Yankees Trade For Brandon McCarthy, Designate Alfonso Soriano For Assignment
The Yankees on Sunday traded for pitcher Brandon McCarthy and designated Alfonso Soriano for assignment.
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The Yankees on Sunday traded for pitcher Brandon McCarthy and designated Alfonso Soriano for assignment.
Yankees catcher Francisco Cervelli made a throwing error in the 11th inning that allowed Josh Willingham to score from second base, giving the Minnesota Twins a 2-1 victory over New York on Saturday.
Brian Roberts hit three doubles and a triple, and the New York Yankees used their bullpen to hang on for a 6-5 win over the Minnesota Twins on Friday.
The Yankees are no longer expecting CC Sabathia to return to their rotation this year, given the persistence of inflammation in his injured right knee.
"When you feel you can still outhit at least half the league and you don't get that call, it's rough," Damon told The Associated Press in a phone interview Friday.
The tribute will include a video shown at all ballparks featuring a first baseman from each team reciting a line from Gehrig's "luckiest man" speech.
However it went down, retrieving the purloined property is going to be quite a task, probably an impossible one.
Carlos Beltran gave the foundering Yankees a jolt with a three-run homer Thursday night, lifting Masahiro Tanaka to his major league-leading 12th win.
The bad news just keeps getting worse for the Yankees. They have lost five games in a row, are below .500 for the first time since April 11, and seemingly can't hit to save their lives. Now, their horse left-hander has again come up lame.
He's a cheat and a hypocrite, telling kids about the perils of PEDs while shooting equine cocktails deep into his tan tush. He's not playing this season precisely because of his broken moral compass. But do we miss him?
The reliever is currently in Triple-A with the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders. The suspension is effective immediately.
The ice-cold Yankees have sent infielder Yangervis Solarte down to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.
If the Yankees go 27-14 at home and 18-10 on the road they could finish with 92 wins, which could be enough to win the AL East, let alone secure a Wild Card spot.
"I still believe in this team," Girardi said. "We just need to play better. It's a lot of different phases. You can look at almost every phase and say we need to play better and we have to find a way to get it done."
According to excerpts of the book, A-Rod was granted a therapeutic-use exemption (TUE) by the league prior to the 2007 season so he could take a form of testosterone.
