It’s our man Hiroki against the hot-hitting Blue Jays.

Brett Gardner CF
Jayson Nix SS
Robinson Cano 2B
Vernon Wells LF
Ben Francisco DH
Lyle Overbay 1B
David Adams 3B
Ichiro Suzuki RF
Austin Romine C

Never mind the band aids:

Let’s Go Yank-ees!

[Photo Credit: Melissa Wahler]

It’s good ol’ Andy.

Brett Gardner CF
Jayson Nix SS
Robinson Cano 2B
Vernon Wells LF
Lyle Overbay 1B
Curtis Granderson DH
David Adams 3B
Ichiro Suzuki RF
Chris Stewart C

Dellin Betances has been called up.

Never mind last night:

Let’s Go Yank-ees!

[Photo Via: Remiel]

I’m turning into a sap, but I get bummed when guys are designated for assignment or optioned to the minors. Yesterday, Brennan Boesch was sent down; today, Chris Nelson was cut. And Lyle Overbay might not be long for the Bronx either.

Tonight gives Phil “Now You See Me, Now You Don’t” Hughes.

Brett Gardner CF
Robinson Cano 2B
Vernon Wells DH
Curtis Granderson LF
Lyle Overbay 1B
David Adams 3B
Ichiro Suzuki RF
Chris Stewart C
Alberto Gonzalez SS

Eager to see Hisashi Iwakuma pitch.

Never mind the comings and goings:

Let’s Go Yank-ees!

[Featured Image by Jasper James]

It’s C.C. vs. King Felix in what promises to be a good one tonight at the Stadium.

1. Gardner CF
2. Cano 2B
3. Wells DH
4. Granderson LF
5. Overbay 1B
6. Nix SS
7. Suzuki RF
8. Nelson 3B
9. Romine C

Yes, that’s Curtis Granderson! What fun he’ll have against King Felix. And, right on schedule, Joel Sherman reports that Travis Hafner is headed for an MRI.

Never mind the crown:

Let’s Go Yank-ees!

Justin Masterson out-dueled David Phelps as the Indians beat the Yanks in about 2 1/2 hours this afternoon in Cleveland. Masterson went the distance and a Jason Kipnis solo home run in the first was all the scoring. Tidy.

Final Score: Indians 1, Yanks 0. 

Game 2 will start shortly after 3 p.m.

Never mind the disappointment:

Let’s Go Yank-ees!

[Photo Credit: Howhof]

Yanks drop by Cleveland for a make-up doubleheader today.

Game 1
RHP David Phelps (1-1, 5.02)
vs.
RHP Justin Masterson (3-3, 2.63)
12:05 p.m., YES Network

Game 2
LHP Vidal Nuno (0-0, 0.00)
vs.
RHP Trevor Bauer (1-1, 2.70)
Starts approximately 20 minutes after Game 1, YES Network

The first game also gives the big league debut of Corban Joseph.

Brett Gardner CF
Ichiro Suzuki LF
Robinson Cano 2B
Travis Hafner DH
Brennan Boesch RF
Chris Nelson 3B
Corban Joseph 1B
Chris Stewart C
Alberto Gonzalez SS

Never mind the snooze alarm:

Let’s Go Yank-ees!

[Photo Credit: Fabio Ruffet]

Today gives our man Hiroki.

Brett Gardner CF
Robinson Cano 2B
Vernon Wells LF
Travis Hafner DH
Ichiro Suzuki RF
Jayson Nix SS
Lyle Overbay 1B
Chris Nelson 3B
Chris Stewart C

Never mind the riffin’:

Let’s Go Yank-ees!

[Photo Via: Running Amuck]

Yanks face their old friend, the always-tough James Shields, tonight in KC.  After a couple of lousy starts in a row, Andy Pettitte looks to regain his early-season form.

Brett Gardner CF
Robinson Cano 2B
Vernon Wells LF
Travis Hafner DH
Ichiro Suzuki RF
Jayson Nix SS
Lyle Overbay 1B
Chris Nelson 3B
Chris Stewart C

Never mind the standings:

Let’s Go Yank-ees!

[Photo Credit: James Kao/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest]

Tonight gives Phil Hughes vs. Wade Davis, the former Tampa Bay Ray. (In fact, there are familiar faces starting for the Royals all weekend: James Shields and Ervin Santana.)

Over at Sports on Earth, Jorge Arangure Jr has a nice piece on Hughes:

“If you pick up on things that hitters were trying to do to you, and you don’t really have anything to combat that, then I guess you start thinking about ways that you can start incorporating new pitches into what you do,” Hughes said.

The easiest solution, and the one that would require the least amount of drastic makeover, would be for Hughes to transform his cutter into a full-fledged slider. The two pitches aren’t so different. They both move sideways. The slider is just a more drastic version of the cutter.

“I think at the time I wasn’t pitching horribly,” Hughes said. “It was just something that I wanted to incorporate. I felt it would be better if I did do that. I felt it would be a good pitch for me because it would be a little bit of a change of pace, just off the slower curveball that I throw, four seam fastball and change up. I felt it was something that came out of my hand like a fastball.”

Brett Gardner CF
Robinson Cano 2B
Vernon Wells LF
Travis Hafner DH
Ichiro Suzuki RF
Jayson Nix SS
Lyle Overbay 1B
Chris Nelson 3B
Chris Stewart C

Never mind the BBQ:

Let’s Go Yank-ees!

[Photo Credit: Old One Eye]

It’s Sir C.C. on the Yankees’ final day in Colorado. Always fun to see the big guy swing the bat.

Brett Gardner CF
Jayson Nix SS
Robinson Cano 2B
Vernon Wells LF
Ben Francisco RF
Chris Nelson 3B
Lyle Overbay 1B
Chris Stewart C
CC Sabathia P

Never mind the getaway:

Let’s Go Yank-ees!

Sometimes you have to blink and look two, three times upon seeing a Yankee lineup this season, huh?

It’s Phelps. And the hope these 4F lineup can score some runski’s.

Brett Gardner CF
Robinson Cano 2B
Vernon Wells LF
Lyle Overbay 1B
Ichiro Suzuki RF
Jayson Nix SS
Chris Nelson 3B
David Phelps P
Austin Romine C

Never mind the view:

Let’s Go Yank-ees!

[Photo Credit: Justin Edmonds/Getty Images]

From the little I’ve seen on TV, no ball park in America has grander sunsets than Coors Field.

It’s our man Hiroki…

Ichiro Suzuki CF
Jayson Nix SS
Robinson Cano 2B
Vernon Wells LF
Ben Francisco RF
Lyle Overbay 1B
Chris Nelson 3B
Chris Stewart C
Hiroki Kuroda P

Never mind the view: Let’s Go Yank-ees!

[Photo Via: Imgur]

Yanks and the A’s followed by Agita at the Garden.

Andy caught a beatin’ last time out, let’s see what he’s got today.

1. Gardner CF
2. Cano 2B
3. Wells LF
4. Hafner DH
5. Suzuki RF
6. Nix 3B
7. Overbay 1B
8. Nunez SS
9. Stewart C

Never mind the cool breeze:

Let’s Go Yank-ees!

[Photo Via: Eye Heart New York]

Cool breeze but just bee-too-tee-ful in the BX today.

Brett Gardner CF
Robinson Cano 2B
Vernon Wells LF
Travis Hafner DH
Ichiro Suzuki RF
Chris Nelson 3B
Lyle Overbay 1B
Eduardo Nunez SS
Chris Stewart C

Never mind the sun rays:

Let’s Go Yank-ees!

[Photo Via: The Minimalisto]

Poppa Large toes the rubber tonight in the BX.

He hasn’t been throwing hard and  he has not been great, but he’s been tough and a gamer.

Brett Gardner CF
Robinson Cano 2B
Vernon Wells LF
Travis Hafner DH
Ichiro Suzuki RF
Eduardo Nunez SS
Lyle Overbay 1B
Jayson Nix 3B
Chris Stewart C

Wait, that’s Ichi batting fifth? Got to love your 2013 Yanks.

Never mind the agita those Knicks are giving ya:

Let’s Go Yank-ees!

[Photo Credit: John Iacono/SI]

Tonight gives David Phelpski as the Yanks try to win the series against the Astros.

Ichiro Suzuki CF
Jayson Nix 3B
Robinson Cano 2B
Vernon Wells LF
Travis Hafner DH
Ben Francisco RF
Eduardo Nunez SS
Lyle Overbay 1B
Chris Stewart C

Yanks have the day off tomorrow and host the A’s this weekend.

Never mind the mismatch: Let’s Go Yank-ees!

[Photo Via: This Isn't Happiness]

In the what-took-you-so-long? department, Youk to the 15-day DL.

In the meantime, it’s our man Hiroki.

1. Gardner CF
2. Suzuki LF
3. Cano 2B
4. Hafner DH
5. Boesch RF
6. Nix 3B
7. Overbay 1B
8. Nunez SS
9. Stewart C

Time to clear-away thoughts of last night’s pounding.

Never mind the pollen: Let’s Go Yank-ees!

[Photo Credit: Matt Weber via Retro New York]

It’s Andy vs. his former team, the Astros. Man, that feels weird to say, huh?

Also, Austin Romine gets the start. Chad Jennings has the skinny.

1. Gardner CF
2. Cano 2B
3. Wells LF
4. Hafner DH
5. Boesch RF
6. Nix 3B
7. Overbay 1B
8. Nunez SS
9. Romine C

Never mind the drizzle:

Let’s Go Yank-ees!

Yanks-Jays, again.

CC’s on the hill.

Never mind the late afternoon shadows:

Let’s Go Yank-ees!

[Photo Credit: Bags]

Tonight gives Nova and who knows what to expect from him? Josh Johnson will be replaced by Aaron Laffey for the Jays.

1. Gardner CF
2. Nix 3B
3. Cano 2B
4. Wells LF
5. Cervelli C
6. Suzuki RF
7. Nunez SS
8. Overbay 1B
9. Francisco DH

Never mind the spring blossoms: Let’s Go Yank-ees!

[Photo Via: Hengki Koentjoro]