GAME NOTES FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 2014

TODAY’S GAME: (8-6-2) vs. (5-7-1) YANKEES ROSTER 1:05 P.M. – GEORGE M. STEINBRENNER FIELD – TAMPA, FL – TV/RADIO: YES 2 ...... INF RHP DAvid phelps (0-0, 1.86) vs. RHP KYLE GIBSON (0-0, 0.00) 11 Brett Gardner ...... OF In relief for NYY: LHP Manny Banuelos, RHP David Herndon, LHP Fred Lewis and RHP Dellin Betances 12 Alfonso Soriano...... OF 14 Brian Roberts ...... INF. YANKEE DOODLES: Today the New York Yankees will play the Minnesota Twins at 1:05 p .m . at George M . Steinbrenner Field in 17 Brendan Ryan...... INF Tampa… are scheduled for 34 total spring games, including 33 against Major League opposition (defeated Florida State, 8-3, in 18 Hiroki Kuroda...... RHP their first game of the spring on 2/25)… are slated for 17 home games, including 16 vs . Major League teams… will play six night 19 Masahiro Tanaka ...... RHP games, 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) 22 Jacoby Ellsbury...... OF and one on the road (3/20 at Boston)… marks the Yankees’ 19th consecutive season at Steinbrenner Field (1996-2014), formerly 24 Scott Sizemore*...... INF Legends Field, and the 112th season in franchise history . 25 Mark Teixeira...... INF 26 Eduardo Nunez...... INF YESTERDAY’S NEWS: On Thursday at Steinbrenner Field, the Yankees shut out the Orioles, 6-0… RHP Michael Pineda made 27 Shawn Kelley...... RHP his first start of the spring—and second appearance—allowing 3H in 2 .2 scoreless innings (1BB, 5K)… Yankees relievers 28 Joe Girardi...... MANAGER (Robertson, Thornton, Billings, Leroux and Cabral) combined to allow just 3H and 1BB with 8K in 6 .1IP… CF Brett Gardner (2- 29 ...... C for-4) hit an RBI double in the second inning and scored two runs… RF Zoilo Almonte (2-for-3) doubled and scored a run . 30 David Robertson...... RHP • At Bright House Field in Clearwater, the Yankees fell to the Phillies, 2-6… RHP Ivan Nova started and recorded the loss, 31 Ichiro Suzuki...... OF allowing 3ER in 5 .0IP (9H, 6K, 1WP)… CF Jacoby Ellsbury (1-for-3) hit his first of the spring with a solo shot in the 33 Kelly Johnson...... INF seventh… C Francisco Cervelli (1-for-3) drove in the Yankees’ only other run with a seventh-inning single . 34 Brian McCann...... C 35 Michael Pineda...... RHP CANAL STREET: On Saturday and Sunday, the Yankees and will Most Seasons as a Yankees Player 36 Carlos Beltran...... OF participate in the “Legend Series” with a two-game series at Panama City’s Rod Player Seasons 38 Preston Claiborne...... RHP

Carew Stadium… the series will honor the legacy of recently-retired all-time saves DEREK JETER. . . . 19 (1995-2013) 40 Matt Daley*...... RHP leader … the series will mark the return of Mariano Rivera...... 19 (1995-2013) 41 David Phelps...... RHP to Panama for the first time since 1947… the “Legend Series” will include charitable Yogi Berra ...... 18 (1946-63) 43 Adam Warren ...... RHP events away from the field, including a gala featuring representation of both teams Mickey Mantle...... 18 (1951-68) Frank Crosetti...... 17 (1932-48) 45 Andrew Bailey...... RHP on 3/14 to benefit the Mariano Rivera Foundation… proceeds from the dinner will 47 Ivan Nova...... RHP go to Children’s Hospital in Panama City, the largest pediatric hospital in the country . Bill Dickey ...... 17 (1928-43, ’46) Lou Gehrig...... 17 (1923-39) 48 Matt Thornton ...... LHP Jorge Posada ...... 17 (1995-2011) 50 Mick Kelleher. . . . . 1B COACH MADE IN JAPAN: The Yankees have four Japan-born players in camp: OF Ichiro Whitey Ford...... 16 (1950, ’53-67) 52 CC Sabathia...... LHP Suzuki, RHP Hiroki Kuroda, RHP Masahiro Tanaka and non-roster invitee RHP Bernie Williams ...... 16 (1991-2006) 53 ...... C

Yoshinori Tateyama… the Yankees have had six Japan-born players in their history: MLB All-Time Hits List 54 Kevin Long...... HITTING Hideki Irabu (1997-99), Hideki Matsui (2003-09), Kei Igawa (2007-08), Hiroki Kuroda 1 . Pete Rose...... 4,256 55 David Herndon*...... RHP 2 . Ty Cobb...... 4,191 (2012-13), Ryota Igarashi (2012) and Ichiro Suzuki (2012-13)… with Tanaka and 56 Tony Pena...... BENCH Kuroda, the Yankees will have two Japan-born in their starting rotation, 3 . Hank Aaron ...... 3,771 4 . Stan Musial...... 3,630 57 Chris Leroux*...... RHP becoming the first team to do so since the Los Angeles Dodgers had starters Hideo 5 . Tris Speaker...... 3,514 58 Larry Rothschild. . . . . PITCHING Nomo and Kazuhisa Ishii in 2004 . 6 . Honus Wagner...... 3,430 59 Rob Thomson...... 3B COACH 7 . Carl Yastrzemski...... 3,419 60 Gary Tuck...... BULLPEN DOUBLE TAKE: Major League Baseball’s new instant replay rules will be in effect in 8 . Paul Molitor...... 3,319 61 Jim Miller*...... RHP seven Yankees games this spring (3/6 at Philadelphia, 3/8 at Houston, 3/12 vs . Detroit, 9. DEREK JETER ...... 3,316 10 . Eddie Collins...... 3,313 62 Robert Coello*...... RHP 3/13 at Philadelphia, 3/17 at Pittsburgh, 3/22 at Minnesota and 3/29 vs . Miami) . 63 Yoshinori Tateyama*...... RHP Most Hits in Franchise History 64 Cesar Cabral...... LHP #WINNING: The Yankees secured their 21st consecutive winning season last year 1. DEREK JETER...... 3,316 2 . Lou Gehrig...... 2,721 65 Zoilo Almonte...... OF (1993-2013)… according to the Elias Sports Bureau, it marks the second-longest 3 . Babe Ruth...... 2,518 66 John Ryan Murphy...... C such streak among Major League teams all time, trailing only the Yankees’ run of 4 . Mickey Mantle...... 2,415 67 Vidal Nuno...... LHP 39 straight wining seasons from 1926-64 . 5 . Bernie Williams...... 2,336 68 Dellin Betances...... RHP 70 Russ Canzler* ...... INF THE SKIPPER: In 2014, Manager Joe Girardi enters his seventh season (2008-present) at the helm of the 71 Brian Gordon*...... RHP

Yankees… owns a 564-408 ( .580) record in six years with the club, the Majors’ best mark over the stretch… is sixth 72 Corban Joseph*...... INF in Yankees history in managerial wins, trailing only Joe McCarthy-1,460, Joe Torre-1,173, Casey Stengel-1,149, 73 Antoan Richardson*...... OF

Miller Huggins-1,067 and Ralph Houk-944… has led the Yankees to three AL East Division titles (2009, ‘11-12) and a 74 Bruce Billings*...... RHP

World Series championship in ‘09… is the 32nd manager in Yankees history… his .566 (642-492) career winning pct . 75 Manny Banuelos ...... LHP (including a 78-84 mark in 2006 with Florida) is the highest by any skipper with at least 1,000 games managed since 80 Jose Gil* ...... C Hall of Famer Earl Weaver tallied a 1,480-1,060 ( .583) mark over a 17-year managerial career (1968-82 and ‘85-86) . 81 Ramon Flores ...... OF 83 Chase Whitley*...... RHP SUPPORTING CAST: The Yankees drew an AL-high 3,279,589 fans to in 2013, leading the AL in total 84 Mark Montgomery*...... RHP attendance for the 11th consecutive season… also led the AL with an average of 40,489 fans per home game… both 86 Jose Pirela*...... INF marks were fourth in the Majors, behind only Los Angeles-NL (3,743,527/46,216), St . Louis (3,369,769/41,602) and San 87 Francisco Arcia*...... C

Francisco (3,369,106/41,594)… the Yankees also led the AL in road attendance (2,690,604)… the Yankees’ combined draw 88 Danny Burawa* ...... RHP of 5,970,203 fans topped the AL for the 15th consecutive season . 89 Yangervis Solarte*...... INF 90 Shane Greene...... RHP FOR STARTERS: Today vs . Minnesota, RHP David Phelps will make his fourth start of the spring…started and allowed 3H in 91 Tyler Austin*...... OF 5 .0 scoreless innings (1K) on 3/9 vs . Tampa Bay…in 2013, appeared in 22 games (12 starts) with the Yankees, going 6-5 with 92 Fred Lewis* ...... LHP a 4 98. ERA (86 .2IP, 48ER)…as a starter, went 5-4 with a 4 93. ERA (65 .2IP, 36ER)…went 1-1 with a 5 14. ERA (21 0IP,. 12ER) in 10 93 Dean Anna...... INF relief appearances… missed 62 games with a right forearm strain (7/6-9/14) . 95 Adonis Garcia*...... OF

• On Saturday vs . Miami in Panama, RHP Adam Warren will make his third start of the spring… last started on 3/5 at Tampa 96 Pete O’Brien*...... C

Bay, allowing 4H and 1ER in 2 .1IP (2K, 1HR)… made his first career roster and combined to go 3-2 with a 3 .39 97 Mason Williams* ...... OF

ERA (77 0IP,. 29ER) in two stints with the Yankees (4/1-6/14 and 6/18-9/29)… made two starts, going 1-0 with a 2 25. ERA 98 Zelous Wheeler*...... INF

(8 .0IP, 2ER)… in 32 relief appearances, was 2-2 with a 3 .52 ERA (69 .0IP, 27ER) . *Non-roster invitees

• On Saturday at Baltimore, LHP Vidal Nuno will make his second official start of the spring… last started on 3/2 at Toronto,

allowing 1ER in 2 .0IP (2H, 0BB, 3K)… 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) OPENING DAY COUNTDOWN

in five games (three starts) over two stints with the Yankees (4/27-5/14 and 5/18-31)… while with Triple-A Scranton/ Wilkes-Barre, was placed on the 7-day D L. . on 6/8 with a strained left groin (suffered on 6/7), missing the remainder (April 1 at Houston - 7:10 p .m .)

of the season… won the 2013 James P . Dawson Award (given annually to the most outstanding Yankees rookie in spring 18 DAYS training), after going 1-1 with one save and a 0 .61 ERA (14 .IP, 1ER, 10H, 4BB, 13K) in seven appearances (two starts) . QUICK HITS PLAYERS ON CAMP ROSTER (60): Pitchers: 29 : 7 Infielders: 13 Outfielders: 11 YOUNGEST PLAYER IN CAMP: OF Ramon Flores (DOB: 3/26/92) / OLDEST PLAYER IN CAMP: OF Ichiro Suzuki (DOB: 10/22/73) MOST TENURED PLAYER IN CAMP: SS Derek Jeter (Service time: 18 years, 43 days)

UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS Date Opponent Probable Pitchers Time TV/Radio Sat ., March 15 vs . Miami (SS - Panama) RHP Adam Warren (1-0, 2 .08) vs . LHP Brad Hand (1-0, 1 .29) 8:05 p .m . WFAN/MLBN at Baltimore (SS) LHP Vidal Nuno (0-0, 4 .50) vs . RHP Chris Tillman (2-0, 7 .04) 1:05 p .m . None Sun ., March 16 vs . Miami (SS - Panama) LHP CC Sabathia (0-1, 5 .40) vs . RHP Nathan Eovaldi (0-0, 0 .00) 1:05 p .m . None vs . Atlanta RHP Masahiro Tanaka (0-0, 1 .80) vs . TBA 1:05 p .m . YES/WFAN 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), UPCOMING GAME INFORMATION 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, Yankees vs. Minnesota 10-OF)… of the 56 players used in 2013, 28 made their first-ever appearance as a Yankee, with eight players making Friday, March 14 – 1:05 p .m . their MLB debuts (Adams, Almonte, Cabral, Claiborne, Joseph, Marshall, Murphy and Nuno) . George M . Steinbrenner Field

SIDELINED: The Yankees used the disabled list 28 times in 2013 for 21 different players… placed a total of 15 One Steinbrenner Drive, Tampa, FL 33614 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 . GMS Clubhouse Hours: 9:00-10:00 a .m . AFTERTHOUGHTS: The Yankees failed to make the postseason for just the second time in the last 19 seasons Yankees at Baltimore (also 2008)… their game vs . Tampa Bay on 9/26 at Yankee Stadium 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) . Saturday, March 15 – 1:05 p .m . THOSE BLANKETY-BLANKS: The Yankees’ 10 shutouts in 2013, were their most in a season since 2008 Ed Smith Stadium 1090 N . Euclid Ave ., Sarasota, FL 34237 (11)… Ivan Nova started and won each of the Yankees’ final three shutouts (9/21 vs . San Francisco, 8/31 vs . Baltimore, 8/3 at San Diego) . Bus Leaves: 9:15 a .m . GMS Clubhouse Hours: 8:30-9:30 a .m . 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 winning percentage (1963/36-17/ .679 and 1904/35-17/ 673). .

YARD WORK: The Yankees had 23 different players homer for the club in 2013, tied with San Diego for most in the Majors… marked the most different Yankees to homer in a single season in franchise history, surpassing 22 different players with a home run for the club in 1965 and 2000 .

GOLDEN GLOVES: The Yankees posted a .988 fielding percentage to set a new franchise record (fractionally better than their .988 mark in 2010)… made just 69 errors, the third-lowest total in the Majors in 2013 and tying the franchise record for fewest in a season (also 2010) .

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 David Huff for assignment . Jan. 24 Traded LHP David Huff to the San Francisco Giants 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 . 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 .

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. / * = sellout 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 Sat ., Mar . 1 vs . PHI 4-0 Sabathia ND 2 .0 2 0 0 0 1 0 24/16 Kuroda Gonzalez None 10,934* Kuroda W 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 17/11 Tanaka ND 2.0 2 0 0 0 3 0 32/22 Sun ., Mar . 2 at TOR 8-2 Mitchell Redmond None 5,533 Nuno ND 2 .0 2 1 1 0 3 1 34/25 Mon ,. Mar . 3 vs . WAS 4-2 Nova Detwiler Miller 8,044 Nova W 3 .0 0 0 0 0 4 0 36/31 Tues ., Mar . 4 vs . BAL 2-3 Brach Whitley Huntzinger 8,724 Phelps ND 2 .2 5 1 1 1 2 0 49/29 Wed ., Mar . 5 at TB 4-5 Bedard Coello Odorizzi 6,469 Warren ND 2 .1 4 1 1 0 2 1 44/25 Thurs ., Mar . 6 at PHI 4-3 Burawa Aumont Montgomery 6,935 Tanaka ND 3 .0 2 1 1 0 1 1 41/25 Fri ,. Mar . 7 vs . DET 3-2 Miller Marte None 10,820* Kuroda ND 2 .2 1 0 0 1 5 0 52/30 Sat ., Mar . 8 at HOU 9-6 Whitley Cisnero Leroux 5,001 Nova ND 4 .0 8 3 3 0 5 0 54/38 Sun ., Mar . 9 vs . TB 3-3 None None None 11,017* Phelps ND 5 .0 3 0 0 0 1 0 59/38 Mon ,. Mar . 10 Off Day Tues ., Mar . 11 at WAS 2-3 Zimmermann Sabathia Delcarmen 7,372* Sabathia L 3 .0 4 3 3 2 3 0 62/37 Wed ., Mar . 12 vs . DET 7-7 None None None 10,759* Kuroda ND 3 .2 10 6 6 0 1 0 60/38 Thurs ., Mar . 13 vs . BAL (SS) 6-0 Pineda Norris None 9,317 Pineda W 2 .2 3 0 0 1 5 0 48/27 Thurs ., Mar . 13 at PHI (SS) 2-6 Hernandez Nova None 9,003* Nova L 5 .0 9 3 3 0 6 0 75/56

Day/Date Opponent Site Time TV/RADIO 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 8:05 p .m . Sun ., Mar . 16 ATLANTA GMS Field 1:05 p .m . YES/WFAN vs . Miami (ss) Panama City, Panama 1:05 p .m . 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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