Game 95: Yankees at Rays
ST. PETERSBURG — So, on Sunday, Sean Rodriguez shattered a light bulb. On Monday, there was a power outage. And on Tuesday, Curtis Granderson lost a ball in the roof. What’s the next strange...
View ArticleGame 96: Yankees at Rays
ST. PETERSBURG — Interesting read on the front page of the St. Petersburg Times this morning, on the criticism of Tropicana Field and how it affects attendance. With CC Sabathia starting on his 31st...
View ArticleGame 108: Yankees vs. White Sox
CHICAGO — I’m no weather man, but after listening to everyone talk heading into tonight’s game, I can tell you this: Expect rain. Nothing yet as of 6 p.m. CT, but there’s supposed to be some pretty...
View ArticleGardner, Yankees agree at $2.8 million
The Yankees and outfielder Brett Gardner avoided arbitration Friday, agreeing to a one-year non-guaranteed contract, the club announced. The club and Gardner, 28, met at the midpoint of arbitration...
View ArticleSwisher could miss a week with hamstring strain
Yankees manager Joe Girardi said that he is hoping Nick Swisher will be available to return to the lineup on Tuesday, May 8 from a left hamstring strain. Swisher doesn’t think it’s going to take that...
View ArticleGardner has setback, sent for MRI
Brett Gardner had a setback after coming out of last night’s Minor League rehab game and has been sent for another MRI on his right elbow. Gardner had swelling in the muscular part of his elbow,...
View ArticleBrett Gardner suffers setback; out until at least All-Star break
Yankees outfielder Brett Gardner felt more pain in his right elbow this morning and will be sent to see a doctor on Monday. Manager Joe Girardi said that he does not expect Gardner back until at least...
View ArticleAnother setback for Brett Gardner?
Brett Gardner came into the Tampa, Fla. training complex today feeling a little sore and was given the day off, Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. Girardi said that the soreness is “a concern” and...
View ArticleYankees, Gardner avoid arbitration with one-year deal
NEW YORK – The Yankees announced on Friday that they have agreed with outfielder Brett Gardner on a one-year contract, avoiding salary arbitration. Financial terms of the agreement were not immediately...
View ArticleGirardi: Granderson will return as Yanks’ center fielder
When Curtis Granderson returns to the Yankees’ outfield, he will do so as the center fielder, manager Joe Girardi confirmed on Sunday. Girardi told reporters in Fort Myers, Fla. that he has decided to...
View ArticleBrett Gardner leads the Yankees into Oakland
Everything’s coming up Brett Gardner right now, which isn’t a bad thing for the Yankees. He enters play tonight coming off his first-ever selection as the American League Player of the Week, and said...
View ArticleGirardi: Gardner should be an All-Star
BALTIMORE — Brett Gardner’s name has not yet appeared on any of the All-Star balloting updates for the American League roster, but Yankees manager Joe Girardi is hoping that oversight will be...
View ArticleQuick hits: Gardner’s hand OK, Jeter on tap for Monday
Oh, I get it. Because he’s the “Sand Man.” Here are the early notes as the Yankees (68-60) and Rays (73-53) prepare to meet under the roof here at Tropicana Field, with CC Sabathia and David Price...
View ArticleQuick hits: Gardner’s season may be over
Here are the early notes as the Yankees (79-68) and Red Sox (89-59) get set to kick off a three-game weekend series here at Fenway Park. Hiroki Kuroda (11-10, 2.99) has the ball for the Yankees, and...
View ArticleDigging in for the new year
I need to pack up the ornaments and stow the Christmas tree away for another year; space is, as always, at a premium when you live in New York City. This is a long way of saying that I know we’ve got...
View ArticleKevin Long: “I’m doing everything in my power to try to correct it”
Kevin Long emerged from the coaches’ room after Wednesday’s 6-3 loss to the Rays, prepared to face the music after the Yankees’ season-high fifth straight loss and their ninth in the last 11 games. The...
View ArticleCarlos Beltran, Brett Gardner out of Yankees’ lineup
Carlos Beltran sustained two small facial fractures in a batting practice mishap on Wednesday afternoon, but the Yankees are hopeful that the veteran switch-hitter will be able to avoid landing on the...
View ArticleYanks hold pregame hitters’ meeting: “Enough is enough”
The frustration in the Yankees’ clubhouse bubbled over on Thursday morning as several position players held an informal meeting, challenging themselves to pick up the production with less than seven...
View Article“Let’s just keep our fingers crossed and hope it’s not much.”
There was disappointment in Masahiro Tanaka‘s eyes on Wednesday morning, according to manager Joe Girardi, one day after the right-hander learned that he will miss at least a month with a strained...
View ArticleMasahiro Tanaka resumes throwing with 50 tosses
The Yankees will open a four-game series with the Orioles tonight at Yankee Stadium. Right-hander Nathan Eovaldi is making his sixth start of the season, with right-hander Chris Tillman on the mound...
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