The Yankees finally put one in the win column on Monday night, beating the Orioles 6-2 behind a dogged effort from Ivan Nova (seven innings of two-run ball despite yielding 10 hits) after being swept by the Rays in their season-opening series. In doing so, they managed to avoid an 0-4 start for the first ...

The wonderful fellas over at the LoHud Yankees blog report the following comments by Brian Cashman on the rationale for making Russell Martin the starting catcher: Cashman did not rule out the idea of Jesus Montero making the big league roster as a backup, but he stressed that having Martin lets the ...