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Michael Pineda

Yankees Place Masahiro Tanaka On DL

The New York Yankees are suffering the snowball effect in their starting rotation. Four of the five starters as the season opened are now on the disabled list. Ivan Nova and CC Sabathia are out for the season. Michael Pineda may return in August, but that is not promised. On July 9, the Yankees placed Masahiro Tanaka on the 15-day disabled list,…
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The Little-Discussed 26-man Roster is a Good Idea

With most of this year's rules discussions revolving around the new instant replay use and the home-plate collision rules, we can often forget that a lesser-invoked but still important rule could have an impact on the results of a game as well as those over the next few days. While watching the beginning of the May 18 Pirates at Yankees game, I…
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