Happy 67th Birthday To Mr. October

A very happy 67th birthday wish goes out to Mr. October Reggie Jackson from everyone here at The Greedy Pinstripes. You will always be remembered from Yankees fans whether they saw your three home run game in the World Series or not. Have a good one Reggie!

Game Thread : TOR @ NYY 5/18

The Yankees rookies single handed beat the Toronto Blue Jays last night as these same two teams go at it again this afternoon at Yankees Stadium. Another young guy in David Phelps will be on the mound to face off against Brandon Morrow for the Jays. Curtis Granderson is making his first ever appearance in right field today and Travis Hafner is back as the DH and hitting clean up. The Yankees get one more guy back from being injured in Hafner so that's always encouraging. Head over to twitter and give us a follow @GreedyStripes to tweet with us during the games all season long.

Here is the Yankees lineup

Brett Gardner CF
Robinson Cano 2B
Vernon Wells LF
Travis Hafner DH
Lyle Overbay 1B
Curtis Granderson RF
Jayson Nix SS
David Adams 3B
Austin Romine C

Yankees Designate Alberto Gonzalez For Assignment

The Yankees have announced that they have designated Alberto Gonzalez for assignment to make room for recently acquired Reid Brignac. This is a head scratcher because Gonzalez can play all over the field, even serving as a back up catcher and a pitcher for an out here or there, but Brian Cashman believes that Reid Brignac can lefty platoon with the likes of Jayson Nix. Seems like Brignac is coming to the majors and not to AAA like we all originally thought or hoped.

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Yankees Trade For Reid Brignac

I think I see something.

Earlier this week Reid Brignac was DFA by the Colorado Rockies, and Jon Heyman tells us that the Yankees traded for the 27 year-old.

EDIT: Heyman followed up with another tweet, saying it the Yankees gave the Rockies $75,000.

Brignac has hit .228/.270/.321 his his 5+ years in MLB, however his only regular work came in 2010. Before the 2007 season, Reid was the #17 prospect according to Baseball America, but that promise has not yet translated to the field.

I'm thinking this move was made to fill a roster spot in AAA, since the Yankees have needed to call up David Adams, who looks like he could stick with the team even after Kevin Youkilis returns. Surely they don't think Brignac, and his career OPS of .591, can be of any help.

Toronto Blue Jays @ New York Yankees 5/18

The New York Yankees and the Toronto Blue Jays play the dreaded day game on Saturday this afternoon at Yankees Stadium. The good news is the game is not being aired on FOX as the Yankees tend to have troubles in those games for some reason. The Yankees will send David Phelps to the mound to face off with Brandon Morrow in this afternoons game. The game will be televised at 1:05 pm ET on YES and MLB TV.

This Day In Yankees History 5/18

On this day in 1999 Joe Torre returned to the Yankees after missing the teams first 36 games after undergoing successful prostate cancer surgery. The game was played in Fenway Park but Torre still received a standing ovation from the Boston crowd. The Red Sox would beat the Yankees 6-3.

Former Yankees Update David Aardsma

As we all saw earlier in the week former Yankees reliever David Aardsma used an opt out clause in his minor league contract with the Miami Marlins and became a free agent. This was the second time this season David has become a free agent after the Yankees released him right before camp broke and designated him for assignment. David was looking for a major league contract but a Japanese team, the Hanshin Tigers, is now after David for his services in 2013.

Game Thread TOR @ NYY 5/17

The Yankees are hosting a Toronto Blue Jays, staring this evening, that they have owned all season long. The Yankees send their best pitcher to the mound tonight in Hiroki Kuroda to keep the streak alive against the Jays while a lefty in Mark Buehrle is going to try and stop the Yankees offense. Use this thread to chat during the game and follow us on twitter (@GreedyStripes) and keep up with us and the Yankees all season long.

Andy Pettitte Hits The DL

A little earlier I wrote about Chris Stewart avoiding a DL stint. Well, Andy Pettitte didn't. Andy was placed on the 15-Day DL with a left trapezius muscle injury. The trapezius muscle can be seen in the image below...

Nobody could figure out why Andy was taken out of the game last night, as replays nor anything else pointed to a problem. Later that night, it was said that it was nothing serious, and taken Pettitte out was just a precautionary measure. Not surprisingly, neither myself nor most other Yankee fans bought that, and here we are.

In his place, Vidal Nuno was recalled from AAA. Nuno has only thrown 8 innings in MLB, all this year, but he has yet to give up a run. His 5:3 K:BB ratio doesn't instill a ton of confidence from me, but I hope yet another youngster can pick up an injured veteran.