SPRING TRAINING NEWS AND NOTES MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2013 TODAY’S GAME: NEW YORK YANKEES (1-1) at BALTIMORE ORIOLES (2-0) NUMERICAL 1:05 P.M. – ED SMITH STADIUM – SARASOTA, FL – TV: None – RADIO: None 2 Derek Jeter.............................. INF 11 Brett Gardner ........................... 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 Dan Johnson* .................. INF/OF Nuno is scheduled to be followed by RHP Bryan Mitchell, RHP Shane Greene, RHP Ryan Pope, RHP Kelvin Perez, LHP 13 Alex Rodriguez+ .................... INF Josh Spence and RHP Chase Whitley. 14 Curtis Granderson .................. OF 17 Jayson Nix* .............................. INF YANKEE DOODLES: The New York Yankees will play the third exhibition game of their Major League Grapefruit League 18 Hiroki Kuroda ........................ RHP schedule spring schedule today vs. the Baltimore Orioles at Ed Smith Stadium in Sarasota, Fla…will play 35 total spring 19 Chris Stewart ............................... C games, including a game vs. the Dominican Republic (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 Mark Teixeira........................... 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 Joe Girardi ............................. MGR left the game in the bottom of the first after being hit by a pitch (see below)…RHP Adam Warren tossed 2.0 scoreless 29 Francisco Cervelli ...................... 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 Travis Hafner (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 Kevin Youkilis .......................... 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 Baseball 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 Mariano Rivera ..................... 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 Andy Pettitte ........................ LHP Cano (Dominican Republic), LHP Juan Cedeno (Dominican Republic), INF Walter Ibarra (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 Mick Kelleher ........... 1B COACH pitcher Pat Venditte 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 Kevin Long ..................... HITTING PLAYERS ON CAMP ROSTER (83): Pitchers: 43 Catchers: 8 Infielders: 18 Outfielders: 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 Mike Harkey................. 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 Rob Thomson .......... 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 Joba Chamberlain ............... 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 Dellin Betances (6’8”)…also RHP Michael Pineda and LHP CC Sabathia (6’7”); and Cody Eppley, RHP 65 Phil Hughes ........................... RHP David Herndon, RHP Phil Hughes, LHP Boone Logan, LHP Andy Pettitte and LHP Clay Rapada (each at 6’5”). 66 Austin Romine ............................ 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, United States and Venezuela. 71 Cesar Cabral ...........................LHP 72 Jose Ramirez ......................... RHP UPCOMING IMPORTANT DATES: 73 David Adams ........................... 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. Washington Nationals 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 77 Corban Joseph ....................... INF Mon., April 1 (1:05 p.m.) – 2013 Regular Season Opener vs. Boston. 78 Zoilo Almonte.......................... OF FOR OPENERS: The Yankees will open the regular season on Monday, April 1 vs. the Boston Red Sox…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 Cleveland Indians 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 Yankee Stadium)…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 Cito Culver* ............................. INF 10-6 with a 2.54 ERA (138.1IP, 39ER) in 31 games (21 starts) with Double-A Trenton and Single-A Tampa… led all Yankees 90 Nick Goody* .......................... RHP organizational pitchers in ERA and strikeouts (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 Slade Heathcott* .................... 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,