Astros pound Yanks in Opener.

They never said that it would be easy for the Yankees this season. They also forgot to mention that it wouldn't be easy to take care of business againt the Houston Astros even with Andy Pettitte on the mound. That was the case Monday night as the Astros were able to jump on Pettitte early and often scoring 3 runs in the 1st inning, 2 in the 4th, and 5 in the 5th to to easily defeat the Yankees 9-1 in the Bronx. It just wasn't Pettitte's night as he was able to get the first two hitters of...

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Astros stop in the Bronx.

After sweeping their division foe Toronto Blue Jays in 4 games over the weekend, the Yankees now have a perfect chance to add to that win streak with the Houston Astros coming to town for a 3 game set starting Monday night. The Yankees played the comeback card in all four games against the Jays over the weekend. After Travis Hafners game winning RBI triple in the 7th inning of Saturday's game, Lyle Overbay came thought with a 2-run homerun off R.A. Dickey in the 7th inning of Sundays game. The Yankees...

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Overbays late blast gives Yanks the win.

As they have so often this year, it seems that even when trailing late in the game, the Yankees find a way to win. That was the case again on Sunday as the Yankees were able to sweep the Blue Jays thanks to Lyle Overbay's 7th inning blast. Phil Hughes was coming off an impressive start in Tampa and he continued to add to that momentum by striking out 9 Jays hitters over 6 innings, giving up only 2 runs on 7 hits, while only walking 1. Hughes had some of his best stuff early. His slider was working...

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Hafner's big day backs Sabathia.

Looking to rebound from a sluggish start in his last outing against the Rays, CC Sabathia was able to battle for 8 strong innings, to be back by a resilient Yankees offense and earn his 4th victory of the year, Saturday at Yankee stadium. Sabathia was far from having his best stuff on the mound as he surrendered a season high, 9 hits to a very tough Blue Jays lineup. Sabathia gave up 3 runs early after a 12 pitch 1st inning, allowed an RBI groundout by Rajai Davis in the 3rd inning....

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What's Cano worth?

In the midst of a Cano contract year, Robinson Cano has been put with the pressure to carry an injury riddled Yankees lineup. His numbers throught the first month of the season have only showed-off Cano as the player the Yankees wanted him to be. Putting together on of the best starts to season in his career, Cano is presenting a great case to the Yankees for them to pay him what he wants. So, how much should he get? New agency: Just a couple weeks ago Cano, who was originally represented by...

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Yankees lose big in win over Jays.

Regardless of what the scoreboard says, the Yankees lost in a big way on Friday night at Yankee Stadium as both catcher Fancisco Cervelli and starting pitcher Ivan Nova left the game due to injuries in the Yankees 6-4 win over the Blue Jays. Cervelli left just 5 pitches into the game after a foul ball off the bat of Rajai Davis caught Cervelli on the knuckles of his right hand, forcing Girardi to pull him from the game. The Yankees later learned of the news that he had fractured his right hand....

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Cervelli and Nova leave with injuries.

Things went from bad to worse on Friday when 5 pitches into the game, catcher Francisco Cervelli was struck on his right (throwing arm) hand by a foul ball off the bat from Rajai Davis. Cervelli was forced to leave the game, with Girardi making the switch to bring in Chris Stewart. Cervelli suffered a fracture in his right hand and will require surgery. He is expected to miss at least 6 weeks. It's a tough break for such a hard worker in Cervelli. He had missed the WBC in order the win a starting...

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What to do when Grandy returns.

We're only a few days way from May 1st as April starts to close. The excitment that Yankee are feeling is that when May rolls around, we're going to get some of our stars back. But what's going to happen when they do. Who's getting cut and who's moving to the bench? Well first, let's just get this out of the way and say that when Teixeria returns, there's no doubt that he'll resume his duties as the starting first baseman, hitting 3rd or 4th in the lineup. Which in the end, will likey leave...

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Rough start, good finish for Kuroda.

The trend of bad 1st innings from a Yankees starting pitcher continued on Thursday after a 2-out walk to Jose Bautista led to a Edwin Encarnacion HR to give the Blue Jays an early 2-0 lead. Brett Lowrie added to that score in the 2nd with a solo homerun to the short porch in right, to pull ahead 3-0 for Mark Burehle. Burehle was working well until the 2nd inning when Vernon Wells shot a deep flyball into monument park, putting the Yankees on the board, 3-1. Next inning with two on base Robinson...

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Jeter assures that he'll return.

Derek Jeter is back in New York for the Yankees ucoming homestand and today he spoke to the media for the 1st time since news that a new crack in his ankel would likely keep him out until the all-star break. Jeter gave no doubts that he will return and when he does, be back to the best of his abilities as starting shortstop for the New York Yankees. The only problem is that Jeter never said when it is that he will return. "I'm not giving a timeline. Last timeline I set I didn't make." He...

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Back to the Bronx.

Returning home after a 6 game road trip, the Yankees will welcome the Toronto Blue Jays to the Bronx for their first visit of the season. Andy Pettitte's 10 strikeouts weren't enough on Wednesday night, as Alex Cobb surrendered only 4 Yankee hits in the 3-0 Rays win. The lose put the Yankees at 3-3 on the road trip. Hiroki Kuroda will be the man to greet the Blue Jays at the door when he takes the mound on Thursday in the 1st game of a 4 game set. Kuroda shut down the Jays in his last start in Toronto. Offense...

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Yankees eye series win.

Wednesday night in Tampa, the Yankees will attempt capture to series against Alex Cobb and the Rays. Should they win it would be their 5th consecutive series win, dating back to the Indians. After losing game 1 of the series 5-1, the Yankees rallied back from an early 1-0 hole that was caused by a 32 pitch 1st inning from Phil Hughes. Andy Pettitte will take the mound for the Yankees as he will try to break the streak of bad 1st innings from a Yankee starter. Both Sabathia and Hughes threw at least...

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Sabathia delivers another shaky 1st.

In his first 28 innings this season CC Sabathia only surrendered 1 homerun. Monday night in Tampa the Rays managed to take Sabathia deep, 3 times in the first 3 innings. Two of which, came off the bat of Ryan Roberts. Sabathia once against battled his 1st innings control and an unusually low velocity when the Rays were able to tally 4 first innings runs off the big Yankee left hander. Tampa sent 7 hitters to the plate in the 20-pitch 1st. Ryan Roberts and Yunel Escobar each hit homers and Roberts...

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Youkilis scratched from the lineup.

After returning to the lineup from a rest day with back tightness Kevin Youkilis has been scratched from the staring lineup for Mondays game in Tampa. Youkilis experienced more tightness in his lower back during batting practice today, forcing tonight 1st baseman out of tonights lineup. Lyle Overbay will now take the field in Youks place. Follow @GavinEwbank2013 on Twitte...

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Youkilis retruns to the lineup.

The Yankees are starting a 3-game series in Tampa tonight and Kevin Youkilis will be rejoining the lineup. Youkilis sat out Sundays game to rest his back, in whice he felt tightness in and was forced out, mid-way throught the game on Saturday. Not in the lineup tonight is Ichiro and Travis Hafner. Insted Ben Francisco will DH and Brennan Boesch will man right field. Facing lefty Matt Moore, the Yankees are holding both lefty hitter outof the lineup with Ichrio struggling latley and Hafner dosen't...

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From Toronto to Tampa.

Unable to capture the series sweep of the Blue Jays, the Yankees will now take the 4,000 mile trip from Toronto to Tampa for a 3 game series with the Rays (8-10). Offense was not an issue north of the boarder as the Yankees (10-7) were able to tally 18 runs over three games. But insted it was the bullpen that showed to be a bit of a concern, giving up lead on Saturday and Sunday. Andy Pettitte and Hiroki Kuroda both tossed impressive starts in the first two games of the series, with each pitcher...

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Wells and Hafner surprising many.

If you you would have told me back before spring training, that Travis Hafner and Vernon Wells were going to be two of the Yankees best three hitters, I would have guessed that the team was well under .500. That would have been a guess that was well off reality. Infact, the Yankees are 10-6, 2nd in the American League East. A division where the 7-11 Blue Jays were suppose to win by a land slide. In the first few weeks it's been quite the opposite. New York without some of their best...

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Nova once again, not impressive.

Ivan Nova fired a not so impressive, but winning start in his last outing against the D-backs and would not get away with that on Sunday in Toronto. Nova was once again all over the place giving up 4 runs on 7 hits, with 4 walks, throwing 56 strikes on 101 pitches over 5 innings. The Blue Jays jumped on Nova early, scoring 2 runs in the first two innings. Nova once again didn't jump out of the gates hot in the 1st inning as he threw 32 pitches. The Yankees were able to back up Nova on offense, scoring...

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Youkilis not in Sundays lineup.

After Kevin Youkilis was forced to leave Saturday's game with lower back tightness, the Yankees third baseman will take off Sundays game to rest. Manager Joe Giradi wasn't at all concerned with the injury, saying, "His back locked up a little bit on the right side. I don't think its anything serious." Youkilis was 1-for-3 in yesterday's game and singled home two runs in the 5th, on a line drive to left field. Lyle Overbay entered the game in the 6th inning as Youkilis' replacement. Jayson Nix will...

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Kuroda pitched well, didn't get the win

Hiroki Kuroda followed up his complete game gem last Sunday against the Baltimore Orioles, with another good outing on Saturday in Toronto. Kuroda was "effectively wild" as some would say. Throwing 64 strikes on 108 pitches over 7.1 innings. Surrendering only 3 hits, Kuroda left in the 8th after Colby Rasmus singled. David Robertson came on in relief and a couple batters later, Rasmus scored on a Rajai Davis single up the middle. The run was charged to Kuroda, ending his 20 2/3 innings scoreless...

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Hughes rebounds in series finale.

Phil Hughes by far, pitched better than he had in starts number one and two. Thursday night against the Arizona Diamondbacks, Hughes went 7 strong innings, which basically doubled his season innings total. While striking out 6, and surrendering 2 runs on 6 hits. Two of those hits were solo homeruns by Didi Gregorious and Martin Prado. Both homeruns were the only mistakes that Hughes had made all night. Showing impressive velocity at 93-94 mph, Hughes also showed the command to go with. By not walking...

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Jeter has small crack in his ankle.

Derek Jeter flew to Charlotte on Thursday for unscheduled appoint to see the same doctor that performed his ankle surgery back in October. CT scans showed that Jeter had a small crack in that very left ankle, and according to Brian Cashman Jeter won't be back until at least after the all-star break. "This is obviously a setback." Cashman said. "We're looking at sometime after the all-star break." Cashman also said that its unknown whether or not Jeter's push to return April 1st caused this small...

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Recap: 4/17 NYY vs ARI.

CC Sabathia recovered from a 31 pitch 1st inning, which included a to 2-run homerun from Paul Goldschmidt. To throw 77 pitches over the next 7 innings to help the Yankees defeat the Diamondbacks, Wednesday night in the Bronx. Sabathia had a lot of trouble getting out and throwing strikes in the 1st inning. The velocity wasn't quite there, like it hasn't been all season. CC averaged his fastball around the 88 to 90mph range. After retiring 11 of 12 batters from the 1st through 4th inning, the D-Backs...

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Nova struggles, still gets the win.

Pitching for the first time since starting in Detroit 11 days ago, Ivan Nova took to the mount to face a gritty Diamondbacks lineup, Tuesday night in the Bronx. It wasn't his best night but got the job done, as Nova went 5 innings, allowing only 2 runs, on 7 hits, 2 walks, and 6 strikeouts over 94 pitches. After throwing 22 pitches in the first inning Nova looked to have settled down, striking out 2 of the next 4 hitters he faced. His pitches were looking a little sharper and his curveball continued...

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Series preview: Yankees vs D-backs.

After winning 5 of their last 6 games, the Yankees come into this series on winning note. Taking 2 of 3 games in the set against the Baltimore Orioles, including Sunday nights 3-0 win in which Hiroki Kuroda went the distance, tossing all 9 innings in the shutout performance. The Diamondbacks lost 2 of the 3 games they played against the Dodgers, and are 3-3 overall in their last six contests. Probable starters: Tue: Nova vs McCarthy Wed: Sabathia vs Miley Thur: Hughes vs Corbin Follow @GavinEwbank2013...

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Kuroda powers past the Orioles.

Hiroki Kuroda's 1st two starts weren't exacted highlight moments. Having to leave in the 2nd inning against the Redsox due to a line drive off his right middle finger. Then only lasting 5 1/3 innings against the Indians. Kuroda gave Yankee fans a reason to believe on Sunday, by tossing all 9 shutout innings, in the 3-0 win over the Baltimore Orioles. Throwing 113 pitches, Kuroda was around the strike zone all night. As 79 of his pitches went for strikes, and not a single batter was given a free...

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Pettitte won't start until Friday.

After back spasms forced Andy Pettitte to miss his scheduled start on Saturday, the Yankees were hoping that Pettitte would return to pitch on either Tuesday or Wednesday against the Arizona Diamondbacks. That's not case, as the Yankees will now have the 40-year old Pettitte come back on Friday in Toronto, for precautionary reasons. Pettitte didn't complain about the decision, but feels he could pitch Tuesday or Wednesday. He understands the precaution about waiting until Friday, saying "I'm on...

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Phelps to the rotation.

Prior to the season, David Phelps was slated to be the Yankees 5th starter, while Phil Hughes continued his recovery from a buldging disk in his back. Phelps had put together a good spring, so I guess you could say that he earned a rotation spot. But heading into the series against the Tigers, New York decided to rush back Hughes, to have him start in Detriot. Sending Phelps to the bullpen before ever making his 1st start. That decision has since back fired on the Yankees, as Hughes has delivered...

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Recap: 4/13 NYY vs BAL.

Phil Hughes struggled in his first outing against Detroit and it didn't get any better this time around, against the Baltimore Orioles Sunday at Yankee Stadium. Hughes gave up a run in the 1st and four more over the next two innings. As Hughes only went 3 innings, allowing 5 runs, on 8 hits, walking 2, and giving up 3 homeruns. David Phelps entered in the 3rd to relieve Hughes and pitched extremely well. Phelps tossed 4 scoreless innings and he didn't allow a run, only giving up one hit, while striking...

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Series preview: Yankees vs Orioles.

The Yankees are returning to the Bronx after their road trip, and will be greeted by the Baltimore Orioles. New York only won, one out of three games in Detroit, then rolled over the Indians by a combined score of 25-7 in the first two games, before games 3 and 4 were postponed due to rain. Baltimore will head into the Bronx after taking 2 of 3 games Boston, including a 5 run 9th innings in game two, against Joel Hanrahan. Probable starters: Fri: Sabathia vs Gonzalez Sat: Kuroda vs Hammel Sun: Pettitte...

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Recap: 4/9 NYY vs CLE.

For the third straight day, the Yankees have managed to do the impossible. Score a lot of runs. After putting up 8 run on Sunday and 11 on Monday, the Yankees were able to tally 14 more runs off the Indians on Tuesday. Five different Yankees went deep, including Ichiro, Cano, Youkilis, Overbay, and a pinch-hit Homer from Brennan Boesch. Cano has been terrorizing the Indians pitchers with another homerun Tuesday, after two on Monday, and three doubles so far in the series. After Cano hit a two-run...

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Recap: 4/8 NYY vs CLE.

Travis Hafner spent 10 seasons in Cleveland and returned to a big standing ovation on Monday. But by the days end, he had Cleveland fans booing him, for all he had done against his former club. Hafner turned in a great day at the plate, hitting a 3-run homerun in his first at bat and driving a total of four runs on the day. Robinson Cano hasn't gotten off to a hot start, but finally found his swing, hitting two solo homeruns and a double off the wall in left field. Cano and Hafner helped backup...

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Series Preview: Yankees @ Indians.

The Yankees come into Monday's Ballgame, after picking up a win on Sunday, over Justin Verlander and the Tigers. New York lost the 1st two games of the series, before their 7-0 victory yesterday. Cleveland comes in after being shutout, 4-0 and 6-0, by the Rays on Friday and Saturday, then followed up, with a 13-0 beat down on Tampa Bay, yesterday at the Trop. Probable starters: Mon: Kuroda vs Jimenez Tue: Pettitte vs Carrasco Wed: Nova vs Myers Thur: Hughes vs McAllister Follow @GavinEwbank2013...

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Game recap: NYY vs DET.

Looking to avoid the sweep, the Yankees turned to their ace, CC Sabathia, hoping he could fire a solid performance again the Tigers and their ace Justin Verlander. The Yankees got all they could ask for out of Sabathia, as he tossed seven scoreless innings, giving up only four hits, on 114 pitches. New York jumped on Verlander early, scoring three runs in the second inning, including a two-run homerun off the bat off Jayson Nix. Nix had a good day at the plate, going 3-for-4, with 2 RBI's. Verlander...

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Game recap: NYY vs DET.

After losing to the Tigers, 8-2, Friday afternoon, the Yankees called upon Phil Hughes to make his season debut, on a cold and windy day in Detroit. Hughes ran into a little bit of trouble in the first inning. After a couple runners reach base, Prince Fielder hit a sac-fly to center field, bringing Austin Jackson home. Hughes left in the fifth, after giving up 3 straight hits to begin the inning. His line finished at, 4 innings, with 3 runs, on 8 hits, and 4 K's. Leaving Andy pettite of the only...

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Hughes to start Saturday vs Detroit.

The Yankees announced Friday that Phil Hughes will comeback from injury, to start Saturday, against the Detroit Tigers. David Phelps was scheduled to pitch Saturday, but he will now move to the bullpen, as the long relief man. The Yankees bullpen has been worked in an abundance to begin the year. With Sabathia, Kuroda, and Nova not getting off to hot starts, its important that Hughes gets off on the right foot. Hughes was out for most of the spring, dealing with a buldging disc in his back. He recently...

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Game recap: NYY vs BOS.

Only three games into the season and the Yankees have finally captured a monumental first win. Andy Pettitte fired maybe the best performance of the series and Mariano Rivera came in to close out the ninth. Giving the Yankees, win number 1, on the young season. The 40 year old Pettitte tossed eight innings of one run ball, against the RedSox lineup that scored 15 runs, over their first two games. Pettitte ran on a low pitch count all night. Making quick work of the Boston hitters. Cruising through...

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