Joba Chamberlain and Phil Hughes have commanded the most attention this spring, as usual, due to their high-profile battle for the No. 5 spot in the rotation, but the club's "other" pitchers vying for that spot as well as bullpen roles have given the Yankees a lot to feel good about one way or the other.

If the team decides to go against its long-term plan of committing to one of its young stars as a starter this year, it knows Alfredo Aceves, Sergio Mitre and Chad Gaudin have each gotten off to solid starts this spring.

If the Yankees stick to the more long-term friendly plan of grooming a potential stud starter, they at least know they have a potential star setup man in Dave Robertson.

While talk of a Chamberlain-Hughes setup combination is tantalizing, Robertson...

Joe Blanton used a mix of fastballs and changeups to shut down the Detroit Tigers, leading the Philadelphia Phillies to a 4-0 victory Thursday. Blanton has focused solely on the fastball-changeup combination in his first two spring starts before he incorporates breaking pitches into his repertoire. So far the results have been promising: Blanton held the Tigers to three singles in four innings of...

Alex Rodriguez may soon be talking to federal authorities, and he hopes it will happen close to spring training. Lawyers for the Yankees slugger are setting up an interview as part of an investigation into a Canadian doctor who is the focus of a cross-border drug smuggling case involving human growth hormone.

Johnny Damon didn't get to play Wednesday, but Curtis Granderson made the play of the day in the first meeting between the New York Yankees and Detroit Tigers since their winter exchange of outfielders and pitchers. Granderson's catch against the center-field wall robbed Miguel Cabrera of at least an RBI double in the fourth inning, keeping the Yankees in the game before Greg Golson hit a...