal more bases in spring training was OF Brett 50 Nick Rumbelow ...... RHP Gardner (4) in 2014, and the last infielder to steal more bases in spring training was SS Eduardo Nunez (7) in 2013 . 52 CC Sabathia ...... LHP 53 Joe Espada ...... THIRD BASE HOPE WEEK 2016: The Yankees are proud to announce the return of HOPE Week (Helping Others Persevere & Excel) 54 Aroldis Chapman ...... LHP 55 Bryan Mitchell ...... RHP in 2016 for the eighth consecutive season… the initiative is rooted in the belief that acts of good will provide hope and 56 Tony Pena ...... FIRST BASE encouragement to more than just the recipient of the gesture… the Yankees will kick off their announcement of HOPE 57 Branden Pinder ...... RHP Week with a pregame ceremony on 3/18 at GMS Field prior to their 6:35 p .m . game vs . Baltimore… this year marks the fourth consecutive year that the Yankees have kicked off HOPE Week-themed events by recognizing a Tampa-area group 58 Larry Rothschild . . . . . PITCHING for making a difference in the Bay area . 59 ...... BENCH 60 Mike Harkey ...... BULLPEN 61 Vinnie Pestano* ...... RHP WINNING WAYS: The Yankees secured their 23rd consecutive winning season last year (1993-2015)… according to the Elias Sports Bureau, it marks the second-longest such streak among Major League teams all time, trailing only the Yankees’ 62 Alan Cockrell ...... HITTING 62 Mark Montgomery* ...... RHP run of 39 straight winning seasons from 1926-64… the team also secured its 24th consecutive winning season at home 63 Kyle Haynes* ...... RHP (went 45-36 at home in 2015) extending its run since 1992… according to Elias, it is tied for the second-longest such 63 Marcus Thames . . . ASST . HITTING streak in Major League history, trailing only the Yankees’ 47-year home winning streak from 1918-64… the Pirates also had a 24-year streak from 1892-1915 . 64 Rob Refsnyder ...... INF 65 ...... LHP 66 Mason Williams ...... OF THE SKIPPER: In 2016, Manager Joe Girardi enters his ninth season (2008-present) at the helm of the Yankees… owns 67 James Pazos ...... LHP a 735-561 ( .567) record in eight years with the club, which is the Majors’ best mark over the stretch… according to 68 Dellin Betances ...... RHP Elias, is the only current manager to guide his team to winning records in each of the last eight seasons (2008-15)… is sixth in Yankees history in managerial wins, trailing only Joe McCarthy (1,460), Joe Torre (1,173), Casey Stengel (1,149), 70 Eddy Rodriguez* ...... C 71 Slade Heathcott ...... OF Miller Huggins (1,067) and Ralph Houk (944)… the Yankees have reached the postseason in five of his eight seasons as manager (2009-12, ‘15), including three AL East Division titles (2009, ‘11-12) and a World Series championship in 72 Gary Sanchez ...... C

2009… was named to the post on 10/30/07, becoming the 32nd manager in franchise history… in 2015, guided the 73 Nick Goody ...... RHP

Yankees to an 87-75 ( .537) finish and an AL Wild Card Game berth… was at the helm for the Yankees’ 10,000th franchise 74 Ronald Torreyes ...... INF win on 10/1/15 vs . Boston . 75 ...... LHP 76 Domingo German* ...... RHP 21 AND COUNTING: This year marks the 21st season the Yankees have held spring training at George M . Steinbrenner 77 Diego Moreno* ...... RHP 78 Jonathan Diaz* ...... INF Field in Tampa, Fla .… the complex originally opened prior to the 1996 season as Legends Field… during a pregame ceremony on 3/27/08, was renamed as George M . Steinbrenner Field in honor of principal owner George Steinbrenner 79 Cesar Puello* ...... OF 80 Vicente Campos ...... RHP III… since its inception, GMS Field has also served as home for the Single-A Tampa Yankees of the Florida State 81 Tyler Cloyd* ...... RHP League… prior to relocating to Tampa in 1994 (the team played at Red McEwen Field at the University of South Florida from 1994-95), the Yankees trained in Ft . Lauderdale, Fla . 82 Ben Gamel ...... OF 83 Johnny Barbato ...... RHP HOW’S THE WEATHER UP THERE?: The Yankees’ spring training roster features 14 players who are 6’4” or taller, all but 84 Richard Bleier* ...... LHP 85 Luis Cessa ...... RHP three of whom are … the tallest is 6’8” RHP Dellin Betances, followed by OF Aaron Judge, LHP Andrew Miller 86 Kyle Higashioka* ...... C and RHP Michael Pineda, all of whom stand at 6’7”… LHP CC Sabathia and LHP Tyler Webb are 6’6”… listed at 6’5” is RHP 87 Brady Lail* ...... RHP Ivan Nova… OFOF , INF Greg Bird, LHP Aroldis Chapman, RHP James Kaprielian, RHP Branden Pinder, LHP Chasen Shreve and RHP Anthony Swarzak are all 6’4” . 88 Tyler Webb* ...... LHP 89 Francisco Diaz* ...... C FOR STARTERS: RHP Masahiro Tanaka (0-0, 0 .00 ERA) will make his second spring start for the Yankees…tossed 2 .0 shutout 90 James Kaprielian* ...... RHP IP (2H, 1BB, 2K) in his spring debut Sunday at Clearwater…went 12-7 with a 3 .51 ERA (154 .0IP, 60ER) and one complete game 91 Santiago Nessy* ...... C in 24 starts in 2015…allowed a .211 (126-for-571, 25HR) opponent’s average; LH .223 (60-for-269, 13HR), RH .219 (66-for-302, 92 Sebastian Valle* ...... C 12HR)…according to -Reference .com, is one of 10 Major League pitchers since 1914 to record at least 25 wins within 93 Jorge Mateo* ...... INF his first 44 career games…only six of the 10 won more than 25 games . 94 Tyler Wade* ...... INF • On Saturday at Tampa Bay, RHP Luis Severino (0-0, 10 .38 ERA) will make his second spring start (third appearance) for the 95 Dustin Fowler* ...... OF Yankees…tossed 3 .0 shutout IP (2H, 1HB, 3K) last time out Monday vs . Houston…went 5-3 with a 2 .89 ERA (62 .1IP, 21R/20ER) 96 Chad Green* ...... RHP in 11 starts in his first Major League season in 2015…held opponents to a .229 (53-for-231, 9HR) batting average; LH .244 97 Deibinson Romero* ...... INF (30-for-123, 3HR), RH .213 (23-for-108, 6HR)…was just the fourth in Yankees history to record at least five wins and 98 Lane Adams* ...... OF post an ERA of 3 .00-or-lower in his age-21 season or younger, joining Whitey Ford (1950), Hank Thormahlen (1918) and Ray 99 Aaron Judge* ...... OF Keating (1914) . *Non-roster invitee

UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS COUNTDOWN TO Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time TV/Radio (April 4 vs . Houston - 1:05 p .m .) Sat ., Mar . 12 at Tampa Bay RHP Luis Severino vs . LHP 1:05 p .m . WFAN Sun ., Mar . 13 vs . Philadelphia LHP CC Sabathia vs . TBA 1:05 p .m . YES/WFAN 25 days UPCOMING GAME INFORMATION QUICK HITS Yankees at PLAYERS ON CAMP ROSTER (70): Pitchers: 33 Catchers: 9 Infielders: 15 Outfielders: 12 DH: 1 Sat ., Mar . 12 – 1:05 p .m . YOUNGEST PLAYER IN CAMP: INF Jorge Mateo, age 20 (DOB: 06/23/95) Charlotte Sports Park OLDEST PLAYER IN CAMP: DH Alex Rodriguez, age 40 (DOB: 07/27/75) 2300 El Jobean Road MOST TENURED PLAYER IN CAMP: DH Alex Rodriguez (Service time: 21 years, 11 days) Port Charlotte, FL 33948 GMS Clubhouse Hours: TBA 2015 SEASON IN REVIEW Bus Departs: 8:45 a .m . ROLL CALL: The Yankees used 56 players in 2015 (P-31, C-4, INF-11, OF-9, DH-1), tied for the second-highest total in franchise history, trailing only 2014 (58 total: P-32, C-4, INF-12, OF-10) and matching 2013 (56 total: Yankees vs. Sun ., Mar . 13 – 1:05 p .m . P-23, C-4, INF-18, OF-10, DH-1)… used 23 players with rookie status… 31 players made their Yankees debuts in George M . Steinbrenner Field 2015, including 18 making their MLB debuts… tied a club record (also 2014) by using an AL-high 33 pitchers in 2015 (including position players) . One Steinbrenner Drive, Tampa, FL 33614 Clubhouse: TBA 10,000 WINS: With their postseason-clinching win on 10/1 vs . Boston the Yankees became the first AL team to

win 10,000 regular season games… are the winningest AL team all-time with a 10,000-7,570 record ( .569)… per

Elias, the Yankees had the highest winning pct . for any franchise at the time of their 10,000th win (previously the Giants at .540)… the next-most wins among AL teams: Boston (9,224-8,638) and Cleveland (9,097-8,772) . FRONTRUNNERS: The Yankees finished with the AL’s best record when leading after six innings (66-3, .957), seven innings (73-2, .973) and eight innings

(81-0, 1 .000)… had the most such wins of the three MLB teams that were perfect when leading after eight innings (WAS, 74-0; and SD, 62-0) .

PEN STATION: Yankees relievers collectively set a new single-season MLB record with 596K as a unit (previously Colorado, 589K in 2012)… collectively posted a 10 .11K/9 0IP. ratio (530 .2IP, 596K), the second-highest bullpen ratio in MLB history (2014 Yankees, 10 .25K/9 .0IP, 501 .1IP, 571K) .

SURVEY SAYS… : From 2014-15, the Yankees had a Major League-best 77 .6% success rate on replay challenges (58 challenges, 45 overturned)… led the Majors in both 2014 (82 .1%, 28 challenges, 23 overturned) and 2015 (73 .3%, 30 challenges, 22 overturned) . 2016 TRANSACTIONS Jan. 8 Acquired RHP Kirby Yates from Cleveland in exchange for cash considerations . Jan. 12 Acquired LHP Tyler Olson and INF Ronald Torreyes from Los Angeles-NL in exchange for INF and a player to be named later or cash considerations . Jan. 15 Claimed OF Lane Adams off waivers from Kansas City…designatedINF Ronald Torreyes for assignment…agreed to terms with RHP Michael Pineda and INF/OF Dustin Ackley on one-year, non-guaranteed contracts, thus avoiding arbitration . Jan. 19 Agreed to terms with RHP Nathan Eovaldi and INF Didi Gregorius on one-year, non-guaranteed contracts, thus avoiding arbitration . Jan. 25 INF Ronald Torreyes was claimed off waivers by Los Angeles-AL . Jan. 28 Agreed to terms with RHP Ivan Nova on a one-year, non-guaranteed contract, thus avoiding arbitration . Feb. 1 Claimed INF Ronald Torreyes off waivers from Los Angeles-AL…designatedOF Lane Adams for assignment . Feb. 5 Signed LHP Richard Bleier, RHP Tyler Cloyd, C Carlos Corporan, C Francisco Diaz, INF Jonathan Diaz, C Kyle Higashioka, INF Pete Kozma, RHP Diego Moreno, RHP Vinnie Pestano, OF Cesar Puello, C Eddy Rodriguez, INF Deibinson Romero, INF Donovan Solano, RHP Anthony Swarzak and C Sebastian Valle to minor league contracts with invitations to Major League spring training; invited OF Dustin Fowler, RHP Do- mingo German, RHP Chad Green, OF Aaron Judge, RHP James Kaprielian, RHP Brady Lail, INF Jorge Mateo, C Santiago Nessy, INF Tyler Wade and LHP Tyler Webb to Major League spring training . Feb. 11 Outrighted OF Lane Adams to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and invited him to Major League spring training . Feb. 12 Agreed to terms with LHP Aroldis Chapman on a one-year, non-guaranteed contract, thus avoiding arbitration . Feb. 19 Invited RHP Kyle Haynes and RHP Mark Montgomery to Major League spring training . Feb. 23 Signed 1B Chris Parmelee to a minor league contract with an invitation to Major League spring training . Mar. 2 Signed OF Chris Denorfiato a minor league contract with an invitation to Major League spring training .

2016 SPRING TRAINING 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 9,879 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 1 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 Tues ., 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

DAY/DATE OPPONENT SITE TIME TV/RADIO Fri., Mar. 11 vs. Baltimore GMS Field 1:05 p.m. Sat ., Mar . 12 at Tampa Bay Port Charlotte 1:05 p .m . WFAN Sun., Mar. 13 vs. Philadelphia GMS Field 1:05 p.m. YES/WFAN Mon ,. Mar . 14 Off Day Tue ., Mar . 15 at Boston Fort Myers 6:05 p .m . Wed., Mar. 16 vs. Toronto GMS Field 6:35 p.m. YES/WFAN Thurs ., Mar . 17 at Pittsburgh Bradenton 1:05 p .m . Fri., Mar. 18 vs. Baltimore GMS Field 6:35 p.m. YES/WFAN Sat., Mar. 19 vs. Atlanta GMS Field 1:05 p.m. WFAN Sun ., Mar . 20 at Minnesota Fort Myers 1:05 p .m . WFAN Mon ,. Mar . 21 Off Day Tue., Mar. 22 vs. New York-NL GMS Field 6:35 p.m. Wed ., Mar . 23 at Washington Viera 5:05 p .m . Thurs., Mar. 24 vs. Tampa Bay GMS Field 6:35 p.m. Fri ., Mar . 25 at Baltimore Sarasota 1:05 p .m . YES Sat ., Mar . 26 at Toronto Dunedin 1:07 p .m . WFAN Sun., Mar. 27 vs. Minnesota GMS Field 1:05 p.m. YES/WFAN Mon., Mar. 28 vs. Detroit GMS Field 6:35 p.m. Tue., Mar. 29 vs. Pittsburgh (ss) GMS Field 1:05 p.m. YES at Philadelphia (ss) Clearwater 1:05 p .m . 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 Ballpark 7:10 p .m . Sat ., Apr . 2 at Miami Marlins Ballpark 1:10 p .m . Sun ., Apr . 3 Off Day

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