The Yankees in the News
| Prior to this season, Reid Brignac had spent his entire career within the Tampa Bay organization. And now he's on his third team in three months. Brignac, acquired from the Rockies on Saturday, began life with the Yankees on Sunday and was immediately penciled into the lineup, but the game against the Blue Jays was postponed due to rain. | | Austin Romine couldn't be in a better position. Romine, the Yankees' young catcher, is playing for a team managed by a former backstop in Joe Girardi, which means he has both a built-in support system and somebody who understands the priorities of the position. | | Mark Teixeira is eligible to be reinstated from the 60-day disabled list at the beginning of June, but the Yankees still aren't sure of his trajectory. Teixeira has been able to take tee-and-toss batting practice, but he's still waiting to ramp up to a rehab assignment in the Minor Leagues. | | The Orioles were supposed to miss CC Sabathia during their three-game series against the Yankees, which starts on Monday night at Camden Yards. The weather had other plans. Sunday's rainout at Yankee Stadium pushed back Sabathia's start, and the big lefty will get the ball against former teammate Freddy Garcia in the series opener. | | Persistent morning rain washed away the Yankees' finale against the Blue Jays before it even started on Sunday, and no makeup date has been announced. New York won the first two games of the series and will resume its season Monday against the Orioles with CC Sabathia on the mound. | | Curtis Granderson's versatility is only matched by his affability. The Yankees lined Granderson up for his first Major League game in right field Saturday against Toronto, and the longtime center fielder assured his manager that he wouldn't have a problem at the new position. | | Joba Chamberlain may be getting closer to a return to the mound. Chamberlain, who has spent the last two weeks on the disabled list with a strained right oblique muscle, threw a long-toss session Saturday and will throw one more bullpen session before going out on a rehab assignment. | | Every day, the spotlight that follows the Yankees seems to be trained on the players who aren't with the team. But that changed Saturday, when Robinson Cano, the lone regular in an infield decimated by injuries, hit two home runs to lead New York to a 7-2 win over Toronto. | | Twice this month, the Yankees have traded with the Rockies for a reserve infielder. New York acquired Reid Brignac from Colorado for cash considerations on Saturday. | | Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said Friday that catcher Chris Stewart would not be put on the 15-day disabled list and that the result of an MRI indicated Stewart did not seriously injure his left groin Thursday night, as the club had feared. | | Shortly before the Yankees were to engage the Blue Jays on Friday night, Andy Pettitte was assigned to the 15-day disabled list, and general manager Brian Cashman announced the club is recalling left-hander Vidal Nuno to replace Pettitte in the rotation. | | Hiroki Kuroda allowed just two hits and struck out five over eight scoreless innings to lead the Yankees to a 5-0 win over the Blue Jays in the opener of a three-game series at Yankee Stadium on Friday night. | | Yankees right-hander Michael Pineda will throw four innings or 50 pitches on Friday in Tampa, Fla., working in either an extended spring game or an intrasquad game. | | Yankees right-hander Joba Chamberlain is not ready to be activated from the disabled list and could be assigned to make another Minor League appearance, manager Joe Girardi said on Thursday. | | Travis Hafner resumed taking batting practice on Thursday, including launching a tape-measure homer into the second deck in right field, and the Yankees designated hitter said that his right shoulder is improving. | | The Yankees moved to bolster their bullpen's depth on Thursday, recalling right-hander Dellin Betances from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Right-hander Brett Marshall was optioned to Triple-A in a corresponding roster move, one night after Marshall saved the bullpen by throwing 108 pitches in 5 2/3 innings of long relief as he made his Major League debut. | | Mariano Rivera is flattered by the notion that he could start the All-Star Game. But it's not really something he wants to do. Rivera, Major League Baseball's all-time leader in saves (624) and games finished (910), said Thursday that he'd prefer to stay in his comfort zone. |
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The White Sox in the News
| Adam Dunn was in the lineup at DH on Sunday after back spasms knocked him out of Saturday's game in the fifth inning. | | Gordon Beckham knocked out three hits during his second Minor League rehab start for Triple-A Charlotte on Sunday. | | When Robin Ventura watched Paul Konerko struggle through the early part of this season, the White Sox manager never once thought age suddenly had caught up with the 37-year-old. | | Nate Jones' 8-0 mark out of the bullpen in 2012 was the best record in White Sox franchise history posted by a first-year pitcher, but he's keeping a positive outlook despite an 0-4 record this season. | | Adam Dunn left Saturday's game against the Angels in the fifth inning and, while the first baseman hopes to play Sunday, he is listed as day to day. | | Hector Gimenez clubbed a three-run homer to cap a five-run eighth, but that still left the Sox short of the Angels after a Saturday afternoon of missed chances, ending their four-game win streak. | | John Danks started for Triple-A Charlotte on Saturday night in what figures to be his final Minor League outing before rejoining the White Sox. | | When the White Sox were slumping, hitting coach Jeff Manto knew it was just a matter of time before they started to produce, and now they have. | | Left-hander Donnie Veal was recalled from Triple-A Charlotte prior to Saturday's game against the Angels, after Deunte Heath was sent down on Friday night. | | The White Sox fell as low as six games under .500, but now that they are nearing the break-even point, they have no plans to stop. | | With John Danks potentially one Saturday night Minor League rehab appearance away from returning to the White Sox, a couple of options await left-hander Hector Santiago following Saturday afternoon's big league start against the Angels. | | As Addison Reed ran in to preserve the White Sox lead on Thursday night, he admitted to thinking about his childhood hero, Troy Percival, who was one of the reasons Reed always wanted to be a closer. | | The story behind Adam Dunn's 6-for-15 run on the current White Sox road trip, including seven RBIs and five runs scored, centers on a swing change worked on before last Sunday's home game in which the designated hitter raised his hands. | | White Sox left fielder Dayan Viciedo continues to improve defensively and at the plate. Viciedo misplayed a ball in left on Thursday, but manager Robin Ventura has been pleased with Viciedo's development. | | White Sox left-hander Chris Sale struck out 12 and gave up just three hits over 7 2/3 innings to defeat the Angels for the second time this week. Alex Rios and Adam Dunn homered in Chicago's 3-0 victory. | | The Angels and White Sox, two of the sport's heaviest disappointments through the first quarter of the season, are sharing Angel Stadium through Sunday, and both have reasons to believe there's light at the end of the tunnel. | | The White Sox won't face the Tigers until just before the All-Star break, so there will be ample opportunity to fight back into the American League Central race during the season's second half. |
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