Game Thread: Yankees vs. Mariners 6/11

The New York Yankees and the Seattle Mariners are playing the middle game of their three game set this week tonight at Safeco Field. The Yankees will send Masahiro Tanaka to the mound to face off with undefeated in Seattle Chris Young for the Mariners. The game will be played at 10:10 pm ET and can be seen on the YES Network, MLB TV, and can be heard on the radio with WFAN.

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Enjoy the game Yankees family and enjoy your Thursday morning because this game won't be over before then.

Mariners Suck Without Ichiro Suzuki... Meme

Well it looks like Squidward was right this time Sponge Bob... just saying. 

Yankees Acquire David Huff, Designate Wade LeBlanc

The New York Yankees have acquired left handed pitcher David Huff off waivers from the San Francisco Giants. To make room for Huff on the 40 man and 25 man rosters the Yankees have designated Wade LeBlanc for assignment. The revolving door keeps on moving...

The Yankees traded Huff to the Giants this offseason after clearing a spot for Masahiro Tanaka and now have Huff back in uniform for tonight's game.

Shawn Kelley Activated, Matt Daley Optioned To AAA

The New York Yankees and their bullpen just got a shot in the arm as Shawn Kelley has finally been activated off the 15 day DL with a back injury. The Yankees will option Matt Daley to Triple-A Scranton to make room on the 25 man roster for Kelley. The Yankees bullpen just got a fresh arm, their 8th inning man, and a huge upgrade at the end of the game. Great news.

Preview: New York Yankees vs. Seattle Mariners 6/11

The New York Yankees and the Seattle Mariners will play in the middle game of a three game set this week at Safeco Field tonight in Seattle. The Yankees will send Masahiro Tanaka to the mound to face off with Seattle's Chris Young. The game will be played at 10:10 pm ET, raise your hand if you hate West Coast games, and can be seen on the YES Network, MLB TV, and can be heard on the radio with John Sterling and Suzyn Waldman on WFAN.

Tanaka continues to dominate the league and lead the league in ERA with a 2.02 ERA this season. Only Toronto's Mark Buehrle has more wins than Tanaka's nine this season as Tanaka looks to win his seventh straight decision tonight in Seattle.

Young has never lost at Safeco Field in his career in nine starts with a career 6-0 record and 2.84 ERA including a 3-0 and 1.89 ERA this season in Seattle. Young is coming off a start in Tampa where he gave up three runs in five innings taking a loss for the Mariners.

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Go Yankees!!

Zach Nuding & Francisco Cervelli Added To Trenton

The Trenton Thunder, Double-A affiliate of the New York Yankees, have announced multiple moves prior to Wednesday’s game against the Richmond Flying Squirrels.

C Francisco Cervelli has his MLB rehab assignment transferred from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Cervelli has appeared in five rehab games with Tampa (A+) and Scranton (AAA) and is 2-for-18 at the plate with a walk.

LHP Jeremy Bleich has been transferred to Scranton and RHP Zach Nuding has been transferred from Scranton. The 26-year old Bleich, who is in his fourth season with the Thunder, has not yet made his Triple-A debut. This season with the Thunder, the Stanford University product was 4-5 with a 3.51 ERA and 55 strikeouts in 66.2 innings.

Nuding began the season with the Thunder and was transferred to Triple-A May 3rd. In five starts with the Thunder to begin the season, Nuding was 2-0 with a 2.43 ERA and 28 strikeouts in 29.2 innings. He made eight starts with the RailRiders, and posted a 2-4 record with a 6.25 ERA over 40.1 innings.

The Thunder active roster stands at an Eastern League maximum 25 players.

Yankees Sign Montgomery & Five Other 2014 Draftees

The New York Yankees have until July 18 to sign all their draft picks from the 2014 MLB First Year Players Draft but are wasting no time as they signed six more draft picks today. This after signing Austin DeCarr and a few others and having Jacob Lindgren head down to Tampa to take a physical before signing. 

The Yankees signed fourth round pick Jordan Montgomery to a deal and will send him to Staten Island. The exact figures have not been releases but the slot for the 122nd pick is $424,000 so hopefully it's that or less. 

10th rounder Ty McFarland, 19th pick Joe Harvey ($60K), 26th pick Clay Slaybaugh, 27th pick Griffin Gordon, and 38th pick Andre Del Bosque have all signed as well. Every slot after the 10th pick are $100,000 and the slot for McFarland is $137,600. 

Beltran Begins Throwing Program To Return To OF

Carlos Beltran has been struggling with an old bone spur for a few weeks now and has been limited to DH duties only but will start a throwing program in hopes of him returning to the outfield. Beltran began the throwing program today and will wear a brace on the elbow to keep from overextending it in a game. Beltran says he still feels pain in the elbow but obviously not enough to keep him out of the lineup.

Beltran missed basically a month already with the bone spur and has so far avoided an in season surgery on the throwing elbow. Beltran has gone 3-18 since coming off the DL for a staggering .167 batting average,

Cano Thankful He Got to Play With Jeter

From 2005-2013, Mariners Second Basemen Robinson Cano grew up alongside Derek Jeter.

The $240 million infielder, currently in his first season outside of the Bronx, started off as a prospect with the Yankees, slowly becoming a star before his nine year stint (2009 World Series win included) was up.

Prior to last's night game, Cano revealed to the New York Post's Kevin Kernan how much Jeter's leadership meant to him during that time, stating that the future HOF always answered his questions and was a big help to the team's youngsters.

“Every time I had a question, he was the guy I would ask," Cano said. "I really appreciated that. He was a superstar and he helped all the young players."

Before the contest, which the Yanks won 3-2 over M's ace Hisashi Iwakuma in thrilling fashion, Cano actually gave Jeter a $34,000 watch, inscribed with the phrase "Thanks for showing me how to be a leader."

That gift, along with a seat from the old KingDome (where Jeter made his MLB Debut back in 1995) and a charitable donation, made up the night of thanks to #2, who will play his last regular season game in Seattle tomorrow.

2014 Yankees Draftees & Their Twitter Accounts

As you know we are big time Twitter freaks on this blog as well as self proclaimed prospect humpers so I get excited around this time every year. Not only do we get new prospects to love but we also get new people to add to the family and the Twitter list we keep on the site. Below is an incomplete and always changing list of Twitter accounts for the players the Yankees drafted in 2014:

(2)Jacob Lindgren - @JLindgren19
(3)Austin DeCarr - @RiDeCarr7
(4)Jordan Montgomery - @Gumbynation34
(5)Jordan Foley - @JFol12
(6)Jonathan Holder - @JHolder14
(7)Mark Payton - @MarkPayton2
(9)Vince Conde - @vince_VU3
(11) Matt Borens - @matteiu28
(12) Chris Gittens - @cgittensome
(13) Bo Thompson - @bobothompson
(14) Sean Carley - @SeanCarley23
(15) Andrew Chin - @Andrewchin8
(16) Derek Callahan - @Derek_Callahan
(17) Garrett Cave - @G_Cave19
(19) Joe Harvey - @44panther
(20) Corey Holmed - @fastball_14
(22) Jake Kelzer - @waken_Jake
(23) Will Toffey - @willtoffey
(27) Griff Gordon - @GGordon11
(29) Mariano Rivera - @marianojr4
(32) Jordan Ramsey - @Jramsey_11
(33) David Graybill - @DavidGraybill24
(34) Matt Wotherspoon - @mspoon11
(35) Christopher Hudgins - @huggie619
(36) Will Gaddis - @w_gad25
(37) Ryan Lindemuth - @rlindy05
(38) Andre Del Bosque - @adelb811
(39) Cameron Warren - @Cam_Warren24
(40) Madison Stokes - @madisonstokes1