2016 New York Yankees season

2016 New York Yankees
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
East Division (since 1969)
Location
Yankee Stadium (since 2009)
New York (since 1903)
Other information
Owner(s)	Yankee Global Enterprises
General manager(s)	Brian Cashman
Manager(s)	Joe Girardi
Local television	YES Network WPIX-TV[1] (Michael Kay, Ken Singleton, several others as analysts)
Local radio	WFAN / WFAN-FM New York Yankees Radio Network (John Sterling, Suzyn Waldman)
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The 2016 New York Yankees season is the 114th season in New York City for the Yankees, and the 116th season overall for the franchise. Throughout the season, the Yankees will wear a #8 patch in memory of Hall of Famer Yogi Berra.^[2]

Offseason

On October 18, 2015 the Yankees fired their hitting coach, after just one season, Jeff Pentland.^[3] On November 2, it was announced that Alan Cockrell who was hired as the assistant the season before; will assume the role as hitting coach, with Marcus Thames as his assistant.^[4] On November 11, the Yankees traded John Ryan Murphy for Aaron Hicks.^[5] On December 9, the Yankees traded Adam Warren and Brendan Ryan to the Chicago Cubs in exchange for Starlin Castro.^[6] Also on December 9, the Yankees traded Justin Wilson to the Detroit Tigers for pitching prospects Luis Cessa and Chad Green.^[7] On December 28, the Yankees traded Eric Jagielo, Rookie Davis, Tony Renda, and Caleb Cotham for Aroldis Chapman from the Cincinnati Reds.^[8] On January 8, 2016, the Yankees purchased Kirby Yates from the Cleveland Indians.^[9] On January 17, the Yankees claimed Lane Adams off waivers, from the Kansas City Royals.^[10] On February 21, the Yankees signed free agent Chris Parmelee.^[11] On April 4, the Yankees traded Carlos Corporan to the Tampa Bay Rays for cash considerations.^[12]

Season standings

American League East

AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Red Sox	17	11	0.607	—	8–7	9–4
Baltimore Orioles	16	11	0.593	½	11–4	5–7
Toronto Blue Jays	15	15	0.500	3	8–8	7–7
Tampa Bay Rays	12	14	0.462	4	9–9	3–5
New York Yankees	9	17	0.346	7	5–7	4–10

American League Wild Card

Division Leaders	W	L	Pct.
Chicago White Sox	19	10	0.655
Boston Red Sox	17	11	0.607
Seattle Mariners	17	11	0.607

Wild Card teams (Top 2 qualify for 1-game playoff)	W	L	Pct.	GB
Baltimore Orioles	16	11	0.593	+1½
Texas Rangers	16	14	0.533	—
Cleveland Indians	13	12	0.520	½
Kansas City Royals	14	13	0.519	½
Detroit Tigers	14	14	0.500	1
Toronto Blue Jays	15	15	0.500	1
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	13	15	0.464	2
Tampa Bay Rays	12	14	0.462	2
Oakland Athletics	13	16	0.448	2½
New York Yankees	9	17	0.346	5
Houston Astros	10	19	0.345	5½
Minnesota Twins	8	20	0.286	7

Record vs. opponents

2016 American League Records Source: AL Standings Head-to-head
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	HOU	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Baltimore	—	2–1	2–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	3–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	3–2	1–2	2–1	0–0
Boston	1–2	—	0–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	4–3	3–1
Chicago	2–2	1–0	—	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	3–0	0–0	3–1	0–0	1–2	3–0	3–0	0–0
Cleveland	0–0	1–1	1–1	—	3–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–2	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–5
Detroit	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–3	—	1–2	1–2	0–0	3–0	1–1	3–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	5–1
Houston	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	2–1	—	1–3	0–0	2–1	1–2	1–2	1–2	0–0	0–3	0–0	1–2
Kansas City	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	3–1	—	0–0	3–0	0–0	1–2	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1
Los Angeles	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–3	0–0	3–0	1–2	0–0	2–2	0–0	0–2
Minnesota	0–3	0–0	0–3	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–3	3–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2
New York	1–2	0–3	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–3	1–2	2–1	1–2	1–2	0–0
Oakland	0–0	0–0	1–3	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–3	0–0	2–0	—	3–2	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0
Seattle	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	3–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	2–1	3–3	—	0–0	3–3	0–0	0–0
Tampa Bay	2–3	1–1	2–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	3–4	0–0
Texas	2–1	0–0	0–3	0–0	0–0	3–0	0–0	4–2	0–0	2–1	0–0	3–3	0–0	—	1–0	0–0
Toronto	1–2	3–4	0–3	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	4–3	0–0	—	0–0

Current roster

New York Yankees roster
Active roster				Inactive roster		Coaches/Other
Pitchers Starting rotation 30 Nathan Eovaldi 35 Michael Pineda 40 Luis Severino 19 Masahiro Tanaka Bullpen 26 Johnny Barbato 68 Dellin Betances 43 Phil Coke 41 Nick Goody 47 Iván Nova 45 Chasen Shreve 39 Kirby Yates Closer 48 Andrew Miller		Catchers 34 Brian McCann 27 Austin Romine Infielders 14 Starlin Castro 18 Didi Gregorius 12 Chase Headley 25 Mark Teixeira 17 Ronald Torreyes Outfielders 29 Dustin Ackley 36 Carlos Beltrán 22 Jacoby Ellsbury 11 Brett Gardner 38 Ben Gamel 31 Aaron Hicks		Pitchers 80 Vicente Campos 85 Luis Cessa 65 Jacob Lindgren 55 Bryan Mitchell 75 Tyler Olson 67 James Pazos 57 Branden Pinder 50 Nick Rumbelow 52 CC Sabathia Catchers 72 Gary Sánchez Infielders 33 Greg Bird 64 Rob Refsnyder Outfielders 71 Slade Heathcott 66 Mason Williams Designated hitters 13 Alex Rodriguez		Manager 28 Joe Girardi Coaches 62 Alan Cockrell (hitting) 53 Joe Espada (third base) 60 Mike Harkey (bullpen) 56 Tony Peña (first base) 88 Román Rodríguez (bullpen catcher) 58 Larry Rothschild (pitching) 63 Marcus Thames (assistant hitting) 59 Rob Thomson (bench) Restricted list 54 Aroldis Chapman 25 active, 15 inactive 7- or 15-day disabled list ^† Suspended list ^# Personal leave Roster and coaches updated May 6, 2016 Transactions • Depth chart → All MLB rosters

Season summary

April

Opening day lineup

Number	Name	Position
22	Jacoby Ellsbury	CF
31	Aaron Hicks	LF
13	Alex Rodriguez	DH
25	Mark Teixeira	1B
36	Carlos Beltrán	RF
34	Brian McCann	C
12	Chase Headley	3B
14	Starlin Castro	2B
18	Didi Gregorius	SS
19	Masahiro Tanaka	P

After the Yankees opening day was rained out, the Yankees played it a day later on April 5, losing 3–5 to the Houston Astros.^[13] The Yankees would go on to win their opening series 2 games to 1 against Houston.

Game log

Legend
	Yankees win
	Yankees loss
	Postponement
Bold	Yankees team member

Game Log (9–17) Home: 5–7 Away: 4–10
April (8–14) Home: 5–7 Away: 3–7 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Venue Attendance Record — Apr 4 Astros Postponed (rain). Makeup date: April 5. 1 Apr 5 Astros 3–5 Keuchel (1–0) Betances (0–1) Gregerson (1) Yankee Stadium 47,820 0–1 2 Apr 6 Astros 16–6 Pineda (1–0) McHugh (0–1) Nova (1) Yankee Stadium 37,493 1–1 3 Apr 7 Astros 8–5 Shreve (1–0) Harris (0–1) Miller (1) Yankee Stadium 30,003 2–1 4 Apr 8 @ Tigers 0–4 Zimmermann (1–0) Severino (0–1) — Comerica Park 45,049 2–2 5 Apr 9 @ Tigers 8–4 Sabathia (1–0) Pelfrey (0–1) — Comerica Park 32,419 3–2 — Apr 10 @ Tigers Postponed (rain). Makeup date: TBD. 6 Apr 12 @ Blue Jays 3–2 Barbato (1–0) Cecil (0–1) Miller (2) Rogers Centre 28,819 4–2 7 Apr 13 @ Blue Jays 2–7 Happ (1–0) Pineda (1–1) — Rogers Centre 27,938 4–3 8 Apr 14 @ Blue Jays 2–4 Stroman (2–0) Eovaldi (0–1) Osuna (4) Rogers Centre 36,238 4–4 9 Apr 15 Mariners 1–7 Karns (1–1) Severino (0–2) — Yankee Stadium 35,531 4–5 10 Apr 16 Mariners 2–3 Hernández (1–1) Sabathia (1–1) Cishek (1) Yankee Stadium 38,574 4–6 11 Apr 17 Mariners 4–3 Tanaka (1–0) Iwakuma (0–2) Miller (3) Yankee Stadium 43,856 5–6 12 Apr 19 Athletics 2–3 (11) Rodriguez (1–0) Barbato (1–1) Madson (5) Yankee Stadium 31,952 5–7 13 Apr 20 Athletics 2–5 Graveman (1–1) Eovaldi (0–2) Doolittle (2) Yankee Stadium 37,396 5–8 14 Apr 21 Athletics 3–7 Hill (2–2) Shreve (1–1) Madson (6) Yankee Stadium 33,818 5–9 15 Apr 22 Rays 6–3 Nova (1–0) Moore (1–1) Miller (4) Yankee Stadium 31,843 6–9 16 Apr 23 Rays 3–2 Miller (1–0) Ramírez (4–1) — Yankee Stadium 40,714 7–9 17 Apr 24 Rays 1–8 Smyly (1–2) Pineda (1–2) — Yankee Stadium 40,981 7–10 18 Apr 25 @ Rangers 3–1 Eovaldi (1–2) Ramos (0–1) Miller (5) Globe Life Park 31,453 8–10 19 Apr 26 @ Rangers 1–10 Griffin (3–0) Severino (0–3) — Globe Life Park 26,163 8–11 20 Apr 27 @ Rangers 2–3 Pérez (1–2) Sabathia (1–2) Tolleson (7) Globe Life Park 35,477 8–12 21 Apr 29 @ Red Sox 2–4 Uehara (1–1) Betances (0–2) Kimbrel (7) Fenway Park 37,115 8–13 22 Apr 30 @ Red Sox 0–8 Porcello (5–0) Pineda (1–3) — Fenway Park 37,901 8–14
May (1–3) Home: 0–0 Away: 1–3 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Venue Attendance Record 23 May 1 @ Red Sox 7–8 Price (4–0) Nova (1–1) Kimbrel (8) Fenway Park 34,279 8–15 24 May 3 @ Orioles 1–4 Tillman (3–1) Severino (0–4) O'Day (2) Oriole Park 16,083 8–16 25 May 4 @ Orioles 7–0 Sabathia (2–2) Wilson (1–1) – Oriole Park 15,998 9–16 26 May 5 @ Orioles 0–1 (10) Britton (2–1) Barbato (1–2) – Oriole Park 19,598 9–17 27 May 6 Red Sox – Yankee Stadium – 28 May 7 Red Sox – Yankee Stadium – 29 May 8 Red Sox – Yankee Stadium – 30 May 9 Royals – Yankee Stadium – 31 May 10 Royals – Yankee Stadium – 32 May 11 Royals – Yankee Stadium – 33 May 12 Royals – Yankee Stadium – 34 May 13 White Sox – Yankee Stadium – 35 May 14 White Sox – Yankee Stadium – 36 May 15 White Sox – Yankee Stadium – 37 May 16 @ D'backs – Chase Field – 38 May 17 @ D'backs – Chase Field – 39 May 18 @ D'backs – Chase Field – 40 May 19 @ Athletics – O.co Coliseum – 41 May 20 @ Athletics – O.co Coliseum – 42 May 21 @ Athletics – O.co Coliseum – 43 May 22 @ Athletics – O.co Coliseum – 44 May 24 Blue Jays – Yankee Stadium – 45 May 25 Blue Jays – Yankee Stadium – 46 May 26 Blue Jays – Yankee Stadium – 47 May 27 @ Rays – Tropicana Field – 48 May 28 @ Rays – Tropicana Field – 49 May 29 @ Rays – Tropicana Field – 50 May 30 @ Blue Jays – Rogers Centre – 51 May 31 @ Blue Jays – Rogers Centre –
June (0–0) Home: 0–0 Away: 0–0 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Venue Attendance Record Boxscore 52 Jun 1 @ Blue Jays – Rogers Centre – 53 Jun 3 @ Orioles – Oriole Park – 54 Jun 4 @ Orioles – Oriole Park – 55 Jun 5 @ Orioles – Oriole Park – 56 Jun 6 Angels – Yankee Stadium – 57 Jun 7 Angels – Yankee Stadium – 58 Jun 8 Angels – Yankee Stadium – 59 Jun 9 Angels – Yankee Stadium – 60 Jun 10 Tigers – Yankee Stadium – 61 Jun 11 Tigers – Yankee Stadium – 62 Jun 12 Tigers – Yankee Stadium – 63 Jun 14 @ Rockies – Coors Field – 64 Jun 15 @ Rockies – Coors Field – 65 Jun 16 @ Twins – Target Field – 66 Jun 17 @ Twins – Target Field – 67 Jun 18 @ Twins – Target Field – 68 Jun 19 @ Twins – Target Field – 69 Jun 21 Rockies – Yankee Stadium – 70 Jun 22 Rockies – Yankee Stadium – 71 Jun 24 Twins – Yankee Stadium – 72 Jun 25 Twins – Yankee Stadium – 73 Jun 26 Twins – Yankee Stadium – 74 Jun 27 Rangers – Yankee Stadium – 75 Jun 28 Rangers – Yankee Stadium – 76 Jun 29 Rangers – Yankee Stadium – 77 Jun 30 Rangers – Yankee Stadium –
July (0–0) Home: 0–0 Away: 0–0 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Venue Attendance Record Boxscore 78 Jul 1 @ Padres – Petco Park – 79 Jul 2 @ Padres – Petco Park – 80 Jul 3 @ Padres – Petco Park – 81 Jul 4 @ White Sox – U.S. Cellular Field – 82 Jul 5 @ White Sox – U.S. Cellular Field – 83 Jul 6 @ White Sox – U.S. Cellular Field – 84 Jul 7 @ Indians – Progressive Field – 85 Jul 8 @ Indians – Progressive Field – 86 Jul 9 @ Indians – Progressive Field – 87 Jul 10 @ Indians – Progressive Field – – Jul 12 87th All-Star Game National League vs. American League (Petco Park, San Diego, California) 88 Jul 15 Red Sox – Yankee Stadium – 89 Jul 16 Red Sox – Yankee Stadium – 90 Jul 17 Red Sox – Yankee Stadium – 91 Jul 18 Orioles – Yankee Stadium – 92 Jul 19 Orioles – Yankee Stadium – 93 Jul 20 Orioles – Yankee Stadium – 94 Jul 21 Orioles – Yankee Stadium – 95 Jul 22 Giants – Yankee Stadium – 96 Jul 23 Giants – Yankee Stadium – 97 Jul 24 Giants – Yankee Stadium – 98 Jul 25 @ Astros – Minute Maid Park – 99 Jul 26 @ Astros – Minute Maid Park – 100 Jul 27 @ Astros – Minute Maid Park – 101 Jul 29 @ Rays – Tropicana Field – 102 Jul 30 @ Rays – Tropicana Field – 103 Jul 31 @ Rays – Tropicana Field –
August (0–0) Home: 0–0 Away: 0–0 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Venue Attendance Record Boxscore 104 Aug 1 @ Mets – Citi Field – 105 Aug 2 @ Mets – Citi Field – 106 Aug 3 Mets – Yankee Stadium – 107 Aug 4 Mets – Yankee Stadium – 108 Aug 5 Indians – Yankee Stadium – 109 Aug 6 Indians – Yankee Stadium – 110 Aug 7 Indians – Yankee Stadium – 111 Aug 9 @ Red Sox – Fenway Park – 112 Aug 10 @ Red Sox – Fenway Park – 113 Aug 11 @ Red Sox – Fenway Park – 114 Aug 12 Rays – Yankee Stadium – 115 Aug 13 Rays – Yankee Stadium – 116 Aug 14 Rays – Yankee Stadium – 117 Aug 15 Blue Jays – Yankee Stadium – 118 Aug 16 Blue Jays – Yankee Stadium – 119 Aug 17 Blue Jays – Yankee Stadium – 120 Aug 19 @ Angels – Angel Stadium of Anaheim – 121 Aug 20 @ Angels – Angel Stadium of Anaheim – 122 Aug 21 @ Angels – Angel Stadium of Anaheim – 123 Aug 22 @ Mariners – Safeco Field – 124 Aug 23 @ Mariners – Safeco Field – 125 Aug 24 @ Mariners – Safeco Field – 126 Aug 26 Orioles – Yankee Stadium – 127 Aug 27 Orioles – Yankee Stadium – 128 Aug 28 Orioles – Yankee Stadium – 129 Aug 29 @ Royals – Kauffman Stadium – 130 Aug 30 @ Royals – Kauffman Stadium – 131 Aug 31 @ Royals – Kauffman Stadium –
September (0–0) Home: 0–0 Away: 0–0 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Venue Attendance Record Boxscore 132 Sep 2 @ Orioles – Oriole Park – 133 Sep 3 @ Orioles – Oriole Park – 134 Sep 4 @ Orioles – Oriole Park – 135 Sep 5 Blue Jays – Yankee Stadium – 136 Sep 6 Blue Jays – Yankee Stadium – 137 Sep 7 Blue Jays – Yankee Stadium – 138 Sep 8 Rays – Yankee Stadium – 139 Sep 9 Rays – Yankee Stadium – 140 Sep 10 Rays – Yankee Stadium – 141 Sep 11 Rays – Yankee Stadium – 142 Sep 12 Dodgers – Yankee Stadium – 143 Sep 13 Dodgers – Yankee Stadium – 144 Sep 14 Dodgers – Yankee Stadium – 145 Sep 15 @ Red Sox – Fenway Park – 146 Sep 16 @ Red Sox – Fenway Park – 147 Sep 17 @ Red Sox – Fenway Park – 148 Sep 18 @ Red Sox – Fenway Park – 149 Sep 20 @ Rays – Tropicana Field – 150 Sep 21 @ Rays – Tropicana Field – 151 Sep 22 @ Rays – Tropicana Field – 152 Sep 23 @ Blue Jays – Rogers Centre – 153 Sep 24 @ Blue Jays – Rogers Centre – 154 Sep 25 @ Blue Jays – Rogers Centre – 155 Sep 26 @ Blue Jays – Rogers Centre – 156 Sep 27 Red Sox – Yankee Stadium – 157 Sep 28 Red Sox – Yankee Stadium – 158 Sep 29 Red Sox – Yankee Stadium – 159 Sep 30 Orioles – Yankee Stadium –
October (0–0) Home: 0–0 Away: 0–0 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Venue Attendance Record Boxscore 160 Oct 1 Orioles – Yankee Stadium – 161 Oct 2 Orioles – Yankee Stadium –

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	International League	Al Pedrique
AA	Trenton Thunder	Eastern League	Bobby Mitchell
A	Tampa Yankees	Florida State League	Pat Osborn
A	Charleston RiverDogs	South Atlantic League	Luis Dorante
A-Short Season	Staten Island Yankees	New York–Penn League	Dave Bialas
Rookie	Pulaski Yankees	Appalachian League	Tony Franklin
Rookie	GCL Yankees	Gulf Coast League	Julio Mosquera

References

1. New York Yankees games returning to WPIX-TV after deal with YES Network
2. Yankees to honor Yogi Berra with No. 8 patch on jersey sleeve
3. Report: Yankees part ways with hitting coach Jeff Pentland
4. New York Yankees promote Alan Cockrell to hitting coach, name Marcus Thames as assistant
5. Yankees acquire Hicks from Twins for Murphy
6. Yankees To Acquire Starlin Castro For Adam Warren, Brendan Ryan
7. http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2015/12/justin-wilson-trade-tigers-yankees.html
8. Reds deal closer Aroldis Chapman to Yankees
9. Yankees purchase righty reliever Kirby Yates from Indians
10. Yankees claim outfielder Adams off waivers
11. Yankees sign free agent Chris Parmelee, per report
12. Rays acquire catcher Corporan from Yanks
13. "Photos: Astros win season opener against Yankees, 5-3". Khou.com. Retrieved 10 April 2016.

External links

• 2016 New York Yankees season