New York Yankees Spring Training News & Notes 3/12

Brendan Ryan took some light swings after suffering an oblique injury last week and feels no ill effects from the activity. Ryan says the injury is more in his lower back than his oblique so maybe this will not be a lingering kind of injury.

Tyler Austin is hitting flips in the batting cage, which is basically a modified version of tee and toss. His right wrist feels good and has no lingering soreness.

Jose Campos made his spring debut for the Yankees today pitching in the 7-7 tie.

Dellin Betances threw a simulated game today to Peter O'Brien and faced Jose Pirela and Francisco Arcia.

Francisco Cervelli hit two more home runs today and is batting an even .500 for the spring while leading the team in slugging percentage. Cervelli is being scouted by other teams and is said to be readily available for the right price.

Dean Anna has a stiff neck, not great news for him. Dino needs to be in every game and every inning he can if he wants to win a spot on the team and cannot afford to miss any time. Anna is still expected to make the trip to Panama though so that's great news.

Another day and another hit for Yangervis Solarte, he also walked once in the game as well. Pretty soon we have to stop reminding you that it's early in spring and start recognizing that this guy is killing the ball.

Chad Jennings with the daily assignments:

Tomorrow’s travel squad to Clearwater:
Pitchers: Danny Burawa, Preston Claiborne, Shane Greene, Fred Lewis, Bryan Mitchell, Mark Montgomery, Ivan Nova
Catchers: Francisco Arcia, Francisco Cervelli, Pete O’Brien, Austin Romine
Infielders: Kelly Johnson, Scott Sizemore, Yangervis Solarte, Mark Teixeira
Outfielders: Jacoby Ellsbury, Ramon Flores, Ichiro Suzuki, Mason Williams

· Today’s second string: C Austin Romine, 1B Jose Gil, 2B Zelous Wheeler, SS Dean Anna, 3B Jose Pirela, LF Yangervis Solarte, CF Antoan Richardson, RF Adonis Garcia, DH John Ryan Murphy

· Today’s scheduled relievers: Shawn Kelley, Jose Campos, Robert Coello, Yoshinori Tateyama, Fred Lewis

· Batting practice groups:
Group 1: Derek Jeter, Carlos Beltran, Brian Roberts, Alfonso Soriano, Ichiro Suzuki
Group 2: Russ Canzler, Kelly Johnson, Mason Williams, Francisco Cervelli
Group 3: Zoilo Almonte, Eduardo Nunez, Scott Sizemore, Austin Romine
Group 4: Francisco Arcia, Adonis Garcia, Zelous Wheeler, John Ryan Murphy
Group 5: Antoan Richardson, Yangervis Solarte, Jose Pirela, Jose Gil
Group 6: Ramon Flores, Corban Joseph, Francisco Arcia, Pete O’Brien, Gary Sanchez