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Andy Pettitte left Wednesday’s game in the 5th inning after taking a line drive off the bat of Casey Kotchman to the left ankle. Pettitte went down instantly, though managed to convince Joe Girardi and the training staff to let him remain in the game. After a few warm-up pitches, Pettitte threw just one pitch [...]
Before the season, some were talking about the Yankees bullpen being the best in all of baseball. Mariano Rivera, David Robertson and Rafael Soriano were expected to be a solid back end while anchoring the squad. When you add in Boone Logan, a formidable lefty, and Cory Wade, who quietly used his change-up to become [...]
With their roster looking scarce, both in the bullpen and on the field, the Yankees called on pitcher, Cody Eppley, and center fielder, Dewayne Wise, to join the big leagues yesterday. The righty, Eppley, has already made a few appearances for the Yanks this season before being sent back down to the minors. But due [...]
Right-hander David Phelps has been promoted to the starting rotation after Freddy Garcia was demoted to the bullpen. Phelps is expected to start this Thursday against the Kansas City Royals, reports Jack Curry of YES Network. In 17.2 inning of long relief, Phelps has a 3.57 ERA with 12 hits and 14 strikeouts. Freddy Garcia [...]
The Yankees have claimed right-hander Cody Eppley off waivers from the Texas Rangers, tweets Joel Sherman of the New York Post. Eppley will be assigned to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Cody Eppley will replace right-handed pitcher George Kontos, who was traded to the Giants yesterday, for backup catcher Chris Stewart. Eppley was 1-1 with an 8.00 ERA in [...]
