A-Rod new allegations and return expected May 10

A-Rod went 1-6 with a home run and two walks in his first rehab game since March 9th. He also ran the bases at half speed and reported no setbacks. He is ahead of schedule and the Yankees expect he back before May 15 most likely the 10 th. There is also new allegations in a book being released on May 12th by Selna Roberts. Roberts is the one who broke the story about A-Rod failing a drug test in 2003. A-Rod in January admit to taking steroids with Texas but not since he joined the Yankees. The new concerns are A-Rod was taking steroids in high school according to a former teammate. There are also two sources within the Yankees, claiming he was taking something. The weird one was A-Rod tipping signals to the opposing team in blow out games. None of these sources are confirmed and are only clips out of the book "A-Rod: The Many Lives of Alex Rodriguez" .

Joba strong in yankees 8-6 win over Tigers

Joba Chamberlin was impressive last night in his outing against the detroit Tigers. Joba tossed over seven innings giving up one run and stiking out 6. "I just decided to trust my stuff" Cahmberlin said. He also hit 96 a the radar gun and was around 92 93 all night long. This was by far his most impressive outing this year. This win should make the Yankees fell good about ending the road trip stong after a dismal start. They are starting to put big innings together, as they did tonight and last night.

The youth movement is finally starting to show us something with Hughes, Mark Melancon and Joba Chamberlin pitching well. But before everyone gets excited, consistency needs to be seen. One constant lately his been Nick Swisher who homered from both sides of the plate and has three homers in the last two games.

Hughes impressive in Yankees win

Phil Hughes did it exactly what the Yankees had hoped Tuesday night. Hughes was impressive going 6 innings of 2 hit ball walking 2 and striking out 6. Hughes would have probably would have pitched the 7th if the Yankees hadn't put a ten spot in the top of the 7th. The knock on Hughes last year was his inability to get movement on his fastball, which was not the case Tuesday night. The Yankees finally got back in the win column winning 11-0 with a much needed win. The Yankees could have an interesting problem in the near future if Phil Hughes continues to pitch well and the Yankees figure out Wang issues. If Wang returns the Yankees might consider moving Joba Chamberlin back to the bullpen. But time will tell with this scenario.

C.C. tosses complete game, still not enough

C.C. Sabithia turned in his best outing so far this year, but it still wasn't enough. Jason Verlander was even better beating the Yankees 4-2. C.C. struck out seven and only threw 99 pitches a far cry from his previous four starts. The story of this game was Jason Verlander who was the best that several Yankees had seen him. Bottom line is the Yankees have now lost four in a row.

Phil Hughes will look to right the ship making his first start of the year in place of Chien-Ming Wang. Hughes has been impressive in Scranton with a record of 3-0 and 1.86 era. Hughes has a lot to prove since struggling last year and his chance comes tonight.

Yankees swept by Boston

The Yankees went into Boston Friday thinking they were playing good baseball , they left Boston shaking their heads. The frustrations peaked Sunday night when Jacob Ellsbury straight out stole home in the the fifth inning. "There's no doubt its frustrating" Pettite said. The Yankees couldn't do anything right either holding leads or getting key hits. This is the second time someone has stole home on Pettite. The last time was back in was by Toronto May 29, 2007 where Aaron Hill did it. Pettite went into his windup and Jacoby took of with a running lead and just beat the throw.

Robinson Cano extended his hitting steak to 13 games, and Mark Melancon made his major league debut throwing two scoreless innings. The only bright spot was that Melancon was able to get out of bases loaded jam with no one out and did not allow a run.

Yankees blow lead three times losing 16-11

It started out good up 6-0 going into the bottom of the fourth with A.J. Burnett throwing strikes. But the Red Sox were able to do something that the Yankees could not do, that was drive in runs with runners in scoring position. Jason Varitek hit a grand slam in the fourth to make it 6-5 and the Boston tacked on three more in the next inning to make it 8-6. Mike Lowell hit a three run homer just inside the left field foul pole. The Yankee bullpen could simply not get a big out when they needed to. The bullpen is toast right know and they need a huge game from Andy Pettite Sunday night. Robinson Cano had a good game hitting two homers and Johnny Damon homered for the Yankees.

In other Yankees news Phil Hughes will get the start Tuesday night in Detroit in place of Chien-Ming Wang who is currently on the disabled list. Brain Bruney is also on the 15 DL with an elbow soreness. Cody Ransom was put on the 60- day DL with a quad injury. Every team goes through injuries each season as the Yankees have seen a lot so far this season.

Youklis Boom Lifts Sox in 11th 5-4

It had never should have got to this point. Joba Cahamberlin grinded out 5 plus innings with low velocity on his fast fastball only hitting 90-91. He was able to turn 4 double plays to get him and
Yankees out of trouble and kept the Yankees in the game leaveing with the game tied 2-2. The Yankees batters went 4-19 with runners in scoring position this was the main reason for lose.
Joe Giradi decide to do something he said he would not do this season use Mariano for more than one inning. With Brian Bruney going back to New York to have his elbow checked out because of soreness. We all know that Mo is the best but he is never as good as he is when he pitches the first inning and something happens in the second inning. Tonight was no exception Jason Bay hit a game tying 2 run homer with 2 out to tie the game at 4-4. You knew the Yankees would be in trouble after loading the bases in the top of 9th with none out and didn't score. Damaso Matre looked the best he has since the Yankees picked him up . He was showing a lot more intensity and made one bad pitch to Kevin Youklis who deposited it on Landsown street.