NEWS AND NOTES

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2013

TODAY’S GAME: YANKEES (1-1) at (2-0) NUMERICAL 1:05 P.M. – ED SMITH STADIUM – SARASOTA, FL – TV: None – RADIO: None 2 ...... INF 11 ...... OF LHP VIDAL NUNO (10-6, 2.54 ERA in ‘12 w/ Tampa and Trenton) vs. LHP BRIAN MATUSZ (6-10, 4.87 ERA in ‘12) 12 * ...... INF/OF Nuno is scheduled to be followed by RHP Bryan Mitchell, RHP Shane Greene, RHP Ryan Pope, RHP Kelvin Perez, LHP 13 + ...... INF Josh Spence and RHP Chase Whitley. 14 Curtis Granderson ...... OF 17 Jayson Nix* ...... INF YANKEE DOODLES: The will play the third exhibition game of their Major League Grapefruit League 18 ...... RHP schedule spring schedule today vs. the Baltimore Orioles at Ed Smith Stadium in Sarasota, Fla…will play 35 total spring 19 ...... C games, including a game vs. the (3/6), at Washington’s Nationals Park (3/29) and at West Point vs. 22 Matt Diaz* ...... OF Army (3/30)…are slated for 17 home games total, with four home night contests…marks the Yankees’ 18th consecutive 24 Robinson Cano ...... INF 25 ...... INF season at Steinbrenner Field (1996-2013), formerly Legends Field, and the 111th season in franchise history. 26 Eduardo Nunez ...... INF

27 Shawn Kelley ...... RHP YESTERDAY’S RECAP: The Yankees fell to the Blue Jays, 2-0, in their spring home opener…LF Curtis Granderson (0-for-0) 28 ...... MGR left the game in the bottom of the first after being by a pitch (see below)…RHP Adam Warren tossed 2.0 scoreless 29 ...... C innings in the start (2K, 1HP)…RHP Matt Daley threw 1.0 scoreless inning of relief in his first action since 2011 (1H, 30 David Robertson ...... RHP 2K)…DH (1-for-2) doubled in the fourth inning for the Yankees’ lone extra-base hit of the game. 31 Ichiro Suzuki ...... OF 33 Travis Hafner ...... DH GRANDY: LF Curtis Granderson suffered a fractured right forearm in Sunday’s loss vs. Toronto after being hit with a 2-2 34 David Aardsma ...... RHP pitch thrown by Blue Jays starter J.A. Happ in the bottom of the first inning…is expected to miss approximately 10 weeks 35 Michael Pineda ...... RHP 36 ...... INF before being Major League ready (including healing and rehab). 38 Cody Eppley ...... RHP

39 Clay Rapada ...... LHP START ‘EM EARLY: Due to the playing of the World Classic, the Yankees’ 2013 spring schedule began nine days 40 Matt Daley* ...... RHP earlier than last year, and marks the earliest start to the Yankees’ spring training game schedule in at least 65 years. 41 David Phelps ...... RHP 42 ...... RHP WORLDWIDE: In addition to 16 Grapefruit League home games, the Yankees will also play host to the Dominican Republic 43 Jim Miller* ...... RHP World Baseball Classic team on Wednesday, 3/6 at 1:05 p.m. at Steinbrenner Field. 45 Bobby Wilson* ...... C  The Yankees have six players from their spring camp participating in this year’s World Baseball Classic…2B Robinson 46 ...... LHP Cano (Dominican Republic), LHP Juan Cedeno (Dominican Republic), INF (Mexico), OF Melky Mesa 47 Ivan Nova ...... RHP 48 Boone Logan ...... LHP (Dominican Republic), 1B Mark Teixeira (USA) and INF Gil Velazquez (Mexico)…additionally, minor league switch- 50 ...... 1B will pay for Team Italy…Bench Coach Tony Pena will manage the Dominican Republic team. 52 CC Sabathia ...... LHP 53 Josh Spence* ...... LHP QUICK HITS: 54 ...... HITTING PLAYERS ON CAMP ROSTER (83): : 43 : 8 : 18 : 13 DH: 1 54 Juan Rivera* ...... OF YOUNGEST PLAYER IN CAMP: C Gary Sanchez (20 years, 72 days on 2/12/13 – report date). 55 David Herndon* ...... RHP OLDEST PLAYER IN CAMP: RHP Mariano Rivera (43 years, 76 days on 2/12/13 – report date). 56 Tony Pena ...... BENCH 57 ...... BULLPEN MOST TENURED PLAYER ON ROSTER: 3B Alex Rodriguez (18 yrs, 11 days)…IN CAMP: RHP Mariano Rivera (17 yrs, 105 58 Larry Rothschild ...... PITCHING days)…the Yankees’ 40-man roster includes a total of eight players with at least 10 years of service time: also Travis 59 ...... 3B COACH Hafner (10 yrs, 9 days), Derek Jeter (17 yrs, 43 days), Andy Pettitte (16 yrs, 144 days), CC Sabathia (12 yrs), Ichiro Suzuki 60 Thomas Neal* ...... OF (12 yrs) and Mark Teixeira (10 yrs)…in addition, non-roster invitee Juan Rivera has 10 yrs, 47 days of service. 61 Adam Warren...... RHP 62 ...... RHP THE AIR UP THERE: The Yankees spring training roster features nine players measuring 6’5” or taller – including the tallest 63 Melky Mesa ...... OF of the bunch, RHP (6’8”)…also RHP Michael Pineda and LHP CC Sabathia (6’7”); and Cody Eppley, RHP 65 ...... RHP David Herndon, RHP Phil Hughes, LHP Boone Logan, LHP Andy Pettitte and LHP Clay Rapada (each at 6’5”). 66 ...... C 67 Manny Banuelos ...... LHP GOING GLOBAL: There are eight different countries represented on the current Yankees’ roster: Australia, Cuba, 68 Dellin Betances ...... RHP 70 Brett Marshall ...... RHP Dominican Republic, Japan, Mexico, Panama, and Venezuela. 71 Cesar Cabral ...... LHP

72 Jose Ramirez ...... RHP UPCOMING IMPORTANT DATES: 73 ...... INF  Wed., March 6 (1:05 p.m.) – Exhibition game vs. the Dominican Republic team. 74 Francisco Rondon ...... LHP  Fri., March 29 (2:05 p.m.) – Exhibition game vs. at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C. 75 Nik Turley ...... LHP  Sat., March 30 (2:00 p.m.) – Exhibition game vs. Army at West Point. 76 J.R. Murphy* ...... C  Mon., April 1 (1:05 p.m.) – 2013 Regular Season Opener vs. Boston. 77 Corban Joseph ...... INF 78 Zoilo Almonte...... OF FOR OPENERS: The Yankees will open the regular season on Monday, April 1 vs. the …will open the season 79 Ramon Flores ...... OF 80 Gary Sanchez* ...... C with a home game against Boston for the first time since 2005…the Yankees are 18-11-1 in 30 previous all-time Opening 81 Chase Whitley* ...... RHP Day games vs. Boston, including a 4-4 tie due to darkness in 1910…will play 19 of their first 32 games at home. 82 Ryan Pope* ...... RHP  The Yankees will also serve as the opponent for Detroit’s home opener on Friday, 4/5 as well as the 83 Kyle Higashioka*...... C on Monday, 4/8. 84 Matt Tracy* ...... LHP 85 Gil Velazquez* ...... INF VS. BALTIMORE: Today’s game is the first of three meetings vs. Baltimore this spring… met 18 times last year during the 87 Francisco Arcia* ...... C 2012 regular season, splitting the season series, 9-9 (6-3 at Camden Yards, 3-6 at )…are 532-433-3 all-time 87 Corey Black* ...... RHP against the O’s…have faced Baltimore twice in the postseason, defeating them in the 1996 ALCS (4-1) and 2012 Divisional 88 Tyler Austin* ...... OF Series (3-2)…the Yankees will face the Orioles eighteen times in the 2013 campaign. 88 Juan Cedeno* ...... LHP 89 Greg Bird* ...... INF 89 Preston Claiborne* ...... RHP FOR STARTERS: LHP Vidal Nuno (pronounced noon-yo) will start for the Yankees today at Baltimore…combined to go 90 * ...... INF 10-6 with a 2.54 ERA (138.1IP, 39ER) in 31 games (21 starts) with -A Trenton and -A Tampa… led all Yankees 90 Nick Goody* ...... RHP organizational pitchers in ERA and (126) and tied for third in wins… spent the majority of the season with 91 Adonis Garcia*...... OF Double-A Trenton, where he was 9-5 with a 2.45 ERA (114.0IP, 31ER) in 20 starts following his call-up from Tampa on 5/21. 91 Shane Greene* ...... RHP On Tuesday, RHP Jose Ramirez will make his spring debut at Philadelphia…spent 2012 with Single-A Tampa, going 7- 92 * ...... OF 6 with a 3.19 ERA (98.2IP, 35ER) in 21 games (18GS)…ranked second on the Tampa staff in ERA…spent over a month on 92 Tom Kahnle* ...... RHP 93 Walter Ibarra* ...... INF the disabled list from 5/16-6/20 with tightness in his right Latissimus Dorsi…went 5-2 with a 2.17 ERA (54.0IP, 13ER) 93 Bryan Mitchell* ...... RHP after returning from the D.L. 94 Luke Murton*...... INF 94 Mark Montgomery* ...... RHP 2012 RECAP: The Yankees finished 2012 regular season with the best record in the AL (95-67, .586), winning the AL East by 95 Ronnier Mustelier* ...... OF 2.0G over Baltimore…defeated Baltimore in the ALDS (3-games-to-2) before being swept by Detroit in the ALCS…only 95 Zach Nuding* ...... RHP Washington (98) and Cincinnati (97) had more regular-season victories…earned their 18th AL East title since the advent of 96 Addison Maruszak* ...... INF Divisional Play in 1969 (most division titles all time, Atlanta-16)…marked the 17th postseason appearance for the Yankees 96 Vidal Nuno* ...... LHP in the last 18 years (1995-2007, ’09-12)—the only such stretch in Baseball history (credit: Stats, LLC)…recorded at least 95 97 Mike O’Brien* ...... RHP 97 Jose Pirela* ...... INF wins in a season for the fourth straight year and 10th time in the last 12 campaigns…were in first place (either tied or 98 Kelvin Perez* ...... RHP alone) each day since the start of play on 6/12 through the end of the season, a streak of 114 consecutive days…marked 98 Kyle Roller* ...... INF their longest such stretch atop the AL East since 2004. 99 Branden Pinder* ...... RHP 99 * ...... INF UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time Broadcast info *Non-roster invitees Tue., 2/26 at Philadelphia RHP Jose Ramirez vs. RHP Kyle Kendrick 1:05 p.m. Wed., 2/27 vs. Baltimore LHP Nik Turley vs. TBA 1:05 p.m. YES

THE SKIPPER: Joe Girardi begins his sixth spring training as of the New York Yankees with a 479-331 (.591) record…guided the Yankees to an AL- best 95-67 (.586) finish, the third-best record in the Majors behind Washington (98-64, .605) and Cincinnati (97-65, .599)…led the club to its third AL East Division title in his last five years at the helm (also 2009 and 2011)…was named to the post on 10/30/07, becoming the 32nd manager in franchise history…is the only current manager to take his team to the postseason in each of the last four seasons…owns a 557-415 (.573) career managerial record, trailing only (581), Davey Johnson (575), Al Lopez (570) and Frank Chance (570) for the most wins by any UPCOMING GAME INFORMATION manager in his first six years at the helm (credit: Elias). Tue., Feb. 26 – 1:05 p.m. HOMER HAPPY: The Yankees led the Majors with a franchise-record 245HR in 2012, surpassing the previous mark of Yankees at Philadelphia

244 set in 2009…tied the 1996 for the seventh-most homers in a season all-time…became the first Bright House Field team to homer in at least 131 games in a single season…reached the 200-homer plateau for the 12th time in the last 601 N. Old Coachman Rd. 13 years since 2000 (all but 2008)…scored 48.4% of their runs on HRs. Clearwater, FL 33765

 Had nine players with at least 15HR this season (Cano, Chavez, Granderson, Ibanez, Jeter, Martin, Rodriguez, Bus Departs: 9:45 am Swisher and Teixiera)…marks the franchise’s most players with at least 15HR in a single season and ties the Major Clubhouse: 8:30 – 9:30 am

League record (also the 2005 Indians and 2005 Rangers). Wed., Feb. 27 – 1:05 p.m.  Had 10 players with at least 10HR, most for any team in 2012 and tying the franchise record (also 1998). Yankees vs. Baltimore

PITCHING IN: Yankees pitchers in 2012…  Walked just 431 batters in 2012, the fewest in the AL and the fourth-fewest in the Majors…marked their fewest walks allowed since 2003 (375), which was also the last time they led the AL.  Struck out a single-season franchise-record 1,318 batters in 2012… surpassed the previous mark of 1,266K set in 2001.  Starters were a combined 71-50 (.587), marking the best winning percentage among all AL starting staffs (fifth-best in the Majors).  Had three starters (Phil Hughes, Hiroki Kuroda and CC Sabathia), each with at least 15 wins in the same season for the first time since 2006 (Randy Johnson-17, Mike Mussina-15 and Chien-Ming Wang-19)… had four pitchers with at least 12 wins (also Nova) for the first time since 2003.

TWO-OF-A-KIND: SS Derek Jeter and RHP Mariano Rivera, in 2013, will look to become the first set of players to be teammates in 19-or-more consecutive seasons since Alan Trammell and Lou Whitaker played together for 19 straight seasons with the from 1977-95 (credit: Elias).

#WINNING: The Yankees secured their 20th consecutive winning season in 2012 (dating back to 1993)…according to COUNTDOWN TO the Elias Sports Bureau, their streak of 20 straight winning seasons is the second-longest streak of consecutive seasons (4/1 vs. BOS) above .500 for any Major League franchise trailing only the Yankees’ of 39 straight from 1926-64. 35 DAYS

GOING PROSPECTING: The Yankees landed four farmhands in the recently released Top 100 Prospects, with OF Mason Williams (No. 32 – up from No. 85 in 2012), C Gary Sanchez (No.57 – up from No. 81 in 2012), OF Slade Heathcott (No. 63) and OF Tyler Austin (No. 77) all on the list…among AL teams, only the Minnesota (6), Boston (5), Houston (5), Seattle (5) and Tampa Bay (5) organizations landed more prospects on the list.

FAMILIAR FACES: Of the 83 players in camp, 57 were either originally drafted or signed as a non-drafted free agent by the Yankees (25 members of the 40- man roster and 32 non-roster invitees)…25 players on the 40-man roster appeared in at least one game with the Yankees in 2012…37 of this year’s spring training attendees played in at least one Major League game last season, including 27 members of the 40-man roster…30 members of the Yankees’ active 40- man roster have appeared in at least one Major League game in their career.

RECENT TRANSACTIONS Jan. 4 Claimed INF Russ Canzler off waivers from Cleveland; designated OF Chris Dickerson for assignment. Jan. 14 Released OF Chris Dickerson. Jan. 16 Signed RHP Phil Hughes to a one-year contract, avoiding arbitration. Jan. 17 Signed RHP Joba Chamberlain to a one-year contract, avoiding arbitration. Jan. 18 Signed LHP Boone Logan to a one-year contract, avoiding arbitration. Jan. 25 Signed RHP David Robertson to a one-year contract, avoiding arbitration. Jan. 31 Signed OFs Matt Diaz, Thomas Neal and Juan Rivera, INFs Dan Johnson and Gil Velazquez and C Bobby Wilson to minor league contracts with invitations to Major League spring training; invited 39 additional players from the organization to spring training. Feb. 1 Signed DH Travis Hafner to a one-year contract; designated OF Russ Canzler for assignment. Feb. 5 OF Russ Canzler claimed off waivers by Baltimore. Feb. 13 Acquired RHP Shawn Kelley from Seattle in exchange for OF Abraham Almonte; placed 3B Alex Rodriguez on the 60-day disabled list.

2013 SPRING TRAINING SCHEDULE AND RESULTS Date/Opp. Score WP LP SV Att. NYY Starter DEC IP H R ER BB K Pit./Strks Sat., Feb. 23 at ATL 8-3 Phelps Walden -- 9,187 Phelps W 2.0 3 0 0 0 0 --/-- Sun., Feb 24 vs. TOR 0-2 Happ Eppley Thompson 10,184 Warren -- 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 25/19

Date Opponent Site Time TV/Radio Mon., Feb. 25 at Baltimore Sarasota 1:05 p.m. Tue., Feb 26 at Philadelphia Clearwater 1:05 p.m. Wed., Feb 27 BALTIMORE GMS Field 1:05 p.m. YES Thur., Feb 28 TORONTO (ss) GMS Field 1:05 p.m. YES at Houston (ss) Kissimmee 1:05 p.m. Fri., Mar. 1 PHILADELPHIA GMS Field 1:05 p.m. YES Sat., Mar. 2 DETROIT GMS Field 1:05 p.m. YES/WCBS Sun., Mar. 3 at Boston Ft. Myers 1:35 p.m. YES Mon., Mar. 4 Off Day Tue., Mar. 5 ATLANTA GMS Field 7:05 p.m. YES/WCBS Wed., Mar. 6 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC GMS Field 1:05 p.m. YES Thur., Mar. 7 at St. Louis Jupiter 1:05 p.m. Fri., Mar. 8 at Miami Jupiter 1:05 p.m. Sat., Mar. 9 ATLANTA GMS Field 1:05 p.m. YES/WCBS Sun., Mar. 10 at Toronto Dunedin 1:05 p.m. Mon., Mar. 11 ST. LOUIS GMS Field 1:05 p.m. YES/ESPN Tue., Mar. 12 at Tampa Bay Port Charlotte 1:05 p.m. Wed., Mar. 13 PHILADELPHIA GMS Field 7:05 p.m. YES/WCBS Thur., Mar. 14 at Toronto Dunedin 1:05 p.m. Fri., Mar. 15 MIAMI GMS Field 1:05 p.m. YES Sat., Mar. 16 PHILADELPHIA (ss) GMS Field 12:05 p.m. YES/WCBS at Atlanta (ss) Lake Buena Vista 5:05 p.m. Sun., Mar. 17 at Pittsburgh Bradenton 1:05 p.m. Mon., Mar. 18 Off Day Tue., Mar. 19 at Philadelphia Clearwater 1:05 p.m. ESPN Wed., Mar. 20 BOSTON GMS Field 1:05 p.m. YES/ESPN Thur., Mar. 21 MINNESOTA GMS Field 7:05 p.m. YES Fri., Mar. 22 at Minnesota Fort Myers 1:05 p.m. Sat., Mar. 23 at Detroit Lakeland 1:05 p.m. Sun, Mar. 24 TAMPA BAY GMS Field 1:05 p.m. YES/WCBS Mon., Mar. 25 Off Day Tue., Mar. 26 HOUSTON GMS Field 7:05 p.m. YES Wed., Mar. 27 at Baltimore Sarasota 7:05 p.m. Thur., Mar. 28 PITTSBURGH GMS Field 1:05 p.m. Fri., Mar. 29 at Washington Nationals Park (Wash. D.C.) 2:05 p.m. YES Sat., Mar. 30 at Army West Point 2:00 p.m. YES

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