Francisco Cervelli News

The Yankees' Adam Warren warms up before the game under the eye of pitching coach Scott Aldred before their home game at Coca-Cola Field on Thursday.

On the first night of a backwards weekend in Coca-Cola Field, one thing remained the same: Matt Harvey looked the part of a future big-league starter.

Mariano Rivera still hasn't been able to set a date for surgery to repair the torn ACL in his right knee he suffered in Kansas City earlier this month, because the blood clot doctors discovered following the injury hasn't dissipated.

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This season the New York Yankees have made it easy for many, including yours truly, to criticize General Manager Brian Cashman's off-season moves.A The horrendous performance of Freddy Garcia , the season-ending injury to Michael Pineda , and the last-day of spring training demotion of Francisco Cervelli in favor of light-hitting Chris Stewart , ... (more)

Last Sunday was Andy Pettitte's return, but yesterday was his welcome back party.

And in the ninth inning, clinging depsperately to a one-run lead, the Toledo Mud Hens loaded the bases with nobody out against their ace closer.

The New York Yankees made a surprising move at the end of Spring Training, trading for backup catcher Chris Stewart and sending the incumbent backup catcher, Francisco Cervelli , to Class AAA Scranton Wilkes-Barre. Could the Yankees now be considering trading away the popular Cervelli, the team's primary backup catcher in both 2010 and 2011? ... (more)

Betances issued six walks in 3A A...A' innings, and Toledo squashed several Scranton/Wilkes-Barre efforts to keep the game close on the way to an 8-2 win over the Yankees at Fifth Third Field.

Trailing by five runs and looking listless at the plate, the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees didn't look like a team about to drive the Durham Bulls to the brink and the game into extra innings.

Andy Pettitte pitches for the Empire State Yankees during a Triple-A baseball game against the Pawtucket Red Sox at Frontier Field in Rochester, N.Y., Sunday afternoon, May 6, 2012.

New York Yankees' Andy Pettitte talks with catcher Francisco Cervelli in the dugout during a Triple-A baseball game between the Empire State Yankees and the Pawtucket Red Sox at Frontier Field in Rochester, N.Y., Sunday afternoon, May 6, 2012.

Andy Pettitte pitches for the Empire State Yankees during a Triple-A baseball game against the Pawtucket Red Sox at Frontier Field in Rochester, N.Y., Sunday afternoon, May 6, 2012.

Pounding out 13 hits and posting a five-run second inning, Pawtucket defeated the Yankees, 9-3, on Saturday night at Dwyer Stadium in Batavia, N.Y. Pawtucket chased Figueroa after just 3A A...A' innings, tabbing him for eight runs on eight hits, including a two-run home run from Che-Hsuan Lin with no outs in the second inning.

There are countless fans that can say they served witness to Mariano Rivera recording one of his Major League Baseball-record 608 saves.

The Yankees overcame that slim deficit with five unanswered runs to pick up a 5-2 victory at Frontier Field for their 13th win of the season and ninth in come-from-behind fashion.

The Yankees aren't ready to anoint Chris Stewart as a personal catcher for CC Sabathia, but the ace lefty is probably getting used to seeing him behind the plate.

The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees had been the victims of big innings more often than they'd like to think about during their first 20 games.