Spring Training Notes: 3/2/12
Joe Girardi having a word with Brett Gardner
Today was the day that all have waited for; Spring Training games are back! Although games are back, there has been some headlines. Here are the notes & links:
– MLB has OK’d the expanded wildcard for the 2012 season. Here’s the tweet for the details:
BREAKING: 2012 Postseason to feature 10-team format that includes 2 additional Wild Cards and elimination game in each league prior to DS.
— MLB (@MLB) March 2, 2012
– Pirates RHP A.J Burnett will miss 2-3 months of the season after having eye surgery today to repair the orbital bone. Burnett bunted the baseball in his eye during batting practice earlier this week. Burnett was slated to be the Pirates number 1 starter in the rotation.
– And Yankees fans will love to hear this! The Yankees played their first Spring Training game against the University of Florida. Here was the final score:
all over here at GMS, 11-0 Yankees win vs USF
— Yankees PR Dept. (@YankeesPR) March 2, 2012
– Courtesy of Bryan Hoch of MLB.com, here are some pictures from today’s practice & game:
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- Joe Girardi having a word with Brett Gardner
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- Brett Gardner finishing batting practice
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- Derek Jeter in the batters box for the first game of 2012
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- Derek Jeter fielding during the USF game
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- Joe Girardi warming up
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- Mark Teixeira fielding grounders
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- Nick Swisher after his at-bat
Tomorrow the New York Yankees will take on the Philadelphia Philles which is a televised game. The game will be on MLB Network and for those who don’t have MLB Network on MLB.TV.
Use the comment section below to talk about anything you’d like! Have a good night everyone!
Posted on March 2, 2012, in Notes & Links and tagged A.J. Burnett, Brett Gardner, Derek Jeter, Joe Girardi, Mark Teixeira, New York Yankees, Wildcard. Bookmark the permalink. 2 Comments.
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Can’t wait to finally watch a Yankee game again! Only 9 hours away….you know you are baseball starved when you are counting hours until a ST game. ST games are meaningless to many but I like them for the following reasons:
1 – Always good to see the condition a player is in. Often gives a glimpse at the player’s motivation. I’m happy to hear Swish & Hughes are in excellent condition after reporting “soft” last y which led to brutal starts to their regular seasons.
2 – Fun to watch pitchers work on new pitches. This yr its Pineda’s change up although I think it’s more important for Hughes to master the change since he lacks the plus-plus FB & Slider Pineda has.
3 – This is the most important thing for me – It gives me an opportunity to see a lot of the prospects play. Last yr, we all got to witness that Banuelos’ stuff was for real as he mowed through some good MLB-hitters.
I’m pretty excited to watch the Spring Training games myself. I usually like to watch the prospects play. It’s just fun to watch the talent that the Yankees farm system has before they are sent down to the minor league camp