Ivan Nova tosses 6.1 scoreless innings in Yankees' win over Atlanta

By: Gavin Ewbank | Lead Writer It was the Ivan Nova show at the Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Florida, as the Yankees right hander was on top of his game, tossing 6.1 scoreless innings Wednesday afternoon in the Bombers' 7-0 win over the Atlanta Braves. Carlos Beltran had a good day at the plate, picking up a pair of RBIs, as well as Adonis Garcia, who also drove in two runs in the...

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Yankees prospect profile: Rob Refsnyder

By: Josh Sabo | Minor League Writer Robert Refsnyder, 2B: Rob Refsnyder was the Yankees 5th round pick in 2012. He was technically drafted as an outfielder but the Yankees always intended to move him to second. His stock has really taken off as a second baseman. The team will soon need a good long term second baseman, and as of now Refsnyder is looking like he can become that player. He will begin...

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Spring Training Game 23: Yankees at Braves

By: Gavin Ewbank | Lead Writer The Yankees make their first trip up to the Disney Wide World of Sports complex in Orlando, Florida today for a Grapefruit League game against the Atlanta Braves. Ivan Nova takes the mound for the Yankees, while the Braves hand the ball to David Hale. Nova is making his fifth start of the spring, and we can assume that he'll throw at least five innings, or until...

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Jacoby Ellsbury out until at least Friday

By: Gavin Ewbank | Lead Writer Jacoby Ellsbury was held out of Tuesday's game against the Boston Red Sox because of some tightness in his right calf that has not gone away, and Yankees manager Joe Girardi said after the game that Ellsbury wouldn't be back in the lineup until Friday, at the earliest. Ellsbury won't play in Wednesday or Thursday's game because of the calf issue; the Yankees won't...

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Yankees' bats come alive in win over the Red Sox

By: Gavin Ewbank | Lead Writer There's no other way to look at it: Michael Pineda is all but certain to be the Yankees' fifth starter this season. In his second start of spring training, Pineda added to his brilliant spring resume by tossing 4.1 scoreless innings in the Yankees' 8-1 win over the Tuesday Boston Red Sox Tuesday afternoon in Tampa. The Yankees used a four-run inning against Red...

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Yankees make 12 roster cuts before today's game

By: Gavin Ewbank | Lead Writer The Yankees announced a thick handful of roster cuts before today's game against the Boston Red Sox. Opening Day is just 14 days away, so we can't say that any of this comes as a surprise. Outfielder Ramon Flores, who played pretty well with the big league squad, was optioned to Triple-A Scranton. He was the only player cut that is on the 40-man roster, so they had to assign him somewhere. The following players were sent over to the minor league camp across the...

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Spring Training Game 22: Red Sox at Yankees

By: Gavin Ewbank | Lead Writer The Boston Red Sox travel up to Tampa today for their first of two meeting against the Yankees this spring. The Red Sox are a team that has not changed much since winning the World Series last season, though many of the regulars won't be playing in today's game. Probably the most notable player taking the field for the Yankees today will be Michael Pineda, who...

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Opening Day Roster Prediction: March 18th

By: Gavin Ewbank | Lead Writer Exactly two weeks from today, the Yankees will be in Houston, playing the Astros to open the 2014 season at Minute Maid Park. Between now and then, Joe Girardi will have quite a few decisions to make regarding who he would like to have with him for the opening series. As I did last week, I'm picking this roster off of the assumption that the Yankees will bring...

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Fifth starter to be named this week: who will it be?

By: Gavin Ewbank | Lead Writer As spring training continues to wind down, we're going to start seeing a little more how the roles of players on the Yankees' roster will play out. By the end of the week, we should know who will be the Yankees' fifth starter this season. From the NY Daily News, manager Joe Girardi plans to announce who the fifth starter will be at the end of the week so he can...

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Spring Training Game 21: Yankees at Pirates

By: Gavin Ewbank | Lead Writer Assuming the rain doesn't ruin the field of play, the Yankees will travel to Bradenton today to face the Pittsburgh Pirates in a 1:05pm ET matchup at McKechnie Field. Hiroki Kuroda will be on the mound for the Yankees making his fourth start of the spring. After two very good showings in his first couple of starts, Kuroda was far from impressive, getting hit hard...

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Nick Cafardo on Yankees talks Stephen Drew and Francisco Cervelli

By: Gavin Ewbank | Lead Writer In Boston Globe columnist Nick Cafardo's latest Sunday column, the baseball insider discussed a few topics surrounding the Yankees, including the trade rumors involving catcher Francisco Cervelli. Starting with Cervelli, Cafardo says that the Yankees are a little cautious about dealing him because they feel that if something should happen to Brian McCann, then...

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Spring Training Prospect Update: Week 3

By: Josh Sabo | Minor League Writer Throughout spring training, we here at Yanks Beat Blog will be updating you on the the progress of the team. In this series, I will give weekly updates on the stats and performances of the Yankees prospects. The term prospect will be used loosely here and will include a lot of fringe prospects, and some players that shouldn't be considered prospects. When...

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Tanaka dominates as the Yankees win 7-4

By: Josh Sabo | Minor League Writer We're entering the part of spring training where stats start to mean slightly more. Teams are beginning to bring out out their real lineups, and are starting to allow their pitchers to throw more. Today the Yankees essentially faced the Braves starting lineup and Masahiro Tanaka was allowed to throw 74 pitches. The Braves lineup didn't seem to faze Tanaka,...

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Manny Banuelos optioned to minor league camp

By: Gavin Ewbank | Lead Writer After coming into spring training with an outside shot at making the Yankees' bullpen to open the season as the second left hander behind Matt Thornton, Manny Banuelos was optioned to the Single-A Tampa Yankees Sunday afternoon. It's worth noting that just because he was optioned to Tampa, it doesn't necessarily mean he'll start the season there. Yankees GM Brian...

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Tanaka could start fourth or fifth game of the season

By: Gavin Ewbank | Lead Writer A lot of the talk surrounding Masahiro Tanaka this spring has been about what he'll game start for the Yankees to open the season. While many believe that it'll be the third game, in Houston, that might not be the case. Though indirectly, Yankees pitching coach Larry Rothschild may have hinted that Tanaka is currently being set up to start the fourth or fifth...

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Spring Training Game 19: Yankees at Orioles

By: Gavin Ewbank | Lead Writer While most of the big names prepared for a match against the Miami Marlins tonight in Panama, the Yankees have sent a bunch of minor leaguers to take care of business in Sarasota today as the face the Baltimore Orioles at Ed Smith Stadium. Vidal Nuno will make his first start in a while. He came into the spring as a far outside shot to win the Yankees' fifth starter...

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