Morning Bits: Rotation, Mason Williams, Empire State Yankees, Pettitte, Mariano

Good morning all.  After a rained soaked weekend the Yankees will now start a series with the red hot bats of the Texas Rangers.  This should be a great series.

Let’s start the week off with some morning links….

– Chad Jennings of Lohud writes that the Yankees struggling rotation faces tough spin vs. Rangers, Tigers.

– The Times Tribune has the story of The Empire State Yankees come back to beat Norfolk.

– Wallace Matthews of ESPN New York writes don’t mess with Texas.

– Keith Law of ESPN says Mason Williams has moved passed Banuelos as the Yankees top prospect.

– Buster Olney sat down with Mariano Rivera for the Sunday conversation.

– Mike Bauman of MLB.com writes that Andy Pettitte is a necessity, not a luxury for the Yankees.

– The yankees expect Brett Gardner back after the 15 days on the DL writes Jason Mastrodonato of mlb.com.