Phil Hughes Getting Treatment For Bulging Disk; Could Be Out For 2 Weeks
Yankees pitcher Phil Hughes could be sidelined for two weeks because of a bulging disk that will be treated with anti-inflammatory medication.
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Yankees pitcher Phil Hughes could be sidelined for two weeks because of a bulging disk that will be treated with anti-inflammatory medication.
If Tampa Bay Rays ace David Price was on your wish list, well, keep on dreaming.
"We expressed to Scott (Boras) how much we like Robby and what a great Yankee he's been, and we hope he continues his career here for a long time to come," Hal Steinbrenner said Tuesday.
"There's always a little bit of concern, but it's upper back by his shoulder blades, so we'll see how he is in a couple of days," manager Joe Girardi said. "You're usually more concerned about the lower (back problem) lingering."
You just hope it isn't so. These days, there is no way of knowing who is using performance-enhancing drugs and who is not. But the idea that Robinson Cano has used PEDs is enough to sicken any baseball fan or official.
"I don't feel anything about nervousness," Cano said. "To be honest, I'm not focused on free agency. My focus right now is on the 2013 season. I still have one more year under contract and my mind right now is just on helping the team win another championship."
Derek Jeter received an ovation that could be heard throughout Steinbrenner Field when he jogged onto the diamond for the New York Yankees' first full-squad workout Monday.
With his 20's in his rearview mirror, Cano is no longer one of the young guys on this team that can ride along relatively unnoticed, overshadowed by the bigger names and bigger salaries.
Former Yankee Roger Clemens is calling the death of country star Mindy McCready "sad news."
Mariano Rivera wasn't able to return from a torn ACL in time for the 2012 playoffs. But what if he had made it back?
Roger Clemens claims that his own Yankee teammates wanted to fight him just as much as Piazza did.
Sabathia threw off a mound on Saturday for the first time since arthroscopic surgery Oct. 25 to remove a bone spur from his left elbow.
A list written in April by Biogenesis of America clinic founder Anthony Bosch named the two Yankees with dollar amounts next to their names, according to an ESPN report.
The Yankees are a good baseball team, just not a special one. For a fan base used to sitting atop a perch and starting down at the competition, it will likely take some getting used to over the next few years.
Youk agrees with Joba Chamberlain: Any tension between the new teammates is in the past. But there might be some fences to mend with Yankees fans.
Compare and contrast. Go ahead. It'll make the next six weeks even more interesting.
Who will take the fifth? No, we're not talking about Alex Rodriguez or Francisco Cervelli pleading the Fifth Amendment in the Biogenesis investigation. This is about the fifth-starter spot in the Yankees' rotation.
Rivera will continue shagging fly balls in batting practice, an activity that has the approval of manager Joe Girardi. "That's part of who he is," Girardi said. "So I don't want to take it away from him."
Pettitte knows he'll be monitored closely by Yankees manager Joe Girardi. But the veteran starter has his eyes on some lofty goals -- especially for a 40-year-old.
The testing for HGH is not typical for the school. But these are not typical times for the perennially strong program, which has been linked to MLB's latest drug mess.
Is this the final season for the Yankees great? Mo knows, but he's not telling -- yet.
"At that moment, I don't know what kind of clinic it was," said Cervelli, who insisted he never received treatment from Biogenesis. "I take my responsibility. Nobody put a gun to my head to go there."
"Between the hurricane and the snowstorm, we're monitoring it," Yankees chief operating officer Lonn Trost told WFAN host Mike Francesa on Tuesday. "It's rougher than in years past. It's rough for the Yankees."
The Yankees are still a team with stars, and they will not go as far as the 23rd, 24th and 25th men on the roster take them. They will go as far as the stars take them.
Alex Rodriguez will not report to spring training with the Yankees' position players, and will work on his rehabilitation from hip surgery in New York. Meanwhile, Joe Girardi believes the Yankees "could win 95 games and get to the World Series."
