Yankees notes: Nova, Grandy, and more.

Nova planning a return next week.

Ivan Nova pitched four plus innings in an extended spring game on Wednesday in which he allowed four runs against the Blue Jays in his first outing since being placed on the 15-Day DL. Nova said that he hopes his next step will be to pitch for the Yankees Monday in their double header against Cleveland.

"It's going to be in five days, so I can keep doing my work here, do my bullpen here, do everything I've got to do here and then be ready to go," Nova said, even though he doesn't really know what the next plan of action is. "If they call me up for Monday, then [on] Sunday, see ya."

Nova said he was a little cautious for the first two innings as he allowed five hits, while walking three and striking out five. He wasn't sure how his arm would react from the inflammination he suffered on April 26th.

"The first two innings, I was scared," Nova said. "It was more than what I expected. Every time you get hurt, you expect it to last and feel it a little bit."

He said that he didn't feel anything afterwards and was working in the curveball nicely as at one point he struke out five batters over a seven batter stretch.

Grandy heading to Scranton.

As he gets ever so closer to returning to the Bronx, Curtis Granderson will be taking a stop in Scranton, for some rehab games will the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders.

Since his injury during his first game of spring training, this will be the first in game action that Grandy will see on his road to return. He had been in Tampa for the past few week and was recently taking part in some extended spring at-bats.

Cervelli gets stitches removed.

With the expected timetable being around six weeks, Francisco Cervelli had the stitches removed from his surgically repaired right game. But according to Cervelli, it could be another five weeks before he begins baseball activites.

"The first two innings, I was scared," Nova said. "It was more than what I expected. Every time you get hurt, you expect it to last and feel it a little bit."

As of now, the only types of rehabing that Cervelli can do is stationary bike riding and some leg and core workouts.


"It's sad in some part, because we've been part of the team and everybody knows what we can do. But everyone's ready to go," Cervelli said. "And I could be the catcher on this team -- because we've got a team here.

"The guys who are playing right now are doing a great job. When we have the chance to go back, we'll be better."

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