Phelps To Rotation, Garcia To Bullpen

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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 [...]

Yankees News: CC Stays in the Bronx

CC Stays in the Bronx

Yankees fans, you can breathe easy now – CC has taken all the drama out of the potentially circus like situation in free agency.  The big left-hander decided to stay with New York rather than test the free-a gent market, agreeing Monday to a new deal that adds $30 million and one season to his [...]

Hughes to Stay in Rotation

via MLB.com CHICAGO — Phil Hughes’ performance on Tuesday night was good enough to keep him in the rotation. For how much longer, and what that means for Ivan Nova, has yet to be determined. But after hurling six breezy, shutout innings against the White Sox before rain eventually ended the game in the seventh [...]

Meet Brian Gordon: Today’s Starting Pitcher

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Jun 16, 2011 – When is a 32-year-old triple-A lifer a pitching prospect, sorta? When he’s been a pitcher for only four full seasons, and has knockout numbers. Which describes Brian Gordon, who’s going to fill Bartolo Colon’s old slot in the New York Yankees’ rotation, Thursday afternoon against the Texas Rangers. Fourteen years ago, [...]

NYYUniverse.com | Joba Chamberlain Out For Year

Just in to our office – Joba Chamberlain, done for the year. said to have Tommy Jon surgery coming.   Torn Ligament

The Bartolo Experiment

The Bartolo Experiment

We laughed at Cashman when he brought in the Fat Toad v.2 after he couldnt land the almighty Cliff Lee.  We laughed when we heard that Bartolo had reportedly lost 30 lbs and was going to come into camp as a finely tuned athlete.  We laughed again when we actually saw Bartolo, as the plump, [...]

Nova Matches Career Best, 6 1/3 Innings

Nova Matches Career High

  Ivan Nova gives the Yanks a terrific 6 1/3 innings today during their Sunday day game against Toronto.  Nova matches his career high by taking  the Yanks into the 7th Inning while giving up only 2 earned runs.  The first run was a wind tunnel routine flyball by Adam Lind that peppered the Left [...]

Yankees v. Braves

Brett Gardner LF Nick Swisher RF Curtis Granderson CF Jorge Posada DH Jesus Montero C Jorge Vazquez 1B Eduardo Nunez 2B Brandon Laird 3B Ramiro Pena SS Freddy Garcia