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OPEN SEASON: The Yankees will begin the 115th campaign in franchise history today at Tampa Bay followed by an off day Monday… is the first game of a three-game series and six-game, eight-day road trip (also Tues.-Wed. at the Rays and Fri.-Sun. at Baltimore)… will play their home opener on 4/10 vs. Tampa Bay as part of a nine-game, 10-day homestand with three games each vs. the Rays (also 4/12-13), St. Louis (4/14-16) and Chicago-AL (4/17-19).

� Are 63-50-1 all time on Opening Day (35-17-1 at home, 28-33 on the road)… had their 2016 season opener vs. Houston postponed one day by rain (scheduled for 4/4/16, played on 4/5/16, lost 5-3)… have lost each of their last five season openers and seven of their last eight since 2009, most recently winning on 3/31/11 (6-3 vs. Detroit)… are 8-9 in season openers dating to 2000.

� Are 1-2 vs. Tampa Bay on Opening Day all-time.YEAR W/L SCORE WP LP2012 at TB L 6-7 Rodney Rivera2007 vs. TB W 9-5 Vizcaino Stokes2004 at TB* L 3-8 Zambrano Mussina

*Opening Day in 2004 played at Tokyo Dome, Yankees were visiting team

�Will have five off days in April (4/3, 6, 11, 20, 24). �Will not leave the Eastern Time Zone until a road trip takes them to Chicago-NL (Central Time) from 5/5-7.

�Will play 11 of their first 32 games against NL opposition, including their earliest-ever Interleague series (4/14-16 vs. St. Louis and 4/21-23 at Pittsburgh).

� Have lost their last four season openers that have taken place on the road (dating to 2009), are 3-9 in such games since 1997, 7-20 since 1971 and 28-33 all time.

SKIPPING ‘STONE: Manager Joe Girardi owns a 897-723 (.554) career record and needs three wins to reach 900… would become the 11th active manager to reach the total (also Bochy-1,789, Baker-1,766, Scoscia-1,490, Showalter-1,429, Francona-1,381, Hurdle-1,043, Yost-1,006, Maddon-981, Melvin-955, Collins-925), while owning the best career winning percentage of that group… according to Elias, is the only current manager to guide his team to winning records in each of the last nine seasons (2008-16)… is sixth in Yankees history in managerial wins, trailing only Joe McCarthy (1,460), Joe Torre (1,173), Casey Stengel (1,149), Miller Huggins (1,067) and Ralph Houk (944)… went 78-84 (.481) with the Marlins in 2006 and has gone 819-639 (.562) with the Yankees from 2008-16.

YOUTH MOVEMENT: The Yankees’ Opening Day lineup on Sunday will potentially include C Gary Sánchez, 1B Greg Bird, SS Ronald Torreyes and RF Aaron Judge, all 24 years old.

�Only twice in Yankees franchise history has the club’s Opening Day starting lineup featured four players under the age of 25: 4/12/1932 at Philadelphia-AL (LHP Lefty Gomez, C Bill Dickey, 3B Frankie Crosetti, RF Ben Chapman) and 4/14/1914 vs. Philadelphia-AL (1B Harry Williams, 3B Fritz Maisel, SS Roger Peckinpaugh, CF Bill Holden).

� It has been 46 years since the club’s O.D. lineup featured three players under age 25, when CF Bobby Murcer, RF Jim Lyttle and C Thurman Munson started on 4/6/1971 at Boston.

� At 28 years, 334 days, the average age of the Yankees’ Opening Day active roster in 2017 is its youngest in at least the last 25 years… marks the second consecutive year that the Yankees’ average age on Opening Day is under 30 years old (29.099 in 2016)… every Opening Day roster from 1997-2015 averaged over 30 years old.

ROSTER MAKE-UP: The Yankees have 12 players on their 2017 Opening Day 25-man active roster who were not on the club’s 2016 O.D. 25-man active roster — P(6): LHP Aroldis Chapman, RHP Tyler Clippard, RHP Jonathan Holder, LHP Tommy Layne, RHP Bryan Mitchell, RHP Adam Warren; C(1): Gary Sánchez; INF(4): Greg Bird, Chris Carter, Matt Holliday, Pete Kozma; OF(1): Aaron Judge.

� Three players are seeking to make their Yankees debuts (Carter, Holliday, Kozma)… all 25 players have made their Major League debuts, and Holder and Judge are the only two rookies on the Yankees’ 2017 Opening Day roster.

TANAKA TIME: RHP Masahiro Tanaka will make his third consecutive and third career Major League Opening Day start today… will tie Hideo Nomo (2000 w/ Detroit, ‘03-04 w/ Los Angeles-NL) for the most Opening Day starts by a Japanese-born pitcher… will become the 13th Yankee in franchise history with three-or-more Opening Day starts.

� Is one of eight Major League pitchers tabbed to start a third consecutive season opener in 2017 (also Archer, Bumgarner, Hernandez, Kershaw, Keuchel, Kluber, Teheran).

� Prior to Tanaka, only two Yankees O.D. contests were started by foreign-born pitchers: RHP Chien-Ming Wang (Taiwan) in 2008 and RHP Orlando Hernandez (Cuba) in 2000.

� Seeks his first Opening Day win after taking a no-decision on 4/5/16 vs. Houston and a loss on 4/6/15 vs. Toronto.

SPRING FLING: Despite losing their final game of the spring on Friday, 8-5 at Atlanta in the first-ever game at SunTrust Park, the Yankees concluded their exhibition schedule with a 24-9-1 (.727) record against Major League opposition, the best mark in the Majors… is the club’s best spring record and tied their most spring wins since at least 1962 (2009: 24-10-1, .706)… were 12-4 at GMS Field and 12-5-1 on the road.

�1B Greg Bird batted .451/.556/1.098 (23-for-51) with 12R, 7 doubles, 1 triple, 8HR, 15RBI and 12BB in 23 games against Major League opposition…led all Major League hitters in extra-base hits (16), OBP, slugging and OPS (1.654), tied for first in homers and ranked second in BA…his 8HR this spring were most by a Yankee since at least 2006.

� INF Gleyber Torres was named the 2017 James P. Dawson Award winner as the outstanding rookie in spring training, hitting .448/.469/.931 (13-for-29) with 8R, 6 doubles, 1 triple, 2HR and 9RBI in 19 games.

� RHP Masahiro Tanaka led the Majors in ERA, going 3-1 with a 0.38 ERA (23.2IP, 9H, 2R/1ER, 5BB, 28K) in six spring starts… began the spring with an 18.2-inning scoreless streak over his first five starts.

WHAT’S NEW AT YANKEE STADIUM: During this offseason, Yankee Stadium has undergone its first series of major design enhancements, which are intended to improve the guest experience for fans of all ages… enhancements include seven new social gathering spaces and additional dynamic food and beverage areas, available to all ticketholders… among the many highlights, the Sunrun Kids Clubhouse — shaped like a mini-baseball field with a soft artificial surface and Yankees-themed playground equipment — will be the Stadium’s first-ever children’s zone… the Masterpass Batter’s Eye Deck (CF), Frank’s RedHot Terrace (LF) and the Toyota Terrace (RF) will be open-air social gathering spaces overlooking the bullpens, featuring specialty food and drink and drink rail locations which will have power/USB outlets.

TURN STYLES: The Yankees have announced their special events and promotional schedule for the 2017 regular season… featured dates include Derek Jeter’s number retirement and plaque dedication (Mother’s Day-5/14) and the 71st Annual Old-Timers’ Day (6/25)… limited-edition collectible player bobbleheads presented by AT&T feature Gary Sánchez (4/30), Reggie Jackson (6/9), Whitey Ford (7/9) and Aroldis Chapman (8/27)… other giveaways include Replica Bat Day presented by Bank of America (6/11), Yankees Star Wars Night (8/25) and 1977 World Championship Fan Ring Day, presented by Betteridge Jewelers (9/17)… Military Appreciation Day (7/29) will see the first 18,000 Guests in attendance (21 and older) receive a Yankees camo baseball cap pres. by Budweiser.

GLOBAL ENTRY: Seven Yankees players participated in the 2017 WBC… RHP Tyler Clippard pitched for the title-winning U.S. team, going 1-0 with a 2.08 ERA (4.1IP, 2H, 1ER, 1BB, 6K, 1HR) in 3G… INF Didi Gregorius (Neth.) batted .348 (8-for-23) with 5R, 4 doubles, 1HR and 8RBI in 6G… RHP Dellin Betances (D.R.) appeared in 5G, tossing 5.0 scoreless IP (3H, 3BB, 5K)… RHP Giovanny Gallegos (Mex. 1G, 2.0IP, 4H, 1ER, 0BB, 1K, 1HR), LHP Tommy Layne (Italy, 3G, 3.1IP, 4H, 0R, 3BB, 4K), INF Donovan Solano (Colo., 3-for-14, 2RBI in 3G) and OF Tito Polo (Colo., 2-for-9, 1R, 1SB in 3G) were eliminated in the first round of pool play.

�Additionally, 1B coach Tony Peña managed the D.R. squad, and 3B coach Joe Espada was the 3B coach for Puerto Rico.

YANKEES BY THE NUMBERSNOTE 2017 (2016)Standing in AL East: . . . . . . . -- (4th, -9.0G)Current Streak: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .--Current Road Trip:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0-0Last Homestand: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .--Home Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 (48-33)Road Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 (36-45)Day Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 (26-27)Night Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 (58-51)Pre-All-Star . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 (44-44)Post-All-Star . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 (40-34) vs. AL East: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 (35-41) vs. AL Central: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 (21-12)vs. AL West: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 (20-13) vs. National League: . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 (8-12)vs. RH starters: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 (59-52)vs. LH starters: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 (25-26)Yankees Score First: . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 (47-26)Opp. Score First: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 (37-52)Leading After 6: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 (58-6)Trailing After 6: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 (15-60)Tied After 6: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 (11-12) Leading After 7: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 (68-4)Trailing After 7: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 (5-65) Tied After 7: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 (11-9)Leading After 8: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 (72-2)Trailing After 8: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 (3-71)Tied After 8: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0-0 (9-5) Extra-Inning Games: . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 (4-3) One-run Games: . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 (24-12) Two (or fewer)-run Games: . . . 0-0 (39-29)NYY Scores 5 or more: . . . . . . . 0-0 (61-11)NYY Scores 4 or more: . . . . . . . 0-0 (68-17)NYY Scores 3 or fewer: . . . . . . . 0-0 (16-61)NYY Scores 2 or fewer: . . . . . . . . 0-0 (8-50)Opp. Scores 5 or more: . . . . . . 0-0 (19-53)Opp. Scores 4 or fewer: . . . . . . . 0-0 (65-25)Opp. Scores 3 or fewer: . . . . . . . 0-0 (54-13)Opp. Scores 2 or fewer: . . . . . . . . 0-0 (39-7)Yankees No Errors: . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 (51-44)Yankees Make Error(s): . . . . . . . 0-0 (33-34)NYY Starter Goes 6: . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 (55-36)Come-From-Behind Wins:. . . . . . . . . 0 (45) Yankees hit 0HR: . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 (19-38)Yankees hit at least 1HR: . . . . 0-0 (65-40)Yankees hit 2+ HRs: . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 (36-11)Walk-off Wins-Losses: . . . . . . . . . . .0-0 (6-4) Series Opener: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 (28-25)Series Opener, home: . . . . . . . . . 0-0 (17-9)Series Opener, road: . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 (11-16)Series Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0-0 (26-22-5)Series Record, home: . . . . . . 0-0-0 (15-8-3)Series Record, road: . . . . . . 0-0-0 (11-14-2)Sweeps by NYY/ by Opp.: . . . . 0 (5) / 0 (6)Run Differential (per gm.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .--Runs Scored (per gm.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .--Runs Allowed (per gm.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .--

TODAY IN YANKEES HISTORYApril 2, 1996: Derek Jeter bats ninth and hits a fifth-inning solo HR in the Yankees’ 7-1 Opening Day win at Cleveland’s Jacobs Field. He becomes the first Yankee rookie to start at SS on Opening Day since Tom Tresh in 1962.

TOMORROW IN YANKEES HISTORYApril 3, 2006: The Yankees win, 15-2, at Oakland on Opening Day. Alex Rodriguez goes 3-for-5 with a grand slam and 5RBI and Hideki Matsui goes 4-for-4 with a solo HR and 4RBI.

April 3, 1919: Yankees outfielder Ping Bodie competes against an ostrich named “Percy” in a spaghetti-eating contest in Jacksonville, Fla. Bodie wins the competition when Percy passes out after his 11th plate of pasta (credit: SABR Biography Project).

PROMOTIONS NEXT HOMESTANDMon., 4/10 vs. TB: Magnetic Schedule

Day pres. by AT&T (All guests)Wed., 4/12 vs. TB: Mastercard $5 Game

(Select seats priced at $5)Sat., 4/15 vs. STL: Calendar Day pres. by

Mastercard (All guests)Sun., 4/16 vs. STL: PEEPS Plush Night (1st

18,000 guests)Tues., 4/18 vs. CWS: Mastercard $5 Game

(Select seats priced at $5)

NEW YORK YANKEES (0-0) at TAMPA BAY RAYS (0-0)RHP Masahiro Tanaka (14-4, 3.07 in 2016) vs. RHP Chris Archer (9-19, 4.02 in 2016)

Sunday, April 2, 2017 • Tropicana Field • 1:10 p.m. ETGame #1 • Road Game #1 • TV: YES/ESPN • Radio: WFAN 660AM/101.9FM (English), WADO 1280AM (Spanish)

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UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERSDate Opponent Probable Pitchers Time (ET) TVMon., 4/3 Off DayTue., 4/4 at Tampa Bay LHP CC Sabathia (9-12, 3.91 in 2016) vs. RHP Jake Odorizzi (10-6, 3.69 in 2016) 7:10 p.m. YESWed., 4/5 at Tampa Bay RHP Michael Pineda (6-12, 4.82 in 2016) vs. RHP Alex Cobb (1-2, 8.59 in 2016) 7:10 p.m. FS1Thurs., 4/6 Off Day

On the Radio: All games carried by WFAN 660AM/101.9FM and the Yankees Radio Network; Spanish on WADO 1280-AM and YES Network in SAP

2016 TEAM HIGHS & LOWSCLUB GENERAL

Longest Winning Streak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 (9/4-10)Longest Winning Streak, Home / Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 (9/5-10) / 6 (5/18-27)Longest Losing Streak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 (4/26-5/3)Longest Losing Streak, Home / Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3, 3x (last: 6/26-28) / 6 (4/26-5/3)Longest Game, Time, 9 inn. / All Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4:15 (8/10 at BOS) / 4:25 (7/23 vs. SF)Longest Game, Innings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 inn. (8/31 at KC)Shortest Game, Time, All Games. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:19 (4/26 at TEX)Most LOB, All Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14, 4x (last: 8/27 vs. BAL)Most Errors, All Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3, 3x (last: 9/14 vs. LAD)Largest Margin of Victory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 2x (4/6 vs. HOU and 8/26 vs. BAL)Largest Margin of Defeat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 (5/16 at ARI)Largest Deficit Overcome in a Win . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 (6/29 vs. TEX, down 6-1 and 7-2, won 9-7)Highest Paid Attendance, Home / Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48,339 (8/3 vs. NYM) / 47,896 (9/25 at TOR)

TEAM BATTING Most Runs, Game / Inning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 (4/6 vs. HOU) / 7 (6/14 at COL, 8th inn.)Most Hits, 9 inn. / All Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 (7/5 at CWS) / SameMost Hits, Inning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 (6/14 at COL, 8th inn.)Most Home Runs, All Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 2x (last: 8/13 vs. TB)Shut Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 (last: 9/24 at TOR)Fewest Hits, All Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 (5/29 at TB)Most Strikeouts, 9 inn. / All Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 (7/27 at HOU) / SameMost Walks, All Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 (9/9 vs. TB)Most Stolen Bases, All Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3, 3x (last: 9/15 at BOS)Hitting Streak, 2016 Season / Current . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12G (Gregorius) / 7G (Bird)Walk-off Wins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 (4/23 vs. TB, 6/22 vs. COL, 6/29-30 vs. TEX, 9/8 vs. TB & 9/28 vs. BOS) TEAM PITCHING Most Runs Allowed, Game / Inning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 (6/14 at COL) / 8 ( 8/16 vs. TOR, 8th inn.)Most Earned Runs Allowed, Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 (6/14 at COL)Most Hits Allowed, 9 inn. / All Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 5x (last: 8/16 vs. TOR) / SameMost Hits Allowed, Inning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6, 5x (last: 8/29 at KC, 7th inn.)Fewest Hits Allowed, Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2, 2x (last: 5/24 vs. TOR)Most Home Runs Allowed, Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 (6/26 vs. MIN) Most Walks, 9 inn. / All Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8, 4x (last: 9/30 vs. BAL) / SameMost Strikeouts, 9 inn. / All Games. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16, 4x (last: 9/20 at TB) / SameMost SB Allowed, All Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3, 8x (last: 8/31 at KC)Shutouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 (last: 9/13 vs. LAD)CGs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NoneWalk-Off Losses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 (5/5 at BAL, 7/2 at SD, 9/15 at BOS, 9/25 at TOR) 2016 INDIVIDUAL BATTING: Runs- 3, 14x (last: Gardner, 9/26 at TOR); Hits- 4, 11x (last: McCann, 9/21 at TB); Doubles- 3 (Beltran, 5/20 at OAK); Triples- 1, 20x (last: Torreyes, 9/24 at TOR); HR- 2, 10x (last: Sánchez, 9/21 at TB); RBI- 5, 2x (last: Sánchez, 9/21 at TB); BB- 4 (Gardner, 4/6 vs. HOU); SB- 2, 4x (last: Gardner, 5/15 vs. CWS).

PITCHING: IP in Start- 8.0, 3x (last: Tanaka, 6/17 at MIN); IP in Relief- 4.1, 2x (last: Severino, 8/3 vs. NYM); Hits- 10, 6x (last: Tanaka, 7/10 at CLE); Runs- 7, 7x (last: Sabathia, 8/17 vs. TOR); ER- 7, 5x (last: Sabathia, 8/17 vs. TOR); BB- 6 (Sabathia, 6/5 at BAL); K- 12, 2x (last: Sabathia, 8/17 vs. TOR); HR- 4, 4x (last: Tanaka, 9/21 at TB); Pitches- 118 (Eovaldi, 7/24 vs. SF).

FIELDING: Errors- 3 (Gregorius, 7/4 at CWS).

2017 YANKEES HOME RUNSMOST RECENT HRs

Player AB Since Date/Opp. (Pitcher)Bird 9 10/1/15 vs. BOS (Machi)Carter 5 10/1/16 at COL (Ottavino)Castro 40 9/12/16 vs. LAD (De León)Ellsbury 58 9/13/16 vs. LAD (Stripling)Gardner 197 7/30/16 at TB (Smyly)Headley 51 9/11/16 vs. TB (Andriese)Hicks 19 9/26/16 at TOR (Grilli)Holliday 1 9/30/16 vs. PIT (Phillips)Judge 3 9/12/16 vs. LAD (De León)Kozma 527 4/2/13 at ARI (Bell)Romine 37 8/11/16 at BOS (Rodriguez)Sánchez 16 9/27/16 vs. BOS (Price)Torreyes 75 8/19/16 at LAA (Weaver)

1st-INNING LEADOFF HRs0x in 2017 / 1x in 2016

Player Date/Opp. (Pitcher)None in 2017

Last: Ellsbury, 8/19/16 at LAA (off Weaver)

PINCH-HIT HRs0x in 2017 / 3x in 2016


Last: Butler, 9/16/16 at BOS (off Abad)

WALK-OFF HRs0x in 2017 / 5x in 2016


Last: Teixeira, 9/28/16 vs. BOS (off Kelly)

MULTI-HR GAMES0x in 2017 / 10x in 2016


Last: Sánchez, 9/21/16 at TB (off Cobb/Marks)Last 3HR: A. Rodriguez, 7/25/15 at MIN (off Milone/Perkins)

GRAND SLAMS0x in 2017 / 4x in 2016


Last: Teixeira, 9/28/16 vs. BOS (off Kelly)

INSIDE-THE-PARK HRs0x in 2017 / 0x in 2016


Last: Granderson, 8/21/11 at MIN (off Mijares)

MULTI-HR INNING (TEAM) / *BACK-TO-BACK HRs0x/0x in 2017 / 14x/7x in 2016

Players Date/Opp. (Inning)None in 2017

Last: Teixeira/Hicks, 9/26/16 at TOR (9th inn.)Last b2b: Ellsbury/Gregorius, 9/13/16 vs. LAD (7th inn.)Last b2b2b: Cano/Swisher/A. Jones, 6/8/12 vs. NYM (3rd inn.)Last multi-HR inn., indiv.: A. Rodriguez, 10/4/09 at TB (2HR in 6th)

RUNS VIA HR / RUNNERS ON BASEHRs: 0 / Runs: 0 / Runs via HR: 0 (0.0%) Solo (0): None2-Run (0): None3-Run (0): None Grand Slams (0): None

2016: HRs: 183 / Runs: 680 / Runs via HR: 273 (40.1%) 2016: Solo (115) / 2R (50) / 3R (14) / GS (4)

YANKEES ON THE DISABLED LISTPlayer (2) Injury Date Type (Gms Lost) Tyler Austin Fractured left ankle 4/2 (retro to 3/30) 60-day (0)Didi Gregorius Right shoulder strain 4/2 10-day (0)

Reinstated from D.L. in 2017 (0): None.2017 Season: 2 players in 2 stints / 2016 Season: 18 players in 18 stints

2017 OPENING DAY ROSTERP (12): RHP Dellin Betances, LHP Aroldis Chapman, RHP Tyler Clippard, RHP Jonathan Holder, LHP Tommy Layne, RHP Bryan Mitchell, RHP Michael Pineda, LHP CC Sabathia, RHP Luis Severino, LHP Chasen Shreve, RHP Masahiro Tanaka, RHP Adam Warren; C (2): Austin Romine, Gary Sánchez; INF (6): Greg Bird, Chris Carter, Starlin Castro, Chase Headley, Pete Kozma, Ronald Torreyes; OF (4): Jacoby Ellsbury, Brett Gardner, Aaron Hicks, Aaron Judge; DH (1): Matt Holliday

MISCELLANEOUSEJECTIONS (0x in 2017)

NYY Date/Opp. (Umpire)Last player: Luis Severino, 9/26 at TOR (Tichenor)Last manager: Joe Girardi, 9/26 at TOR (Tichenor)

2016: By player (1) / By manager (3) / By coach (2)

POSTPONEMENTS/RAIN DELAYSPpd. (0). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NoneDelays at Start (0). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NoneDelays In-Game (0) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NoneGames Called Early (0) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . None

2016: Ppd. (2) / Delays at Start (6) / Delays In-Game (9)Last Susp. Game: 5/25/11 at MIN - Resumed 5/26/11, 1-0 win

REPLAY CHALLENGES (0x in 2017)NYY Challenges: 0 (0 overturned, 0 confirmed, 0 stand)Opp. Challenges: 0 (0 overturned, 0 confirmed, 0 stand)Umpires: 0 (0 overt’d, 0 conf’d, 0 stand, 0 rec. keeping)

2016 (71): NYY (19-4-6) / Opp. (21-5-8) / Umps (2-2-3-1)

COMPARISON BY GAME NUMBERYear After Game 1 After Game 22017 -- (--,--) -- (--,--)2016 0-1 (5th, -1.0) 1-1 (T2nd, -1.0)2015 0-1 (T4th, -1.0) 1-1 (T2nd, -1.0)2014 0-1 (T4th, -1.0) 0-2 (5th, -1.5)

RECENT MAJOR LEAGUE TRANSACTIONSMar. 26 Released LHP Jon Niese…reassigned C Wilkin Castillo, INF Donovan Solano and INF

Rubén Tejada to minor league camp.Mar. 28 Reassigned INF Tyler Wade to minor league camp…received LHP Caleb Smith as a Rule 5

Draft return from the Chicago Cubs.Mar. 29 Optioned INF/OF Rob Refsnyder to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.Mar. 30 Optioned RHP Chad Green to Double-A Trenton.Mar. 31 Optioned RHP Ben Heller and C Kyle Higashioka to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.April 1 Received LHP Tyler Webb as a Rule 5 Draft return from the Pittsburgh Pirates and assigned

him to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.April 2 Signed INF Pete Kozma to a Major League contract and selected him to the 25-man roster…

placed Tyler Austin on the 60-day disabled list with a fractured left ankle…placed INF Didi Gregorius on the 10-day disabled list (retroactive to 3/30) with a right shoulder strain.

YANKEES at TAMPA BAYOVERALL TRENDS/FACTS: The Yankees and Rays will meet 19 times in 2017 (10G in the Bronx, 9G in Tampa Bay), starting with this season-opening series that includes today’s MLB opener and continuing with games on Tue. and Wed.…marks the fourth time that the Yankees have faced Tampa Bay to begin a season, previously: 4/6-8/12 at Tampa Bay, 4/2 & 4/5/07 at New York, and 3/30-31/04 at Tokyo…have won 12 of their last 15 series vs. the Rays, going 28-19 since 8/15/14…have won 11 of their last 12 series-opening games (since the start of 2015)…are 196-136 all-time vs. Tampa Bay and have handed the Rays more defeats than any other opponent in their history (next-most: Boston-192)… IN 2016: Went 11-8 vs. the Rays in 2016, including 7-3 at home and 4-5 at the Trop…won 5-of-6 series…IN SEASON SERIES: Have won back-to-back season series (2015-16) after going winless in their previous five seasons (went 0-4-1 fom 2010-14)…are 12-5-2 in all-time season series vs. the Rays…AT YANKEE STADIUM: The Yankees went 7-3 vs. Tampa Bay at home in 2016, dropping only the finales of each series…marked their most home wins over Tampa Bay since going 7-2 in 2006…have won seven consecutive home series over the Rays, their longest such streak ever vs. Tampa Bay and tied for their longest streak over any opponent at the current Yankee Stadium (also Los Angeles-AL, since 2011; and Detroit, 2009-15)…are 15-6 in their last 21 home matchups (since 9/10/14)…are 41-33 vs. the Rays at the current Yankee Stadium (since 2009)… have won 14-of-19 home season series (14-4-1) vs. Tampa Bay (lost in 2014, ‘13, ‘10 and ‘05)…AT TROPICANA FIELD: Went 4-5 in St. Pete in 2016…were swept in a three-game set from 7/29-31/16, the first time they were swept at Tropicana Field since 4/6-8/12…are 6-9 in their last 15G and 21-30 in their last 51G at Tropicana Field since 7/21/11…have posted a winning record at the Trop just once in the last seven seasons (1-5-1), a 6-4 ledger in 2015…are 90-77 all-time at Tampa Bay: 89-76 at the Trop and 1-1 in a two-game series in Tokyo to begin the 2004 season…the Yankees’ 89 wins at Tropicana Field are the most by a visiting club (next-most: Boston-87)…IN POSTSEASON: The Rays are one of three AL teams that the Yankees have not faced in the postseason (also Chicago-AL and Toronto).

NYY vs. OPPONENTS American League National League 2017 TOTAL BAL BOS CWS CLE DET HOU KC LAA MIN OAK SEA TB TEX TOR CHC CIN MIL NYM PIT STL Games 162 19 19 7 7 6 7 7 6 6 7 7 19 6 19 3 4 3 4 3 3 Record 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Home 0-0 (10) (10) (3) (3) (3) (4) (4) (3) (3) (3) (3) (10) (3) (9) - (2) (3) (2) - (3) Road 0-0 (9) (9) (4) (4) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (4) (4) (9) (3) (10) (3) (2) - (2) (3) -

NYY BATTERS vs. TAMPA BAY RAYS – 2016 AND CAREER 2016 CAREERPlayer AVG AB H HR RBI AVG AB H HR RBIGreg Bird - - - - - .316 19 6 3 6Chris Carter - - - - - .157 70 11 3 7Starlin Castro .224 58 13 3 7 .243 70 17 3 8Jacoby Ellsbury .211 71 15 1 4 .276 544 150 11 43Brett Gardner .310 58 18 2 6 .245 380 93 6 36Chase Headley .239 46 11 2 2 .230 161 37 6 16Aaron Hicks .267 30 8 2 4 .262 61 16 3 7Matt Holliday - - - - - .289 90 26 5 15Aaron Judge .313 16 5 2 2 .313 16 5 2 2Pete Kozma - - - - - - - - - -Austin Romine .250 12 3 0 2 .188 32 6 0 4Gary Sánchez .290 31 9 6 13 .290 31 9 6 13Ronald Torreyes .143 21 3 0 2 .143 21 3 0 2

CATCHER’S BOXCATCHER ERA INN ER W-L CS SB CS% PBRomine --- 0.0 0 0-0 0 0 0.0 0Sanchez --- 0.0 0 0-0 0 0 0.0 0

RUNS BY INNING 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+Scored 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Allowed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2017 STARTS BY POSITIONPLAYER C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF DHBird - - - - - - - - -Carter - - - - - - - - -Castro - - - - - - - - -Ellsbury - - - - - - - - -Gardner - - - - - - - - -Headley - - - - - - - - -Hicks - - - - - - - - -Holliday - - - - - - - - -Judge - - - - - - - - -Kozma - - - - - - - - -Romine - - - - - - - - -Sánchez - - - - - - - - -Torreyes - - - - - - - - -

Games with no DH: 0

2017 STARTS BY BATTING ORDERPLAYER 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9Bird - - - - - - - - -Carter - - - - - - - - -Castro - - - - - - - - -Ellsbury - - - - - - - - -Gardner - - - - - - - - -Headley - - - - - - - - -Hicks - - - - - - - - -Holliday - - - - - - - - -Judge - - - - - - - - -Kozma - - - - - - - - -Romine - - - - - - - - -Sánchez - - - - - - - - -Torreyes - - - - - - - - -Pitchers - - - - - - - - -

NYY BATTERS vs. RHP CHRIS ARCHERCAREER

Player AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB KGreg Bird .400 5 2 2 0 0 1 1Chris Carter .000 8 0 0 0 0 0 5Starlin Castro .333 12 4 1 0 1 0 2Jacoby Ellsbury .559 34 19 1 0 2 4 7Brett Gardner .235 34 8 2 2 0 3 13Chase Headley .158 19 3 0 0 0 1 7Aaron Hicks .000 5 0 0 0 0 0 2Matt Holliday - - - - - - - -Aaron Judge - - - - - - - -Pete Kozma - - - - - - - -Austin Romine - - - - - - - -Gary Sánchez .500 2 1 0 0 1 1 0Ronald Torreyes .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 1

NYY vs. TAMPA BAY in 2017Date H/A W/L Score Rec.4/2 at TB - - -4/4 at TB - - -4/5 at TB - - -4/10 at NYY - - -4/12 at NYY - - -4/13 at NYY - - -5/19 at TB - - -5/20 at TB - - -5/21 at TB - - -7/27 at NYY - - -7/28 at NYY - - -7/29 at NYY - - -7/30 at NYY - - -9/11 at TB - - -9/12 at TB - - -9/13 at TB - - -9/26 at NYY - - -9/27 at NYY - - -9/28 at NYY - - -Total in 2017 0-0 0-0

All-time vs. TB: 196-136All-time at home: 106-59All-time on road: 90-77All-time at current Yankee Stad.: 41-33All-time at Tropicana Field: 89-76All-time at Tokyo Dome (2004): 1-1

RHP Masahiro Tanaka will make his third career Opening Day start on Sunday at Tampa Bay…the 28-year-old will start on regular four days' rest, after taking a loss in his final spring start on 3/28 vs. Detroit (5.0IP, 3H, 2R/1ER, 2BB, 6K)…went 14-4 with a 3.07 ERA (199.2IP, 179H, 75R/68ER, 36BB, 165K) in 31 starts in 2016, finishing third in the AL in ERA behind Toronto’s Aaron Sanchez (3.00) and Detroit’s Justin Verlander (3.04)…was 7-0 with a 2.28 ERA (59.1IP, 15ER) over his final nine starts of 2016…his 5.30 career K/BB ratio (445K, 84BB) is the fourth-highest (min. 400.0IP) in the Modern Era (since 1900)…his 1.04 career WHIP ranks second to Clayton Kershaw (1.01) among active starting pitchers (min. 400.0IP)…was acquired by the club via the posting system from the Rakuten Golden Eagles of Japan and signed to a seven-year contract on 1/22/14…his contract runs through the 2020 season with an opt-out following the 2017 season.

SPRING TRAINING: Led the Majors in ERA this spring, going 3-1 with a 0.38 ERA (23.2IP, 9H, 2R/1ER, 5BB, 28K) in six spring starts…also finished first in WHIP (0.59) and tied for sixth in strikeouts…began the spring with an 18.2-inning scoreless streak over his first five starts…allowed his first runs of the spring and took a loss on 3/28 vs. Detroit (5.0IP, 3H, 2R/1ER, 2BB, 6K)…tossed 5.1 scoreless innings on 3/22 at Philadelphia…started and tossed 4.1IP (0H, 2BB, 6K) in the Yankees' combined no-hitter on 3/17 at Detroit…retired all 12BF in 3/11 win vs. Detroit (4.0IP, 7K)…held opponents to a .115 (9-for-78) BA.

RISING (SEA)SON: Will make his third consecutive and third career Opening Day start for the Yankees…started the Yankees' 2016 opener on 4/5/16 vs. Houston (ND, 5.2IP, 2ER) and the 2015 opener on 4/6/15 vs. Toronto (L, 4.0IP, 4ER)…is the first Yankees right-hander to make consecutive Opening Day starts for the club since Roger Clemens from 2001-03.

� Is only the third foreign-born Yankees pitcher to start on Opening Day, joining RHP Chien-Ming Wang (Taiwan) in 2008 and RHP Orlando Hernandez (Cuba) in 2000…is the only foreign-born pitcher to make multiple Opening Day starts for the Yankees.

� His third Opening Day start will tie him with Hideo Nomo for the most by a Japanese-born pitcher in Major League history (see chart at right)…will be the first to make three consecutive Opening Day starts.

� Also made one Opening Day start during his seven-year career with the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles in Japan, suffering a home loss to the Chiba Lotte Marines on 3/30/12 (6.0IP, 7H, 5R/2 ER, 1BB, 7K).

� Is one of eight pitchers tabbed to start a third consecutive season opener (also Archer, Bumgarner, Hernandez, Kershaw, Keuchel, Kluber, Teheran).

VS. TAMPA BAY: Is 6-0 with a 2.82 ERA (54.1IP, 17ER) in eight career starts vs. Tampa Bay, winning each of his last four…is tied for the best record by an active pitcher against any AL opponent (also 6-0: Gio Gonzalez vs. Cleveland; Yu Darvish/Joe Smith/Chris Tillman vs. Detroit)…since 1900, his 13.00 K/BB ratio (52K, 4BB) is fifth-highest by a pitcher vs. any opponent (min. 50.0IP)…has allowed 7HR in his last three starts vs. Tampa Bay.

� Has won all three career starts at The Trop with a 1.80 ERA (20.0IP, 11H, 4ER, 2BB, 17K, 4HR)…faced the Rays at The Trop in his final start of 2016, an 11-5 victory on 9/21/16, earning the win despite allowing a career-high 4HR (all solo HRs in the third inning) in 6.0IP…marked his first career runs allowed at the venue.

STREAK FOR THE CASH: Went 7-0 with a 2.28 ERA (59.1IP, 15ER) over his final nine starts of 2016, marking the longest winning streak of his career…has not lost since back-to-back defeats on 7/27/16 at Houston and 8/2/16 at the Mets…his winning streak is tied for the third-longest active streak in the Majors (Joe Kelly-12, Max Scherzer-8, Antonio Bastardo-7, Michael Feliz-7).

WIN, DIXIE: With a 39-16 (.709) career record, leads active pitchers in winning percentage (min. 50 decisions) and ranks second among Major Leaguers in the Modern Era (since 1900), trailing only former Yankee Spud Chandler (.717, 109-43)…his .709 mark ranks fourth in the Majors since the start of 2014 (min. 50 decisions), behind Clayton Kershaw (.778, 49-14), Zack Greinke (.731, 49-18) and Jake Arrieta (.725, 50-19).

� In 2016, led the Yankees with a career-high 14 wins…is one of five pitchers in Yankees history to win at least 12 games in each of his first three Major League seasons (O. Hernandez, Pettitte, Borowy, Broaca)… is one of eight Major League pitchers to earn at least 12 wins in each of the last three seasons from 2014-16 (Bumgarner, Colón, Greinke, Kershaw, Price, Sale, Scherzer).

� The Yankees were 23-8 in his 31 starts last season, tied for the sixth-most team wins in a pitcher’s starts in the Majors in 2016…were the most team wins in a Yankees pitcher’s starts in one season since 2010, when the club went 23-11 in CC Sabathia’s 34 starts…were 15-3 in Tanaka's final 18 starts.

ROAD WARRIOR: Led the AL with a 2.34 road ERA (104.0IP, 27ER) in 2016, while going 7-3 in 16 road starts… trailed only the Mets’ Noah Syndergaard (2.29) among Major League road ERA leaders…was the lowest mark by a Yankee since Ron Guidry posted a 1.69 road ERA in 1978.

� Is 19-9 with a 2.92 ERA (237.1IP, 77ER) in 36 career road starts (team record: 24-12)…is the lowest road ERA among active AL pitchers (min. 30GS) and ranks third in the Majors behind Clayton Kershaw (2.80) and Carlos Martinez (2.86)…has a .240 career road opponents' BA (.225 at home).

BEAST OF THE EAST: Went 6-1 with a 2.27 ERA (79.1IP, 20ER) in 12 starts vs. AL East opponents in 2016, the second-lowest intradivision ERA by a Yankee (min. 10 starts) since division play began in 1969; trailed only Ron Guidry’s 2.16 ERA in 1978…allowed 2R-or-fewer in 10 of his 12 starts.

� Was 2-1 with a 1.97 ERA (45.2IP, 10ER) in seven road starts against division opponents in 2016…is 7-2 with a 2.57 ERA (84.0IP, 24ER) in 13 career road starts against the AL East, yielding 2ER-or-fewer in 10-of-13 starts.

2016: Went 14-4 with a 3.07 ERA (199.2IP, 179H, 75R/68ER, 36BB, 165K) in 31 starts, finishing third in the AL in ERA behind Toronto’s Aaron Sanchez (3.00) and Detroit’s Justin Verlander (3.04)…set career highs in wins, innings pitched, starts, strikeouts and quality starts (19)…opponents hit .236 (179-for-759); LH .237 (88-for-372), RH .235 (91-for-387)…was sixth among AL pitchers with a career-best 4.6 WAR (FanGraphs), the highest by a Yankees pitcher since CC Sabathia’s 4.7 in 2012…the Yankees were 23-8 in his 31 starts, tied for the sixth-most team wins in a pitcher’s starts in the Majors in 2016.

SUNDAY'S STARTING PITCHER: RHP MASAHIRO TANAKA (14-4, 3.07 ERA IN 2016)

TANAKA VS. TAMPA BAY (CAREER) W-L ERA GS INN H ER All Games 6-0 2.82 8 54.1 40 17 At the Trop 3-0 1.80 3 20.0 11 4

TANAKA VS. TAMPA BAY BATTERSPlayer AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB SOBeckham .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0Dickerson .357 14 5 2 0 1 0 3Kiermaier .455 11 5 0 1 1 0 1Longoria .130 23 3 1 0 1 0 3Miller .208 24 5 0 1 3 0 4Morrison .111 18 2 1 0 0 1 8Souza Jr. .000 6 0 0 0 0 0 2

TANAKA'S CAREER STATISTICSCAREER HIGHS

IP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9.0 (4x), last on 8/15/15 at TORH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 (3x), last on 7/10/16 at CLER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 (4x), last on 8/2/16 at NYMER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 (4x), last on 8/2/16 at NYMBB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 (2x), last on 4/12/16 at TORK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 (2x), last on 6/11/14 at SEAHR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4, 9/21/16 at TBPitches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118, 5/25/14 at CWS10K Games . . . . . . . . . . . 7, last on 9/10/16 vs. TB (10K)Low-hit CG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4, on 5/14/14 at NYMCG SHO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1, 5/14/14 at NYM

CAREER SPLITS W-L GS IP ER ERA AVGTotal 39-16 75 490.0 170 3.12 .232Home 20-7 39 252.2 93 3.31 .225Road 19-9 36 237.1 77 2.92 .240Day 19-5 30 190.2 64 3.02 .226Night 20-11 45 299.1 106 3.19 .236

OPPONENT BATTING2016 AVG/OBP/SLG AB H HR BB SOOverall .236/.272/.373 759 179 22 36 165vs. Left .237/.263/.392 372 88 11 14 79vs. Right .235/.281/.354 387 91 11 22 86

CAREER AVG/OBP/SLG AB H HR BB SOOverall .232/.267/.390 1842 428 62 84 445vs. Left .233/.263/.397 922 215 31 38 215vs. Right .232/.271/.384 920 213 31 46 230

2016 RUNS ALLOWED BY INNING 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total 4 8 22 10 17 4 9 1 - 75

TANAKA'S 2017 SPRING STARTSDate/Opp. Score W/L IP H R ER HR BB K BF NP/S ERA Left Game2/28 vs. DET (SS) 9-5 ND 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 25/16 0.00 Tied 0-03/5 vs. PIT 3-2 ND 3.0 3 0 0 0 0 4 11 37/26 0.00 Tied 0-03/11 vs. DET 7-1 W 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 7 12 45/33 0.00 Leading 2-03/17 at DET 3-0 W 4.1 0 0 0 0 2 6 15 63/42 0.00 Leading 3-03/22 at PHI 7-3 W 5.1 3 0 0 0 1 3 21 83/55 0.00 Leading 6-03/28 vs. DET 3-6 L 5.0 3 2 1 0 2 6 19 71/48 0.38 Trailing 2-1Totals (6GS) 3-1 23.2 9 2 1 0 5 28 84 0.38

HIGHEST CAREER K/BB RATIO, MIN. 400.0IP,MODERN ERA (SINCE 1900)

PITCHER K/BB K BB1. Koji Uehara* 7.91 522 662. Sergio Romo* 5.60 498 893. Kenley Jansen* 5.31 632 1194. MASAHIRO TANAKA 5.30 445 84

* - primarily a relief pitcher

JAPAN-BORN OPENING DAY STARTERS,MAJOR LEAGUE HISTORY

PITCHER CLUB DATE/OPP.Masahiro Tanaka. . . . . . NYY . . . . . . .4/2/17 at TBMasahiro Tanaka (ND) . NYY . . . . 4/5/16 vs. HOUMasahiro Tanaka (L) . . . NYY . . . . .4/6/15 vs. TOR Hiroki Kuroda (W) . . . . . . .LAD. . . . . . . . .4/6/09 at SDDaisuke Matsuzaka (ND) . . .BOS. . . . .3/25/08 at OAK*Hideo Nomo (L) . . . . . . . . .LAD. . . . . . . . 4/5/04 vs. SDHideo Nomo (W) . . . . . . . .LAD. . . . . . . 3/31/03 at ARIHideo Nomo (W) . . . . . . . .DET . . . . . . . 4/3/00 at OAK * - game in Tokyo, Japan

TUESDAY'S STARTING PITCHER AT TAMPA BAY: LHP CC SABATHIA (9-12, 3.91 ERA in 2016)LHP CC Sabathia will make his first start of the season on Tuesday at Tropicana Field…the 36-year-old will start on regular four days' rest, after making his last spring start in a minor league game on 3/30…went 9-12 with a 3.91 ERA (179.2IP, 172H, 83R/78ER, 65BB, 152K, 22HR) in 30 starts in 2016…was his lowest ERA since 2012 (3.38)…went 2-2 with a 2.37 ERA (49.1IP, 13ER) in his final eight starts of 2016…is one of eight pitchers in the Modern Era (since 1900) to earn at least 100 wins with multiple franchises (Cleveland, Yankees)…is the active Major League leader in strikeouts (2,726), complete games (38) and quality starts (290)…won the 2007 AL Cy Young Award with Cleveland…spent 2001-08 with the Indians and was traded to the Brewers on 7/7/08…signed with the Yankees as a free agent on 12/18/08…is the longest-tenured Yankees pitcher, as only Brett Gardner (since 2008) pre-dates his arrival in the Bronx.

TANAKA'S CAREER STARTS VS. TAMPA BAYDate/Opp. Score W/L IP H R ER HR BB K BF NP/S ERA Left Game5/3/14 vs. TB 9-3 W 7.0 8 3 3 2 0 5 29 113/76 3.86 Leading 6-34/18/15 at TB 9-0 W 7.0 2 0 0 0 0 8 23 85/58 1.93 Leading 9-07/3/15 vs. TB 7-5 ND 6.0 6 3 3 0 1 5 23 96/69 2.70 Trailing 3-04/23/16 vs. TB 3-2 ND 7.0 5 2 2 1 1 7 26 97/65 2.67 Tied 2-25/27/16 at TB 4-1 W 7.0 2 0 0 0 0 4 23 82/53 2.12 Leading 4-18/13/16 vs. TB 8-4 W 7.0 5 4 4 2 0 8 26 79/58 2.63 Leading 8-49/10/16 vs. TB 5-1 W 7.1 5 1 1 1 0 10 28 102/74 2.42 Leading 3-19/21/16 at TB 11-5 W 6.0 7 4 4 4 2 5 26 99/68 2.82 Leading 8-4Totals (8GS) 6-0 54.1 40 17 17 10 4 52 204 2.82

#28 JOE GIRARDI—MANAGER • The 2017 season marks his 10th as manager of the New York Yankees (since

2008)…is one of six managers in franchise history to lead the team for at least part of 10 different seasons (also Joe McCarthy-16, Joe Torre-12, Casey Stengel-12, Miller Huggins-12 and Ralph Houk-11)…owns the sixth-most managerial wins in Yankees history, trailing only McCarthy (1,460), Torre (1,173), Stengel (1,149), Huggins (1,067) Ralph Houk (944).

• Guided the Yankees to an 84-78 (.519) finish in 2016…managed his 1,500th career game on 5/21/16 at Oakland…earned his 800th win as Yankees manager on 8/24/16 at Seattle.

• From 2014-16, the Yankees had a Major League-best 73.6% success rate on replay challenges (87 challenges, 64 overturned)…led the Majors in both 2014 (82.1%, 28 challenges, 23 overturned) and 2015 (73.3%, 30 challenges, 22 overturned).

• Is the only current manager to guide his team to winning records in each of the last eight seasons (2008-16)—credit: Elias.

Career Managerial Record: 897-723 Record w/NYY: 819-639

#33 GREG BIRD—1B Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 7G/0G• Is making his first career Opening Day roster…hit .451/.556/1.098 (23-for-51) with

12R, 7 doubles, 1 triple, 8HR, 15RBI and 12BB in 23 spring training games…led all Major League hitters in extra-base hits (16), OBP, SLG and OPS (1.654), tied for the lead in HR and was second in BA…his 8HR were most by a Yankee since at least 2006.

• Missed the entire 2016 season recovering from right shoulder labrum surgery, performed on 2/2/16 by Dr. David Altcheck at The Hospital for Special Surgery in New York…the repaired injury was a reoccurence of a right shoulder injury sustained in May 2015…following the season, played for the Scottsdale Scorpions in the Arizona Fall League, batting .215 (14-for-65) with 1HR and 10RBI in 17 games.

• Made his Major League debut with the Yankees in 2015, batting .261 (41-for-157) with 26R, 9 doubles, 11HR and 31RBI in 46 games…from the time of his Major League debut on 8/13 through the end of the season, led the Yankees in home runs and tied for the lead in RBI (also Beltrán)…led all Major League rookies (min. 125AB) with a 14.27 AB/HR ratio.

• Was selected by the Yankees in the fifth round of the 2011 First-Year Player Draft.Career Bests: 2H (8x); 2HR (1x); 4RBI (1x); 3R (1x); 0SB (N/A); 8G hitting streak2017 Multi-Hit Games: 0; 2-hit (0), 3-hit (0), 4-hit (0)

#48 CHRIS CARTER—1B/OF Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 3G/0G• Is making his fifth career Opening Day roster (also 2013-17) and first with the Yankees…

hit .140 (8-for-57) with 4R, 2 doubles, 2HR and 5RBI in 22 spring training games.• Spent 2016 with Milwaukee, hitting .222 (122-for-549) with 84R, 27 doubles, 41HR

and 94RBI in 160G…set career highs in runs, hits, doubles, HR, RBI, extra-base hits (69) and games played…tied Colorado’s Nolan Arenado for the NL home run lead.

• Of his 41HR, 29 came vs. RHP, trailing only Arenado (32) for most in the NL.• Is the fourth player to be acquired by the Yankees the year immediately after

leading or tying for a league lead in HRs, joining Alex Rodriguez (acquired in 2004), Johnny Mize (1949) and Babe Ruth (1920)…is the 15th player to join the Yankees after leading or tying for a league lead in HRs at any point in his pre-Yankees career and first since Andruw Jones was signed as a free agent in 2011.

• Was signed by the Yankees to a one-year contract for the 2017 season on 2/16/17.Career Bests: 4H (3x); 2HR (15x); 5RBI (3x); 3R (4x); 1SB (12x); 12G hitting streak2017 Multi-Hit Games: 0; 2-hit (0), 3-hit (0), 4-hit (0)

#14 STARLIN CASTRO—INF Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 0G/0G• Is making his seventh career Opening Day roster (also 2011-16) and second with

the Yankees…hit .300 (15-for-50) with 4R, 2 doubles, 1 triple, 2HR and 6RBI in 20 spring training games.

• Made his Yankees debut in 2016, hitting .270 (156-for-577) with 63R, 29 doubles, 21HR and 70RBI in 151G…set a career high in HR while leading the team in hits and multi-hit games (41) and tying for the team lead in RBI (also Gregorius)…marked his first full season at 2B, making only 12E, the fewest errors in a season in his career.

• Collected his 1,000th career hit in 4/15/16 loss vs. Seattle…at 26y, 22d old at the time, became the seventh-youngest player to debut since 1966 to reach 1,000H.

• Is one of three active players to record at least 1,000H, 175 doubles, 50HR and 75SB through his age-26 season (also Jose Altuve and Justin Upton).

• Was acquired by the Yankees from the Chicago Cubs in exchange for RHP Adam Warren and a player to be named later (INF Brendan Ryan) on 12/8/15.

Career Bests: 4H (15x); 2HR (4x); 6RBI (2x); 4R (1x); 2SB (6x); 14G hitting streak (3x)2017 Multi-Hit Games: 0; 2-hit (0), 3-hit (0), 4-hit (0)

#22 JACOBY ELLSBURY—OF Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 1G/0G • Is making his 10th Opening Day roster (also 2008-16) and fourth with the Yankees…

hit .280 (14-for-50) with 11R, 2 doubles, 1HR, 5RBI and 4SB in 19 spring games.• In 2016, hit .263 (145-for-551) with 71R, 24 doubles, 9HR, 56RBI and 20SB in 148G.• Reached on catcher’s interference 12 times in 2016, the most by a player in

a single season, surpassing Roberto Kelly (8CI in 1992)…has 26CI calls in his career, most by any Major Leaguer since Pete Rose (29)—credit: Elias.

• Was signed by the Yankees as a free agent to a seven-year contract on 12/7/13… contract extends through 2020 with a club option for 2021.

Career Bests: 4H (15x); 2HR (5x); 6RBI (1x); 4R (3x); 5SB (1x); 22G hitting streak2017 Multi-Hit Games: 0; 2-hit (0), 3-hit (0), 4-hit (0)

#11 BRETT GARDNER—OF Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 2G/0G• Is making his ninth career Opening Day roster (also 2009-16)…hit .203 (12-for-59)

with 9R, 1HR, 6RBI and 2SB in 20 spring training games.• Is the Yankees’ longest-tenured player…was drafted by the club in the third round

of the 2005 First-Year Player Draft and made his Major League debut in 2008.• In 2016, hit .261 (143-for-547) with 80R, 22 doubles, 7HR, 41RBI and 16SB in 148

games with the Yankees…won his first career Gold Glove Award and was named the Wilson Defensive Player of the Year in LF for the first time…was the first Yankees Gold Glove outfielder since Bernie Williams won four straight from 1997-2000.

• Signed a four-year contract extension on 2/24/14, beginning in 2015 and extending through ‘18 with a club option for ‘19…was selected by the Yankees in the third round of the 2005 First-Year Player Draft…is the longest tenured Yankee on the active roster.

Career Bests: 5H (1x); 2HR (2x); 6RBI (1x); 5R (1x); 3SB (2x); 11G hitting streak (2x)2017 Multi-Hit Games: 0; 2-hit (0), 3-hit (0), 4-hit (0)

#12 CHASE HEADLEY—3B Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 1G/0G• Is making his eighth career Opening Day roster (also 2009-12, ‘14-16) and third with

the Yankees…hit .200 (10-for-50) with 6R, 3 doubles, 2HR and 9RBI in 20 spring games.• In 2016, batted .253 (118-for-467) with 58R, 18 doubles, 14HR and 51RBI in 140

games with the Yankees…ranked third among Yankees position players with 2.6 WAR (FanGraphs), trailing only Sánchez (3.2) and Gregorius (2.7).

• Signed a four-year contract with the Yankees on 12/15/14, extending through 2018…was acquired by the Yankees with cash considerations from San Diego in exchange for INF Yangervis Solarte and RHP Rafael De Paula on 7/22/14.


#31 AARON HICKS—OF Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 0G/0G• Is making his third career Opening Day roster (also 2013-14, ‘16) and second as a

Yankee…hit .268 (15-for-56) with a team-high 14R, 3 doubles, 1 triple, 3HR, 7RBI and 10BB in 25 spring training games.

• In 2016, hit .217 (71-for-327) with 32R, 13 doubles, 8HR and 31RBI in 123 games in his first season with the Yankees…was the only Major Leauger to make at least 20 starts at all three outfield positions in 2016, becoming the first Yankee to accomplish the feat since Joe DiMaggio in 1936.

• Was acquired from Minnesota on 11/11/15 in exchange for C John Ryan Murphy.Career Bests: 4H (2x); 2HR (1x); 3RBI (5x); 4R (1x); 1SB (29x); 6G hitting streak2017 Multi-Hit Games: 0; 2-hit (0), 3-hit (0), 4-hit (0)

#17 MATT HOLLIDAY—DH/1B/OF Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 5G/0G• Is making his 13th career Opening Day roster (also 2005-17) and first with the

Yankees…hit .283 (15-for-53) with 9R, 4 doubles, 4HR and 11RBI in 20 spring games.• In 2016, batted .246 (94-for-382) with 48R, 20 doubles, 20HR and 62RBI in 110

games with the Cardinals…among batters with at least 100 batted balls in play, ranked third in the Majors with an average exit velocity of 94.7 mph (Nelson Cruz-95.9, Giancarlo Stanton-95.1)…missed 44 team games on the disabled list (8/12-9/30) with a fractured left thumb, suffered on a HBP on 8/11 at Chicago-NL.

• Was the only player with at least 20HR, 30 doubles and 75RBI each year from 2006-14.• Was signed by the Yankees to a one-year contract for the 2017 season on 12/7/16.Career Bests: 4H (27x); 2HR (21x); 8RBI (1x); 4R (3x); 2SB (10x); 17G hitting streak2017 Multi-Hit Games: 0; 2-hit (0), 3-hit (0), 4-hit (0)

#99 AARON JUDGE—OF Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 0G/0G• Is making his first career Opening Day roster…hit .333 (21-for-63) with 8R, 2

doubles, 1 triple, 3HR and 7RBI in 25 spring training games.• Split the 2016 season between the Yankees and Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-

Barre…in 27 games with the Yankees, hit .179 (15-for-84) with 10R, 2 doubles, 4HR and 10RBI…according to MLB Statcast, had a 95.5 mph average exit velocity, second-highest in the Majors (min. 40 batted balls) behind only the Mariners’ Nelson Cruz (95.9)…made his Major League debut on 8/13 vs. Tampa Bay and hit a solo HR in his first career plate appearance, becoming the fifth Yankee in franchise history (and second in the inning immediately following Tyler Austin’s solo HR) to accomplish the feat (also John Miller, Marcus Thames and Andy Phillips)…missed the final two weeks of the season on the 15-day D.L. with a Grade 2 right oblique strain…began the season with the RailRiders, hitting .270 (95-for-352) with 62R, 18 doubles, 19HR and 65RBI in 93G.

• Following the 2016 season, was tabbed by Baseball America as the Yankees’ No. 6 prospect…was also named the International League’s “Best Power Prospect” and the league’s 19th-best prospect.

• Was selected by the Yankees in the first round (32nd overall) of the 2013 First-Year Player Draft.

Career Bests: 2H (3x); 1HR (4x); 2RBI (2x); 2R (2x); 0SB (N/A); 3G hitting streak2017 Multi-Hit Games: 0; 2-hit (0), 3-hit (0), 4-hit (0)

#30 PETE KOZMA—INF Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 0G/0G• Is making his fourth career Opening Day roster (also 2013-15) and first with the

Yankees…hit .220 (9-for-41) with 7R, 2 doubles and 3RBI in 27 spring training games.• Was signed to a Major League contract and selected to the Yankees’ 25-man roster

prior to today’s game.• Spent the 2016 season with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, batting .209 (93-for-

445) with 48R, 19 doubles, 2HR , 32RBI and 11SB in 130 games…committed just 15E in 537TC (.972) while playing all four infield positions.

• Has appeared in parts of five seasons at the Major League level (2011-15), all with St. Louis.

• Was signed by the Yankees as a minor league free agent on 2/5/16…was re-signed by the Yankees as a minor league free agent on 10/14/16.


#27 AUSTIN ROMINE—C Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 1G/0G• Is making his second career Opening Day roster (also 2016)…hit .267 (12-for-

45) with 3R, 2 doubles, 1HR and 5RBI in 19 spring training games.• In 2016, spent the entire season at the Major League level for the first time in his

career, batting .242 (40-for-165) with 17R, 11 doubles, 4HR and 26RBI in 62 games.• Was selected by the Yankees in the second round of the 2007 First-Year Player Draft.Career Bests: 3H (4x); 1HR (5x); 2RBI (8x); 2R (3x); 1SB (2x); 5G hitting streak2017 Multi-Hit Games: 0; 2-hit (0), 3-hit (0), 4-hit (0)

#24 GARY SÁNCHEZ—C Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 1G/0G• Is making his first career Opening Day roster…hit .373 (19-for-51) with 12R, 5

doubles, 5HR and a team-leading 16RBI in 19 spring training games.• Of his 60 career hits, 32 have gone for extra bases (12 doubles, 20HR)…has the

second-most XBH by a Yankee through 55 career games since 1913, trailing only Joe DiMaggio (43XBH in 1936)…among players to debut since 1900, is tied for the ninth-most XBH by any player through his first 55 games in Major League history.

• In 2016, batted .299 (60-for-201) with 34R, 12 doubles, 20HR and 42RBI in 53 games with the Yankees…placed second in “Rookie of the Year” voting behind Detroit’s Michael Fulmer…among Major League catchers, his 3.2 WAR (FanGraphs) was tops in the AL and ranked fifth in the Majors…according to Elias, his 20HR were the most in Major League history by a player who did not hit one prior to 8/1 of that season…was named AL “Player of the Month” and “Rookie of the Month” in August, batting .389/.458/.832 (37-for-95) with 20R, 9 doubles, 11HR and 21RBI in 24G…also played for Triple-A Scranton/WB, hitting .282 (80-for-284) with 39R, 21 doubles, 10HR and 50RBI in 71G.

• Became the fastest player in Major League history to reach 11HR in his career (23G), 18HR (45G) and 19HR (45G)…was tied for fastest to reach 20HR (51G).

• Was signed by the Yankees as a non-drafted free agent on 7/2/09.Career Bests: 4H (1x); 2HR (3x); 5RBI (1x); 3R (2x); 1SB (1x); 9G hitting streak2017 Multi-Hit Games: 0; 2-hit (0), 3-hit (0), 4-hit (0)

#17 RONALD TORREYES—INF Current/Season-High Hitting Streak: 2G/0G• Is making his second career Opening Day roster (also 2016)…hit .300 (18-for-

60) with 9R, 1 double, 2HR and 11RBI in 26 spring training games.• In 2016, spent the entire season at the Major League level in his first year with

the Yankees, batting .258 (40-for-155) with 20R, 7 doubles, 4 triples, 1HR and 12RBI in 72 games…appeared in games at 2B, SS, 3B and in RF.

• Was claimed off waivers by the Yankees from the Angels on 2/1/16.Career Bests: 4H (1x); 1HR (1x); 2RBI (3x); 3R (1x); 1SB (2x); 7G hitting streak (1x)2017 Multi-Hit Games: 0; 2-hit (0), 3-hit (0), 4-hit (0)

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#68 DELLIN BETANCES—RHP Last Appearance: N/A (0.0IP)• Is making his fourth career Opening Day roster (also 2014-16)…in five spring

training relief appearances, went 0-1 with a 4.91 ERA (3.2IP, 4R/2ER) and 5K…also pitched for the Dominican Republic in the WBC, tossing 5.0 scoreless innings in five relief appearances (3H, 3BB, 5K)…his 5G tied for third among all WBC pitchers.

• In 2016, went 3-6 with 12 saves, a 3.08 ERA (73.0IP, 25ER) and 126K in 73 relief appearances…was named to his third straight AL All-Star team…his 2.9 WAR (FanGraphs) was tied for second among Major League relievers, and tied Andrew Miller for the AL lead behind only the Dodgers’ Kenley Jansen (3.2).

• Has led all relievers in strikeouts in each of the last three seasons (2014-16).• With 126K in 2016, 131K in 2015 and 135K in 2014, is the second reliever in

Yankees history to post 100K in relief in three different seasons (Goose Gossage - 1978, ‘80, ‘82)…is one of three pitchers in AL history to record 100K in relief in at least three consecutive seasons: Andrew Miller (3x, 2014-16), Boston’s Dick Radatz (4x, 1962-65) and Toronto’s Duane Ward (4x, 1989-92)…joins Radatz (3x, 1962-64) as the only pitchers with at least 125K in relief in at least three seasons.

Inherited Runners/Scored: 0/0 First Batter Out/Faced: 0/0

#54 AROLDIS CHAPMAN—LHP Last Appearance: N/A (0.0IP)• Is making his fifth career Opening Day roster (also 2011-13 and ‘15)…made eight

spring training relief appearances and did not allow a hit or run (7.0IP, 2BB, 10K).• In 2016, combined with the Yankees and Cubs to go 4-1 with 36 saves and a 1.55

ERA (58.0IP, 10ER, 90K) in 59 relief appearances…according to MLB’s Statcast, threw the 30 fastest pitches in the Majors in 2016 (fastest came on a 105.1 mph fastball on 7/18 vs. Baltimore)…also posted the highest average fastball velocity in the Majors (100.9 mph), ahead of Atlanta’s Mauricio Cabrera (100.6)…began the season on the restricted list after accepting a 30-game suspension (thru 5/8) for violating Major League Baseball’s Joint Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Policy.

• Is the only pitcher in Major League history with four seasons of at least 30 saves and 100K, having accomplished the feat each season from 2012-15.

• Was signed by the Yankees as a free agent on 12/15/16 to a five-year contract extending through 2021 with a player opt-out following 2019…originally joined the Yankees after being acquired from Cincinnati in exchange for RHPs Caleb Cotham and Rookie Davis and INFs Eric Jagielo and Tony Renda on 12/28/15…was traded by the Yankees to the Cubs on 7/25/16 in exchange for RHP Adam Warren, INF Gleyber Torres, OF Billy McKinney and OF Rashad Crawford.


#29 TYLER CLIPPARD—RHP Last Appearance: N/A (0.0IP)• Is making his eighth career Opening Day roster (also 2010-16) and first with the

Yankees…did not allow a run over four spring training relief appearances (4.0IP, 2H, 0BB, 5K)…also pitched for the WBC Champion Team USA, going 1-0 with a 2.08 ERA (4.1IP, 2H, 1ER, 1BB, 6K) in three relief outings…earned the win as part of an extra-innings victory over Colombia in the first round, tossing a scoreless 10th…carried a US Marine Corps pendant—given to him by childhood friend and Veteran of the Iraq War Bobby Malina—in his back pocket throughout the tournament.

• In 2016, combined with Arizona and the Yankees to go 4-6 with three saves and a 3.57 ERA (63.0IP, 25ER) in 69 relief appearances…in 29 appearances with the Yankees, went 2-3 with two saves and a 2.49 ERA (25.1IP, 7ER)…allowed just 1ER over his first 19.0IP (21 games) with the Yankees…was acquired by the Yankees from Arizona on 7/31/16 in exchange for RHP Vicente Campos.

• From 2010-16, held left-handed batters to a .192 batting average (181-for-941), the second-lowest such average by any pitcher over the stretch behind only the Dodgers’ Clayton Kershaw (.181)—min. 1,000 batters faced…the next-lowest mark by a right-handed pitcher over the span was Justin Verlander at .214.

• Tallied a Major League-high 509 appearances from 2010-16, the highest total by any pitcher over a seven-year span since RHP Chad Qualls from 2005-11 (512G).

• Was selected by the Yankees in the ninth round of the 2003 First-Year Player Draft.• In his Major League career, has pitched for the Yankees (2007, ‘16), Nationals

(2008-14), Athletics (2015), Mets (2015) and Diamondbacks (2016).Inherited Runners/Scored: 0/0 First Batter Out/Faced: 0/0

#65 JONATHAN HOLDER—RHP Last Appearance: N/A (0.0IP)• Is making his first career Opening Day roster…in 10 spring training relief appearances,

posted a 2.92 ERA (12.1IP, 7R/4ER) with 9K.• Made his Major League debut with the Yankees in 2016, posting a 5.40 ERA (8.1IP,

5ER) without recording a decision in eight relief appearances…spent the majority of the season in the minors with Single-A Tampa, Double-A Trenton and Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, combining to go 5-1 with 16 saves, a 1.65 ERA (65.1IP, 12ER), 101K and just 7BB in 42 relief appearances.

• Was selected by the Yankees in the sixth round of the 2014 First-Year Player Draft.Inherited Runners/Scored: 0/0 First Batter Out/Faced: 0/0

#39 TOMMY LAYNE—LHP Last Appearance: N/A (0.0IP)• Is making his third career Opening Day roster (also 2015-16)…went 1-0 with a 1.35

ERA (6.2IP, 1ER) in eight spring training relief appearances…pitched for Italy in the WBC, tossing 3.1 scoreless innings (4H, 3BB, 4K) in three relief outings…pitched a scoreless eighth inning as part of Italy’s comeback win over Mexico on 3/9.

• In 2016, combined with the Yankees and Red Sox to go 2-1 with one save and a 3.63 ERA (44.2IP, 18ER) in 63 relief appearances…in 29 games with the Yankees, went 2-0 with one save and a 3.38 ERA (16.0IP, 6ER), holding opponents scoreless in 25 of those 29 appearances.

• Was signed by the Yankees as a free agent on 8/9/16 after being designated for assignment by the Red Sox on 8/2/16 and released on 8/6/16.


#55 BRYAN MITCHELL—RHP Last Appearance: N/A (0.0IP)• Is making his first career Opening Day roster (was on the D.L. on Opening Day in

2016)…went 3-1 with a 4.37 ERA (22.2IP, 11ER) and 23K in eight spring training appearances (five starts)…ranked second on the team in innings pitched and strikeouts (Tanaka: 23.2IP, 28K).

• In 2016, went 1-2 with a 3.24 ERA (25.0IP, 9ER) over five starts in his only stint with the Yankees…was the only pitcher drafted by the Yankees to make a start for the club in 2016…began the season on the disabled list with a left great toe tear…combined to make four rehab starts with Single-A Charleston, Single-A Tampa and Double-A Trenton in August before being returned from rehab, reinstated from the disabled list and optioned to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on 8/24…made two starts with the RailRiders (0-0, 1.00 ERA, 9.0IP, 1ER, 14K).

• Was selected by the Yankees in the 16th round of the 2009 First-Year Player Draft.Inherited Runners/Scored: 0/0 First Batter Out/Faced: 0/0

#45 CHASEN SHREVE—LHP Last Appearance: N/A (0.0IP)• Is making his third career Opening Day roster (also 2015-16)…went 1-0 with a 3.38

ERA (10.2IP, 4ER) and 10K in 10 spring training relief appearances.• In 2016, went 2-1 with one save and a 5.18 ERA (33.0IP, 19ER) in 37 relief appearances

over four stints with the Yankees…also pitched for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, posting a 1.62 ERA (16.2IP, 3ER) and 20K without recording a decision in 13G/1GS.

• Was acquired by the Yankees with RHP David Carpenter from Atlanta on 1/1/15, in exchange for LHP Manny Banuelos.


#43 ADAM WARREN—RHP Last Appearance: N/A (0.0IP)• Is making his fifth career Opening Day roster (also 2013-16) and fourth with the

Yankees…did not record a decision in six spring training games (four starts), posting a 4.50 ERA (16.0IP, 13H, 8ER, 5BB, 12K, 5HR).

• In 2016, combined with the Cubs and Yankees to go 7-4 with a 4.68 ERA (65.1IP, 34ER) in 58 games (one start)…went 4-2 with a 3.26 ERA (30.1IP, 11ER) in 29 relief appearances after rejoining the Yankees…was acquired by the Yankees with SS Gleyber Torres, OF Billy McKinney and OF Rashad Crawford from Chicago-NL in exchange for LHP Aroldis Chapman on 7/25/16…was 3-2 with a 5.91 ERA (35.0IP, 23ER) in 29G/1GS with the Cubs…also pitched for Triple-A Iowa and in two starts, posted a 4.15 ERA (8.2IP, 4ER) without a decision…was acquired by Chicago-NL from the Yankees with a player to be named later (Brendan Ryan) on 12/8/15, in exchange for INF Starlin Castro.

• Was selected by the Yankees in the fourth round of the 2009 First-Year Player Draft.Inherited Runners/Scored: 0/0 First Batter Out/Faced: 0/0

YANKEES 2017 SCHEDULEGm Date Opponent W/L Score Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher Save Rec. Pos. GA/GB Att.1 4/2 at Tampa Bay 1:10 p.m. 4/3 OFF DAY2 4/4 at Tampa Bay 7:10 p.m.3 4/5 at Tampa Bay 7:10 p.m. 4/6 OFF DAY4 4/7 at Baltimore 7:05 p.m.5 4/8 at Baltimore 4:05 p.m.6 4/9 at Baltimore 1:35 p.m.7 4/10 vs. Tampa Bay 1:05 p.m. 4/11 OFF DAY 8 4/12 vs. Tampa Bay 1:05 p.m.9 4/13 vs. Tampa Bay 7:05 p.m.10 4/14 vs. St. Louis 7:05 p.m.11 4/15 vs. St. Louis 1:05 p.m.12 4/16 vs. St. Louis 8:05 p.m.13 4/17 vs. Chicago-AL 7:05 p.m.14 4/18 vs. Chicago-AL 7:05 p.m.15 4/19 vs. Chicago-AL 7:05 p.m. 4/20 OFF DAY16 4/21 at Pittsburgh 7:05 p.m.17 4/22 at Pittsburgh 4:05 p.m.18 4/23 at Pittsburgh 1:35 p.m. 4/24 OFF DAY 19 4/25 at Boston 7:10 p.m.20 4/26 at Boston 7:10 p.m.21 4/27 at Boston 7:10 p.m.22 4/28 vs. Baltimore 7:05 p.m.23 4/29 vs. Baltimore 1:05 p.m.24 4/30 vs. Baltimore 1:05 p.m.25 5/1 vs. Toronto 7:05 p.m.26 5/2 vs. Toronto 7:05 p.m.27 5/3 vs. Toronto 7:05 p.m. 5/4 OFF DAY 28 5/5 at Chicago-NL 2:20 p.m.29 5/6 at Chicago-NL 7:15 p.m.30 5/7 at Chicago-NL 8:05 p.m.31 5/8 at Cincinnati 7:10 p.m.32 5/9 at Cincinnati 7:10 p.m. 5/10 OFF DAY33 5/11 vs. Houston 7:05 p.m.34 5/12 vs. Houston 7:05 p.m.35 5/13 vs. Houston 1:05 p.m.36 5/14 vs. Houston 7:35 p.m. 5/15 OFF DAYAll times are EST BOLD (Complete Game) *Denotes Sellout (# of home sellouts)

March 31, 2017New York Yankees Batting

AVG G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR BI SH SF HP BB IBB SO SB CS GIDP SLG OBPAmburgey, Trey .400 4 5 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .400 .400Andujar, Miguel .250 16 28 4 7 11 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 0 1 .393 .276Aune, Austin .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000Austin, Tyler .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000Avelino, Abiatal .167 5 6 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167Bird, Greg .451 23 51 12 23 56 7 1 8 15 0 0 0 12 0 10 0 0 0 1.098 .556Carter, Chris .140 22 57 4 8 16 2 0 2 5 0 0 0 7 0 26 0 0 1 .281 .234Castillo, Wilkin .192 18 26 6 5 7 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 6 0 0 0 .269 .250Castro, Starlin .300 20 50 4 15 25 2 1 2 6 0 0 1 3 0 10 0 0 0 .500 .352Choi, Ji-Man .200 20 30 2 6 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 5 0 8 0 0 1 .233 .333Crawford, Rashad .214 11 14 1 3 7 1 0 1 5 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 .500 .353Culver, Cito .000 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 .000 .000Deglan, Kellin 1.000 3 3 1 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000Diaz, Francisco .214 8 14 0 3 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 .286 .214Ellsbury, Jacoby .280 19 50 11 14 19 2 0 1 5 0 0 1 3 0 3 4 1 1 .380 .333Estrada, Thairo .429 8 7 5 3 10 1 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.429 .429Fleming, Billy .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000Florial, Estevan .000 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000Ford, Mike .400 4 5 2 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .800 .400Fowler, Dustin .231 24 39 4 9 14 1 2 0 6 0 2 0 5 0 11 5 0 0 .359 .304Frazier, Clint .273 22 44 7 12 19 2 1 1 8 0 1 0 0 0 13 3 0 0 .432 .267Gardner, Brett .203 20 59 9 12 15 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 2 0 7 2 0 0 .254 .230Gregorius, Didi .200 2 5 1 1 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .800 .200Haddad, Radley .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000Headley, Chase .200 20 50 6 10 19 3 0 2 9 0 1 0 4 0 13 2 0 3 .380 .255Hicks, Aaron .268 25 56 14 15 29 3 1 3 7 0 0 0 10 0 9 2 1 1 .518 .379Higashioka, Kyle .296 20 27 3 8 17 3 0 2 3 0 0 0 5 0 6 0 0 0 .630 .406Holder, Kyle .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000Holliday, Matt .283 20 53 9 15 31 4 0 4 11 0 0 0 3 0 13 0 0 2 .585 .321Judge, Aaron .333 25 63 8 21 34 2 1 3 7 0 0 0 6 0 15 1 0 1 .540 .391Kozma, Pete .220 27 41 7 9 11 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 0 12 1 1 0 .268 .289Mateo, Jorge .130 15 23 2 3 7 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 .304 .130McKinney, Billy .400 20 25 9 10 22 3 0 3 7 0 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 .880 .500Park, Hoy Jun .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000Payton, Mark .333 2 3 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .333Polo, Tito .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000Refsnyder, Rob .229 28 48 8 11 17 3 0 1 8 0 1 0 7 0 13 0 0 2 .354 .321Romine, Austin .267 19 45 3 12 17 2 0 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 .378 .283Saez, Jorge .000 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 .000 .167Sanchez, Gary .373 19 51 12 19 39 5 0 5 16 0 0 0 5 0 9 1 0 1 .765 .429Solano, Donovan .148 18 27 2 4 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 5 1 0 2 .148 .233Tejada, Ruben .286 24 35 9 10 15 2 0 1 5 0 1 2 3 0 3 0 0 1 .429 .366Torres, Gleyber .448 19 29 8 13 27 6 1 2 9 0 1 0 2 0 6 0 0 0 .931 .469Torreyes, Ronald .300 26 60 9 18 25 1 0 2 11 1 1 0 2 0 5 2 1 1 .417 .317Wade, Tyler .357 25 42 10 15 19 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 7 2 0 0 .452 .400Williams, Mason .333 4 6 0 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .333 .286Wilson, Wes .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000Zehner, Zack .667 4 3 2 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 .500

Totals .273 34 1197 198 327 564 72 9 49 183 1 10 8 105 0 247 27 4 21 .471 .333

New York Yankees PitchingW L ERA G GS CG GF SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP

Adams, Chance 1 0 2.25 3 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 3 1 1 0 0 6 0 5 0Barbato, Johnny 0 1 9.64 3 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 4 5 5 1 1 4 0 7 0Betances, Dellin 0 1 4.91 5 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 5 4 2 1 0 2 0 5 0Brewer, Colten 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0Camarena, Daniel 0 0 5.40 3 0 0 1 0 1 5.0 7 4 3 2 0 1 0 3 0Cessa, Luis 0 1 6.52 5 2 0 1 0 1 9.2 13 8 7 0 0 4 0 7 1Chapman, Aroldis 1 0 0.00 8 0 0 0 0 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10 0Clippard, Tyler 0 0 0.00 4 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0Cortes, Nestor 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Coshow, Cale 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Enns, Dietrich 0 0 7.71 3 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 4 5 4 1 0 5 0 2 0Feyereisen, J.P. 0 0 2.84 6 0 0 1 0 0 6.1 3 2 2 2 1 3 0 9 0Frare, Caleb 0 0 3.86 2 0 0 1 0 0 2.1 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0Frieri, Ernesto 0 1 9.00 4 0 0 1 0 0 4.0 4 4 4 2 0 1 0 9 0Gallegos, Giovanny 1 0 3.00 5 0 0 3 0 0 6.0 5 2 2 2 1 2 0 7 0German, Domingo 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0Gomez, Anyelo 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Graham, J.R. 0 0 3.48 10 0 0 5 0 2 10.1 8 4 4 0 0 2 0 10 0Green, Chad 1 0 1.50 5 2 0 1 0 1 12.0 9 2 2 0 0 6 0 8 1Gurka, Jason 0 0 3.00 7 0 0 3 0 2 6.0 2 2 2 1 1 5 0 7 0Haynes, Kyle 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1 0 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0Heller, Ben 0 0 0.68 12 0 0 1 0 0 13.1 9 1 1 0 0 8 0 12 2Herrera, Ronald 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Hissong, Travis 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 0Holder, Jonathan 0 0 2.92 10 0 0 1 0 0 12.1 8 7 4 1 0 2 0 9 0Kaprielian, James 1 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0Lail, Brady 1 0 6.00 3 0 0 1 0 0 3.0 4 4 2 1 0 2 0 4 0Layne, Tommy 1 0 1.35 8 0 0 0 0 0 6.2 4 1 1 1 0 2 0 5 0Mantiply, Joe 1 2 4.76 6 0 0 4 0 0 5.2 6 3 3 1 0 0 0 5 0Marsh, Matt 1 0 2.57 5 0 0 2 0 0 7.0 6 2 2 0 0 1 0 8 0McNamara, Dillon 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Mitchell, Bryan 3 1 4.37 8 5 0 0 0 0 22.2 24 11 11 2 1 5 0 23 0Montgomery, Jordan 1 0 3.20 6 2 0 1 0 1 19.2 16 10 7 0 0 3 0 17 0Montgomery, Mark 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Pineda, Michael 3 0 4.32 5 5 0 0 0 0 16.2 11 8 8 1 0 3 0 21 1Ramirez, Yefry 0 0 3.00 2 0 0 2 0 1 3.0 5 4 1 0 1 0 0 4 0Reeves, James 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Rogers, Josh 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Rosa, Adonis 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Rumbelow, Nick 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Rutckyj, Evan 0 0 19.29 3 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 5 7 5 1 0 3 0 0 1Ruth, Eric 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Sabathia, CC 0 1 6.75 4 4 0 0 0 0 12.0 20 11 9 1 1 4 0 9 0Schwaab, Andrew 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Severino, Luis 3 0 3.38 6 4 0 1 0 0 18.2 17 7 7 2 1 6 0 20 0Sheffield, Justus 1 0 2.45 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 5 1 1 1 0 2 0 4 0Shreve, Chasen 1 0 3.38 10 0 0 0 0 0 10.2 8 4 4 2 0 2 0 10 0Tanaka, Masahiro 3 1 0.38 6 6 0 0 0 0 23.2 9 2 1 0 1 5 0 28 0Warren, Adam 0 0 4.50 6 4 0 0 0 0 16.0 13 8 8 5 0 5 0 12 0Wotherspoon, Matt 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

Totals 24 9 3.48 34 34 0 33 2 10 302.2 250 140 117 33 10 102 0 300 6

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