AJ Burnett: Him again. OK, seriously, this is sad and I just wanted to point it out. Burnett as you know by now is with the Pittsburgh Pirates and is really excited about it. One problem. Earlier in the week while batting, a ball ricocheted and hit him in the face and fractured his orbital bone. Read HERE. He was immediately flown the Pittsburgh and yesterday he had surgery. He’s out for 8-12 weeks. You can say a lot of things about AJ Burnett, but you have to feel bad for this guy right about now. We here at Bleeding Yankee Blue just wish Burnett well. That just sucks.
Mark Teixeira: Mark Teixeira hired Derek Jeter’s agent Casey Close to be his new agent after he canned his old agent Soctt Boras. That happened last year…read about it HERE. It’s worth telling you this because I wish all these guys would dump Scott Boras. My biggest worry is someone like Robinson Cano, who recently signed Boras will get ruined by Boras somehow. I can’t stand the guy and I feel like Boras ruined the game. That’s my opinion of course. As far as Teixeira goes, he needs to do more than hire a new agent. Tex needs to get back to his old form. 
Adonis Garcia: Who? Garcia is a Cuban infielder and there are plenty of teams that have interest in him, including the Yankees and Athletics. The Yankees like him for sure and there is conflicting reports that the Yankees made an offer to Garcia worth $16 million. Read HERE. That report was disputed by my favorite guy, Marc Carig at the Star-Ledger that reports that in fact, an offer was NOT made. Read HERE. I’m going with Carig, he’s always right.
Manny Delcarmen: Delcarmen, the former Red Sock righty relief pitcher is trying to win a spot on the Yankees roster but he’s had a setback which may hurt his chances of making the team. He has a strained lateral muscle, read HERE. Understand that the Yankees literally have just a few spots left and there are also guys like Clay Rapada, a lefty, trying to win a spot. I personally like the idea of having another lefty in the pen and Rapada would be my pick, but we will see of course if Delcarman can get back and make a run for it before time runs out. We’ll keep you posted.
Ivan Nova: Nova gets the ball today in the first official Spring Training game between 2 pro teams involving the Yanks. It's at 1:05pm today in Clearwater against the Philadelphia Phillies. Read HERE. It’s just an exhibition game so I’m not about to give you a play by play after the game is complete, but if there are some interesting highlights, we’ll mention them in a future post. All good...all good, baseball is back.
Go Yanks…
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