Yankees' Cervelli breaks hand, team calls up Romine in middle of game
It didn't take long for the New York Yankees to fill in Francisco Cervelli's spot on the roster — after the catcher fractured his right hand in the first inning of Friday night's 6-4 win over the Toronto Blue Jays — even if his replacement wasn't even anywhere near Yankee Stadium.
Austin Romine, a catcher once considered the top prospect in the Yankees organization...
An Injured Battery Recap & A Romine Scouting Report
I held out hope until the last minute that Francisco Cervelli's hand injury was only a minor one.I had already seen the tweets announcing that Triple A Scranton catcher Austin Romine had been removed from his game shortly after Cervelli went down, but I kept telling myself that it was only as a precaution until Cervelli's bruise had been confirmed. Of course, it wasn'...
Yankees injury news: Ivan Nova, Francisco Cervelli leave with injuries
The old saying, "if you can't beat 'em, going 'em," may be taken too literally in the Yankees clubhouse lately. The team can't seem to beat the injury bug and it seems more and more players are getting hurt. Most recently, Ivan Nova and Francisco Cervelli had to leave last night's ball game with injuries.
According to Andrew Marchand of ESPN...
Francisco Cervelli breaks hand
Yankees catcher Francisco Cervelli broke his right hand on Ivan Nova's fifth pitch of the game against Toronto, and two innings later New York's starter walked off the mound with pain in his right elbow.
The Yankees say Cervelli needs surgery and will miss a minimum of six weeks. Nova left his outing against the Blue Jays on Friday night after allowing a single to the second...
Via AP on Fox
28 days ago
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Yankees catcher Cervelli hit in hand by foul tip
Yankees catcher Francisco Cervelli has left New York's game against the Toronto Blue Jays Friday night after being hit on the right hand by a foul tip with the fifth pitch of the first inning.
Cervelli was holding his throwing hand just above his knee when Rajai Davis fouled a pitch from Ivan Nova straight back. Cervelli immediately looked at his hand and flexed it several times...
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28 days ago
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Cervelli, Biogenesis, and a Crazy Theory
So now Francisco Cervelli's name has also been found on records linked to the Biogenesis Clinic. Cervelli, for his part, has denied any wrongdoing. In a series of tweets last night he stated the following:Following my foot injury in March 2011, I consulted with a number of experts, including BioGenesis Clinic, for (cont)— Francisco Cervelli (@fran_cervelli) February 6, 2013...
Yanks Promote Cervelli, Five Others
Francisco Cervelli headlines the list of initial Yankee call-ups. (Photo Credit: Brent Mayne)
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre may have won the International League North Division Championship, but the playoff push wasn’t enough to prevent the club from getting stripped of some key components at the start of call-up season. The Yankees announced today that they have recalled six players from...
Rumor: Cervelli says at least 2 teams are interested in him
The Yankees surprised everybody when they replaced backup catcher Francisco Cervelli with Chris Stewart on the final day of spring training, but despite replacing him it looks like they want to keep him in the organization.
Cervelli told Wilmer Reina of La Verdad that he’s heard that at least two teams have been interested in dealing for him, but the Yankees turned them down...
Via Bronx Baseball Daily
May 18, 2012
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Cervelli shocked at demotion to Triple-A
Francisco Cervelli isn’t an especially good hitter, he isn’t even an especially good defender, but he does enough of both that he’s a decent backup and after three years of serving in that role the Yankees decided out of the blue to send him down to Triple-A.
The reason was that Austin Romine‘s back injury, which is expected to keep him out for a couple of months, created...
Via Bronx Baseball Daily
April 05, 2012
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Yankees kept Cervelli out of winter ball
A concussion after a collision at home plate against the Orioles knocked Francisco Cervelli out for most of the final month of the year last season and it also kept him out of winter ball, according to George King of the NY Post.
Cervelli apparently stopped feeling the symptoms of the concussion after just two weeks, but because he has had a few in the past, the Yankees decided...
Via Bronx Baseball Daily
February 16, 2012
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