GAME NOTES SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 2014

TODAY’S GAME: (1-2) vs. (1-2) YANKEES ROSTER 1:05 P.M. – GEORGE M. STEINBRENNER FIELD – TAMPA, FL – TV/RADIO: YES/MLBN 2 INF LHP CC sABATHIA (14-13, 4.78 in 2013) vs. RHP DAVID BUCHANAN (10-13, 4.40 in 2013 w/AAA & AA) 11 Brett Gardner OF In relief for NYY: RHPs Hiroki Kuroda, , Jose Ramirez, Dellin Betances & . 12 Alfonso Soriano OF 14 Brian Roberts INF YANKEE DOODLES: Today the New York Yankees will play the Philadelphia Phillies at GMS Field in Tampa at 1:05 p.m… are 17 Brendan Ryan INF scheduled for 34 total spring games, including 33 against Major League opposition (defeated Florida State, 8-3, in their first 18 Hiroki Kuroda RHP game of the spring on 2/25)… are slated for 17 home games, including 16 vs. Major League teams… will play six night games, 19 Masahiro Tanaka RHP including five at home (3/4 vs. Baltimore, 3/7 vs. Detroit, 3/21 vs. Pittsburgh, 3/25 vs. Philadelphia and 3/28 vs. Miami) and one 22 OF on the road (3/20 at Boston)… marks the Yankees’ 19th consecutive season at Steinbrenner Field (1996-2014), formerly Legends 24 * INF Field, and the 112th season in franchise history. 25 Mark Teixeira INF 26 Eduardo Nunez INF YESTERDAY’S NEWS: On Friday, the Yankees defeated Detroit, 7-4, in Lakeland, Fla… RHP Adam Warren started and 27 Shawn Kelley RHP earned the win, tossing 2.0 scoreless IP (2H, 2BB, 1K) in his first start of the spring… Yankees batters scored all of their 28 runs via the HR… C Brian McCann (1-for-2) hit a solo-HR in the second off Max Scherzer and DH Gary Sanchez (1-for-3) 29 Francisco Cervelli C hit a solo-HR in the third… in a five- seventh inning, LF (1-for-2) hit a 2R-HR and 2B 30 David Robertson RHP (2-for-2) hit a 3R-HR… RHPs Shawn Kelley (2H, 1K), Mark Montgomery (perfect), Danny Burawa (1BB), Chase Whitley 31 Ichiro Suzuki OF (1H, 1BB, 1K) and LHP Fred Lewis (1H, 2K) each tossed 1.0 scoreless IP… RHP Preston Claiborne tossed a scoreless ninth to earn the save (1.0IP, 2H, 2K). 33 Kelly Johnson INF 34 Brian McCann C Most Seasons as a Yankees Player CURTAIN CALL: On 2/12, Yankees captain SS Derek Jeter announced that he 35 Michael Pineda RHP Player Seasons would retire following the 2014 season… first addressed the decision during media 36 Carlos Beltran OF DEREK JETER. . . . 19 (1995-2013) availability on 2/19 in the Yankees Pavilion on the day Yankees position players . . . . . 19 (1995-2013) 38 Preston Claiborne RHP reported… this year will be his 20th season as a Yankee, which will break a tie with Yogi Berra...... 18 (1946-63) 40 Matt Daley* RHP Mariano Rivera (19 seasons), to become the longest tenured player in franchise Mickey Mantle...... 18 (1951-68) 41 David Phelps RHP history… leads all active Major Leaguers with a franchise-record 3,316 career hits… is Frank Crosetti...... 17 (1932-48) 43 Adam Warren RHP a 13-time All-Star (1998-2002, ‘04, ‘06-12), five-time Gold Glove winner (2004-06, ‘09- Bill Dickey ...... 17 (1928-43, ’46) 45 RHP Lou Gehrig...... 17 (1923-39) 10), five-time Silver Slugger winner (2006-09, ‘12)… was named the 1996 AL Rookie 47 Ivan Nova RHP of the Year, and MVP of the 2000 All-Star Game and 2000 , becoming ...... 17 (1995-2011) Whitey Ford...... 16 (1950, ’53-67) 48 Matt Thornton LHP the only player to win both awards in the same season… of the 2,602 career regular . . . . .16 (1991-2006) 50 Mick Kelleher 1B season games he has played in, there has been just one in which the Yankees had 52 CC Sabathia LHP already been mathematically eliminated from postseason contention (9/26/08). MLB All-time Hits List 1. Pete Rose...... 4,256 53 Austin Romine C 2. Ty Cobb...... 4,191 54 Kevin Long HITTING CANAL STREET: The Yankees and will participate in the “Legend 3. Hank Aaron ...... 3,771 55 David Herndon* RHP Series” with a two-game series at Panama City’s Rod Carew Stadium on 3/15- 4. Stan Musial...... 3,630 56 Tony Pena BENCH 16… the series will honor the legacy of newly retired all-time saves leader Mariano 5. Tris Speaker...... 3,514 57 Chris Leroux* RHP 6. Honus Wagner...... 3,430 Rivera… the series will mark the return of to Panama for the 7. Carl Yastrzemski...... 3,419 58 Larry Rothschild PITCHING first time since 1947… the “Legend Series” will include charitable events away from 8. Paul Molitor...... 3,319 59 3B COACH the field, including a gala featuring representation of both teams on 3/14 to benefit 9. DEREK JETER ...... 3,316 60 Gary Tuck BULLPEN the Mariano Rivera Foundation… proceeds from the dinner will go to Children’s 10. Eddie Collins...... 3,313 61 Jim Miller* RHP Hospital in Panama City, the largest pediatric hospital in the country. Most Hits in Franchise History • The Yankees trained in Panama in Feb. 1946, including a game against an 62 Robert Coello* RHP 1. DEREK JETER...... 3,316 63 Yoshinori Tateyama* RHP Panamanian all-star team before approximately 10,000 fans on 3/21/46… in the 2. Lou Gehrig...... 2,721 64 Cesar Cabral LHP spring of 1947, the Yankees and Dodgers played several exhibition games in 3. Babe Ruth...... 2,518 Panama during a trip that also included stops in Cuba, Puerto Rico and Venezuela. 4. Mickey Mantle...... 2,415 65 Zoilo Almonte OF 5. Bernie Williams...... 2,336 66 John Ryan Murphy C MADE IN JAPAN: The Yankees have four Japan-born players in camp: OF Ichiro 67 Vidal Nuno LHP 68 Dellin Betances RHP Suzuki, RHP Hiroki Kuroda, RHP Masahiro Tanaka and non-roster invitee RHP Yoshinori Tateyama… the Yankees have had six Japan-born players in their history: (1997-99), Hideki Matsui (2003-09), Kei Igawa (2007-08), Hiroki 70 Russ Canzler* INF Kuroda (2012-13), Ryota Igarashi (2012) and Ichiro Suzuki (2012-13)…with Tanaka and Kuroda, the Yankees will have two 71 Brian Gordon* RHP Japan-born in their starting rotation, becoming the first team to do so since the had starters 72 Corban Joseph* INF Hideo Nomo and Kazuhisa Ishii in 2004. 73 * OF 74 Bruce Billings* RHP

FOR STARTERS: Starting today vs. Philadelphia, LHP CC Sabathia will make his first spring start… in 32 starts in 2013, 75 Manny Banuelos LHP

went 14-13 with a 4.78 ERA (211.0IP, 112ER)… opponents batted .272 (224-for-823, 28HR); LH .242 (47-for-194, 5HR); RH 76 Jose Ramirez RHP

.281 (177-for-629, 23HR)… since his debut in 2001, has a 205-115 (.641) record with a 3.60 ERA and 2,389K in 415 starts, 77 Francisco Rondon* LHP marking the most wins and K in the Majors over the stretch… is second in starts, IP (2,775.1) and CG (37), and tied for 78 Slade Heathcott OF second in shutouts (12) over the span… has recorded at least 11 wins in each of his first 13 Major League seasons (2001-13), 79 Nik Turley LHP one of just four pitchers in the Modern Era (since 1900) to accomplish the feat, joining Don Sutton (first 17 seasons, 1966-82), 80 Jose Gil* C Eddie Plank (first 16 seasons, 1901-16) and Tom Seaver (also first 13 seasons, 1967-79). 81 Ramon Flores OF

• Pitching in relief today vs. Philadelphia, RHP Hiroki Kuroda will make his first spring appearance… in 2013, went 11-13 82 Gary Sanchez C

with a 3.31 ERA (201.1IP, 74ER) in 32 starts for the Yankees… was 7-3 with a 2.35 ERA (88.0IP, 23ER) in 14 starts at Yankee 83 Chase Whitley* RHP Stadium and 4-10 with a 4.05 ERA (113.1IP, 51ER) in 18 road starts… his nine scoreless starts were the most among all 84 Mark Montgomery* RHP hurlers … went undefeated in July, going 3-0 in five starts with a 0.55 ERA (33.0IP, 25H, 2ER, 6BB, 24K), 85 Bryan Mitchell RHP marking the lowest -month ERA (min: 5GS) by any Yankees since at least 1916. 86 Jose Pirela* INF • Pitching in relief today vs. Philadelphia, RHP Masahiro Tanaka will make his first spring appearance… was acquired by 87 Francisco Arcia* C the Yankees via the posting system from the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of Japan and signed to a seven-year contract 88 Danny Burawa* RHP

on January 22, 2014… contract extends through the 2020 season with an opt-out following the 2017 season… went 24-0 89 Yangervis Solarte* INF with one save and a 1.27 ERA (212.0IP, 30ER, 183K 8CG, 2SHO) in 28 games (27 starts) with the Tohoku Rakuten Golden 90 Shane Greene RHP Eagles… won the Pacific League MVP and the Sawamura Award as the best pitcher in Nippon , setting all-time NPB records for wins and ERA… in 175 games (172 starts) over seven seasons (2007-13) with Rakuten, went 99-35 91 Tyler Austin* OF 92 Fred Lewis* LHP with a 2.30 ERA (1,315.0IP, 336ER) with 53 complete games and 18 shutouts… also won the Sawamura Award in 2011… was the No. 1 pick in the 2006 NPB draft. 93 Dean Anna INF • Starting on Sunday at Toronto and making his second start of the spring will be LHP Vidal Nuno (2-1, 2.25 ERA in 94 Jose Campos RHP 95 Adonis Garcia* OF 2013)… made his first start of the spring on 2/25 vs. FSU at GMS Field, tossing 2.0 scoreless IP (1H, 3K)… made his Major League debut in 2013, going 1-2 with a 2.25 ERA (20.0IP, 16H, 5ER, 2HR, 6BB, 9K, 1HP) in five games (three starts) over 96 Pete O’Brien* C 97 Mason Williams* OF two stints with the Yankees (4/27-5/14 and 5/18-31)… opponents batted .213 (16-for-75, 2HR); LH .188 (3-for-16, 1HR), RH

.220 (13-for-59, 1HR)… while with -A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, was placed on the 7-day D.L. on 6/8 with a strained 98 * INF

left groin (suffered on 6/7), missing the remainder of the season… received the 2013 James P. Dawson Award, given *Non-roster invitees annually to the most outstanding Yankees rookie in spring training, after going 1-1 with one save and a 0.61 ERA (14.IP, 1ER) in seven appearances (two starts), striking out 13 batters with just 10H and 4BB. COUNTDOWN UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS TO Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time Broadcast Sun., Mar. 2 at Toronto LHP Vidal Nuno vs. RHP Esmil Rogers 1:05 p.m. (April 1 at Houston - 7:10 p.m.) Mon., Mar. 3 vs. Washington RHP Ivan Nova vs. LHP Ross Detwiler 1:05 p.m. YES Tues., Mar.4 vs. Baltimore LHP Wei-Yin Chen vs. RHP David Phelps 1:05 p.m. YES 31 DAYS GONE BOWLING: The New York Yankees and the New Era Pinstripe Bowl will host the inaugural Spring Training Trip in Tampa, Florida, from Sunday, March 2, through Tuesday, March 4. Representatives from the Big Ten and UPCOMING GAME INFORMATION Atlantic Coast Conferences, New Era and ESPN will help kickoff the start of a new college football campaign Yankees vs. Philadelphia Phillies with three days of dining, a visit to GMS Field on Monday to see the Yankees take on the Sat. Mar. 1 – 1:05 p.m. at 1:00 p.m., and other activities – including a round of golf and tennis instruction at the Bayou Club – on George M. Steinbrenner Field Tuesday morning. The 2014 New Era Pinstripe Bowl is currently scheduled to be played on Saturday, Dec. 27. One Steinbrenner Drive, Tampa, FL 33614 GMS Clubhouse Hours: 8:00-9:00 a.m. QUICK HITS Yankees at Toronto PLAYERS ON CAMP ROSTER (67): Pitchers: 34 : 8 Infielders: 13 : 12 Sun., Mar. 2 – 1:05 p.m. YOUNGEST PLAYER IN CAMP: C Gary Sanchez (DOB: 12/2/92) Florida Auto Exchange Stadium OLDEST PLAYER IN CAMP: OF Ichiro Suzuki (DOB: 10/22/73) 373 Douglas Avenue / Dunedin, FL 34698 MOST TENURED PLAYER IN CAMP: SS Derek Jeter (Service time: 18 years, 43 days) GMS Clubhouse Hours: 8:30-9:30 a.m. Bus Departs: 9:30 a.m. 2013 SEASON IN REVIEW CENSUS BUREAU: The Yankees used a franchise-record 56 players in 2013 (23-P, 4-C,18-INF, 10-OF and 1-DH),

surpassing their previous high of 51 players in both 2005 and ’08… their 33 position players were the most used by a Major League team since the 2004 Royals

(also 33)… the Yankees used 45 players in 2012 (22-P, 3-C, 10-INF, 10-OF)… of the 56 players used in 2013, 28 made their first-ever appearance as a Yankee, with eight players making their MLB debuts (Adams, Almonte, Cabral, Claiborne, Joseph, Marshall, Murphy and Nuno).

SIDELINED: The Yankees used the disabled list 28 times in 2013 for 21 different players… placed a total of 15 players (in 17 stints) on the 60-day D.L.… the Yankees combined to miss a total of 1,287 games on the D.L. in 2013.

AFTERTHOUGHTS: The Yankees failed to make the postseason for just the second time in the last 19 seasons (also 2008)… their game vs. Tampa Bay on 9/26 at marked the club’s first home game played without being in the playoff picture since the team’s final home game in 1993 (10/3/93 vs Detroit).

THOSE BLANKETY-BLANKS: The Yankees recorded 10 shutouts in 2013, marking their most in a single season since 2008 (11)… each of the Yankees’ final three shutouts were started and won by Ivan Nova (9/21 vs. San Francisco, 8/31 vs. Baltimore, 8/3 at San Diego). FINISH LINES: The Yankees starting pitching staff had seven complete games in 2013 (Nova-3, Sabathia-2, Kuroda-1 and Pettitte-1), marking the most for the club since having eight complete games during the 2005 season (R. Johnson-4, Mussina-2, Pavano-1, Small-1).

CLOSE CALLS: The Yankees had a Major League-best 30-16 (.652) record in one-run games after going 22-25 (.468) in such games in 2012… have had just two other seasons in franchise history in which they played as many or more one-run games with as high a (1963/36-17/.679 and 1904/35-17/.673). 2014 TRANSACTIONS Jan. 10 Signed LHP Matt Thornton to a two-year contract; designated OF Vernon Wells for assignment. Jan. 11 3B Alex Rodriguez placed on the Restricted List by Major League Baseball. 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 extending through the 2020 season with an opt-out following the 2017 season; designated LHP 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, Scott Sizemore, Yangervis Solarte and Zelous Wheel- er and OF Antoan Richardson to minor league contracts with invitations to Major League spring training; 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. 2014 spring training schedule Italics: Please note that statistics from the NYY vs. FSU game and any minor league games are not counted in official Grapefruit League stats. Date/Opp. Score WP LP SV Att. NYY Starter DEC IP H R ER BB K HR Pit./Stk. Tue., Feb. 25 vs. FSU 8-3 Nuno Miller None 7,708 Nuno W 2.0 3 0 0 0 3 0 26/17 Wed., Feb. 26 at PIT 5-6 Welker Whitley Wilk 6,870 Nova ND 1.1 2 2 2 2 1 0 37/22 Thurs., Feb. 27 vs. PIT 2-8 Coello Yang None 7,763 Phelps ND 2.0 2 1 1 0 4 1 30/20 Fri., Feb. 28 at DET 7-4 Warren Scherzer Claiborne 7,684 Warren W 2.0 2 0 0 2 1 0 27/17 Day/Date Opponent Site Time TV/RADIO Sat., Mar. 1 PHILADELPHIA GMS Field 1:05 p.m. YES/MLBN Sun., Mar. 2 at Toronto Dunedin 1:05 p.m. Mon., Mar. 3 WASHINGTON GMS Field 1:05 p.m. YES/MLBN Tue., Mar. 4 BALTIMORE GMS Field 7:05 p.m. YES/MLBN Wed., Mar. 5 at Tampa Bay Port Charlotte 1:05 p.m. Thurs., Mar. 6 at Philadelphia Clearwater 1:05 p.m. Fri., Mar. 7 DETROIT GMS Field 7:05 p.m. Sat., Mar. 8 at Houston Kissimmee 1:05 p.m. MLBN/WFAN Sun., Mar. 9 TAMPA BAY GMS Field 1:05 p.m. YES/WFAN Mon., Mar. 10 Off Day Tues., Mar. 11 at Washington Viera 1:05 p.m. Wed., Mar. 12 DETROIT GMS Field 1:05 p.m. YES/MLBN Thurs., Mar. 13 BALTIMORE (ss) GMS Field 1:05 p.m. YES at Philadelphia (ss) Clearwater 1:05 p.m. Fri., Mar. 14 MINNESOTA GMS Field 1:05 p.m. YES Sat., Mar. 15 at Baltimore (ss) Sarasota 1:05 p.m. WFAN/MLBN vs. Miami (ss) Panama City, Panama TBD Sun., Mar. 16 ATLANTA GMS Field 1:05 p.m. YES/WFAN vs. Miami (ss) Panama City, Panama TBD Mon., Mar. 17 at Pittsburgh Bradenton 1:05 p.m. Tue., Mar. 18 BOSTON GMS Field 1:05 p.m. YES/ESPN/WFAN Wed., Mar. 19 at Atlanta Disney World 1:05 p.m. Thurs., Mar. 20 at Boston Fort Myers 7:05 p.m. YES/ESPN/WFAN Fri., Mar. 21 PITTSBURGH GMS Field 7:05 p.m. MLBN Sat., Mar. 22 at Minnesota Fort Myers 1:05 p.m. MLBN/WFAN Sun., Mar. 23 TORONTO GMS Field 1:05 p.m. YES/MLBN/WFAN Mon., Mar. 24 Off Day Tues., Mar. 25 PHILADELPHIA GMS Field 7:05 p.m. YES/MLBN/WFAN Wed., Mar. 26 at Toronto Dunedin 1:05 p.m. Thurs., Mar. 27 at Pittsburgh Bradenton 1:05 p.m. YES Fri., Mar. 28 MIAMI GMS Field 7:05 p.m. Sat., Mar. 29 MIAMI GMS Field 1:05 p.m. YES/WFAN Sun., Mar. 30 Off Day Highlighted=Home Games / ss=Split Squad / All Times Eastern and Subject to Change

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