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Yankees trade feel-good story after he was the odd man out
The Yankees’ former top prospect who finally made the team a decade later had been designated for assignment last Tuesday.
Yankees' feel-good story becomes odd man out
Manny Bañuelos was designated for assignment on Tuesday to make room on the roster for JP Sears, who was called up from Triple-A to make a spot start.
Former top prospect finally makes emotional Yankees debut
Manny Banuelos' promising career was derailed by Tommy John surgery in 2012.
A decade after being top prospect, Yankees pitcher finally gets call up
Ten years after being the Yankees’ top pitching prospect — and one of the best in baseball — Manny Banuelos finally got the call to join their big league roster.
This Yankee still a question mark heading into the season
Here are some notable nuggets that happened during Yankees’ spring training action on Tuesday:
Young Yankee's strong spring not enough to make Opening Day roster
Deivi Garcia has shown encouraging signs that he’s put his dreadful 2021 season behind him.
Former Yankees stud prospect making most of 'special' second chance
TAMPA — Fourteen years to the day that the Yankees signed Manny Banuelos as an international free agent — with a long, winding journey in between — the left-hander’s comeback...
Red Sox smack 10 straight hits vs. ex-Yankee farmhand Manny Bañuelos
CHICAGO — The Boston Red Sox strung together 10 straight hits against White Sox left-hander and former Yankees farmhand Manny Bañuelos, ending one hit shy of the major league record...
Former Yankees phenom has finally found new life
The shine has long faded, the next-big-thing label removed. But at long last, Manny Banuelos is looking like a major league pitcher. A decade after he was a top Yankees...
Yankees' one-time bust getting another chance with White Sox
The Chicago White Sox on Thursday acquired left-hander Manny Banuelos from the Los Angeles Dodgers for minor league infielder Justin Yurchak. Banuelos was once considered one of the Yankees' top...
How the Angels are trying to give Yankees castoffs new life
Billy Eppler worked for the Yankees from 2004-15 before becoming the Angels general manager and his spring training roster reflects much of his roots. A group of players Eppler helped...
Why Gary Sanchez risks losing Yankees' backup catcher job
TAMPA — Austin Romine has made it a battle for the Yankees’ backup catcher job. “He is having a really good camp. I think he is catching the ball great,...
Why Beltran is encouraged just one day after rib injury
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Carlos Beltran said he was encouraged that the left rib cage problem that forced him out of Tuesday night’s game against the Angels didn’t worsen overnight. “Yes,...
The steep price Yankees paid to shore up their bullpen
With Andrew Miller sidelined for about a month, Dellin Betances has become the Yankees’ closer while Chasen Shreve and Justin Wilson have graduated to be the main setup men. So it...
Yankees give up on once top prospect, swap him for relief help
The Killer B’s are down to one — Dellin Betances. Now the Yankees are banking on killer lefties out of the bullpen. One of general manager Brian Cashman’s New Year’s...
With Sabathia out until summer, Yankees eye pitching market
Jason Hammel and Jeff Samardzija are the Yankees’ opponents for their two-game series at Wrigley Field. They also are auditioning. Because if it wasn’t obvious before, the Yankees are clearly...
Yanks’ Banuelos one of many saved by late surgeon Frank Jobe
TAMPA — Manuel Banuelos will take the mound Saturday in Kissimmee, Fla., because of a technique first tried 17 years before he was even born. His rebirth as a pitcher...
Yankees bullpen has question marks
TAMPA — Outside of David Robertson closing and Matt Thornton facing lefties, the rest of Joe Girardi’s bullpen isn’t close to being defined. Yet, it appears very early in the...
After 2012 surgery, Banuelos eyeing big shot
TAMPA — Manny Banuelos has been through this before. In spring training two years ago, there were hopes the young lefty might make a run at helping the Yankees during...
Betances running out of time to prove he can produce
TAMPA — Sure, the Yankees were thrilled to introduce Masahiro Tanaka in The Bronx Tuesday, but it’s been well documented that wasn’t the original plan. Instead, they certainly would have...