Russell Martin News

Pittsburgh's Travis Snider, second from right, is greeted by teammates who were on base for his grand slam, Garrett Jones, left, Russell Martin, second from left, and Pedro Alvarez during the sixth inning of against the Chicago Cubs Tuesday.

I've just completed an entry on the Yankees' Walking Wounded . At this moment, the Yankees have three starters, a key setup man, their starting catcher, and five infielders on the DL.

Paredes and his rebuilding club became a cruel baseball punchline late Friday. Slowed-down TV highlights and detailed internet videos of the 24-year-old right fielder crashing into the back of fill-in second baseman Jake Elmore were constantly replayed while announcers and fans laughed at the Astros' expense.

Admit it, Red Sox fans. You don't really hate the Yankees at the moment. You can't. They are in first place, three or four spots higher than the so-called experts had predicted.

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Francisco Cervelli insisted that he was fine, that the box scores littered with errors and strikeouts were no reason for concern, and that he definitely didn't need any help to navigate this nightmarish season in the International League.

A.J. Burnett - 16-10 with a 3.51 ERA last year with Pittsburgh - is 3-3 with a 2.57 ERA and 62 strikeouts this season, when the Yankees are paying $8.5 million of his $16 million salary.

Atlanta welcomed back its starting catcher, Brian McCann , two days ago and he has proceeded to go 1-8 with a single, a walk and a strikeout.

After losing Russell Martin and Nick Swisher to free agency and Mark Teixeira , Curtis Granderson , and Derek Jeter to injury, prominent media members and fans alike expected a drop-off; it only made sense.

For the majority of his career, Chris Stewart had played unheralded roles: The "Break Glass in Case of Emergency" catcher on a team's roster.

When Russell Martin departed this past off-season, it appeared that The New York Yankees might be in trouble at the catcher position.

Rookie Jeff Locke pitched seven innings of three-hit ball and Russell Martin had two of Pittsburgh's four home runs in a 9-0 victory over the St.

He led Phil Hughes through eight shutout inning and his third-inning solo home run was his second of the season.

There has been a lot to celebrate lately for Pittsburgh Pirates closer Jason Grilli, here slapping five with catcher Russell Martin.

Now that we are over one month into the season, it's fair to say that the Yankees have held their own.

A.J. Griffin, the clubhouse crooner before tonight's game , certainly lulled the Yankees to sleep in the A's 2-0 victory tonight.

The first installment of this series provided some detail of the rebuilding effort produced by Logan White , the scouting staff and the player development staff.

Vernon Wells finds new life in his bat with the Yankees as they are 17-10 after starting the season 1-4. Ordinarily, the one-sixth pole of the baseball season is not nearly enough of a sampling to make any definitive judgments about our local nines.

It might be too trendy for some, but Bryce Harper's April was nothing short of spectacular.

Romine, who was drafted by the Yankees in the second round of the 2007 MLB Draft , was called up sooner than expected.