OAKLAND, Calif. — There was a time last week when it appeared David Robertson had a chance to come off the disabled list next weekend against the Tigers. However, with the right-handed reliever reporting to the Yankees’ minor league complex in Tampa on T...
Joe Girardi left open the possibility that Rafael Soriano could remain the team’s closer even after David Robertson gets back. The manager said on Wednesday he’s “comfortable” bringing in the right-hander to finish games and it’s clear to Soriano’s teamm...
David Robertson could be back from the disabled list next Friday in Detroit, but the closer’s job he got after Mariano Rivera tore his ACL might not be waiting for him. Joe Girardi said yesterday he was unsure who would have the role, since Rafael Sorian...
This was Rafael Soriano’s first true test as the Yankees closer — because his first two save attempts were nothing like the assignment handed to him last night. Soriano’s first save chance as Mariano Rivera’s replacement came on May 10 — when he had a th...
BALTIMORE — No Mariano Rivera and no David Robertson mean more headaches for the Yankees — especially for pitching coach Larry Rothschild. “It hurts the whole bullpen,” Rothschild said of the loss of Robertson, who was placed on the 15-day disabled list ...
Here are two words that haven't been used anywhere around the Yankees for a long, long time: "closer controversy." That's what the Yankees could be facing next week, when David Robertson likely comes off the disabled list. Manager Joe Girardi originally ...
NEW YORK – Joe Girardi was frustrated. Six losses in seven games left the New York Yankees last in the AL East. "I'm hoping this is rock-bottom," the manager said. No, that's not this week. That was on May 20, 2008, 45 games into Girardi's first season a...
By Daniel Barbarisi For almost fifteen years, the Yankees had one indestructible closer finishing off games in Mariano Rivera. When he went down, the blow was muffled by the presence of All-Star replacement David Robertson, who stepped in to fill Rivera'...
Baltimore, MD – New York Yankees reliever David Robertson has been placed on the 15-day disabled list with a left oblique strain. The injury comes less than two weeks after Robertson was named the Yankees' closer in the wake of Mariano Rivera's ACL tear....
Sydney Symphony managing director Rory Jeffes, left, with David Robertson, chief conductor and artistic director from 2014. Picture: Brendan Read Source: Supplied CONDUCTORS today must be not only superlative musicians; they are also called on to be advo...
Both David Robertson and Brett Gardner are in Tampa on rehab assignments, but from the way Joe Girardi was talking before tonight's game against the A's in Oakland, it's not likely either of then will be ready to play before the team returns to Yankee St...
NEW YORK (AP) — Yankees manager Joe Girardi will not commit to using David Robertson as his closer when the right-hander returns from a ribcage injury. He might just stick with Rafael Soriano. The former Tampa Bay Rays closer is 3 for 3 in save chances s...
Girardi said Wednesday that, unequivocally, Rafael Soriano is his closer.That, of course, was not news with David Robertson on the disabled list.What was a minor headline, however, was that Girardi said when Robertson does return from his strained left o...
NEW YORK -- Yankees reliever David Robertson is on pace to begin baseball activities on Thursday in Tampa, Fla., making a return from the disabled list after the minimum 15 days unlikely. Manager Joe Girardi said Robertson, on the disabled list with a st...
The closers job is all yours, Rafael Soriano.David Robertson, the Yankees' set-up man turned part-time closer, is headed to the 15-day disabled list with a strained left oblique. Robertson inherited at least a share of the closing duties when Mariano Riv...
