Curtis Granderson RUMORS & NEWS

New York Post "The Yankees had their Opening Day on April 1. Curtis Granderson — out since fracturing his right forearm in spring training — finally had his last night. Granderson, activated before the game, started in left field and scored a run in the Yankees’ 4-3 come-from-behind win over the Mariners at..." May 15

New York Post "Joe Girardi didn’t rule out the possibility of Curtis Granderson returning to the Yankees in time for tonight’s game in The Bronx. And with the team sending Brennan Boesch to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre yesterday, they’re already making room for him. “That means he’s getting closer,”..." May 14

New York Post "Curtis Granderson, who fractured his right forearm in February, will make his season debut Tuesday night against the Mariners. Granderson will play left field and bat fourth in the lineup. Granderson, who was activated from the disabled list Tuesday, has been rehabbing with Triple A..." May 14

MLB.com "An early day game following a night game proved to be no challenge for Curtis Granderson in his fourth rehab game with the Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders. He inched closer to returning to New York, recording three hits and playing all nine innings. "The big thing today was facing..." May 13

New York Post "Curtis Granderson is taking a big step in coming back from a fractured right forearm early in spring training. Granderson is scheduled to play for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Thursday night, and though manager Joe Girardi didn’t put a timetable on Granderson’s return to the big leagues it’s..." May 09

New York Post "After scrapping the idea of shifting Curtis Granderson to left field when he fractured his right forearm in February, the move is back on the table. Joe Girardi didn’t guarantee Granderson would return to his former position when he recovers from his injury. “We’ll decide that as time goes..." May 06

New York Daily News "Mark Teixeira did tee and toss batting practice Wednesday, the first time he’s done a contact drill since tearing the tendon sheath on his right wrist this spring. “He took some swings, tee and toss, so that’s a move in the right direction,” Yankees’ manager Joe Girardi said. “He said he felt..." May 02

New York Post "Curtis Granderson was forced to hit inside in Tampa Tuesday because of a rainstorm. With the way the Yankees’ injury luck has been, he’s fortunate he still didn’t get struck by lightning. Instead, the center fielder continues to progress and there’s a chance he could begin playing in extended..." May 01

MLB.com "Curtis Granderson had two at-bats in an extended spring game on Wednesday, according to Yankees manager Joe Girardi, and Mark Teixeira also appears to be making progress as he rehabs an injury. One day after Girardi speculated that Teixeira may not be able to return until June, Teixeira tweeted..." May 01

New York Daily News "Curtis Granderson bounced into the Yankees’ clubhouse at Tropicana Field on Monday afternoon, bumping fists with several teammates as he showed off his new and improved, brace-free right arm. Granderson has been rehabbing his arm in Tampa while the Yankees play on without him, but now that he’s..." April 23

Newark Star-Ledger "On April 11, Yankees outfielder Curtis Granderson threw a baseball for the first time since an inside fastball broke his right forearm on Feb. 24. More than a week later, he is still making slow advancement on his route back to the majors. Granderson is working out at the team’s minor-league..." April 20

New York Daily News "As students at Brooklyn's Abraham Lincoln High School crowded around Curtis Granderson Monday for a group photo, one cracked, "Watch his hand!" a reference to Granderson's fractured right forearm. There's one in every crowd. Even on a nice morning of giving back and celebrating Jackie Robinson,..." April 16

New York Post "Curtis Granderson still hasn’t swung a bat in his rehab from a broken right forearm, and until that happens, he can’t do more than guess about when he will be back on the field in The Bronx. For now, he continues to throw and shag balls in the outfield. “Swinging was something that could..." April 15

New York Post "Curtis Granderson still hasn’t picked up a bat in his recovery from a fractured arm, but he was able to start throwing yesterday in Tampa. The center fielder threw from 60 and 90 feet and he had his brace removed. “That’s big,’’ manager Joe Girardi said of the fact Granderson no longer needs..." April 12

New York Post "It was a strange experiment from the outset. The team with the short right field porch decided to have a pair of lefty hitters who might combine for 10 homers make up two-thirds of its outfield. The hope was that what Brett Gardner and Ichiro Suzuki lacked in power they would compensate for..." April 10

New York Post "With heavyweights like Derek Jeter, David Ortiz and Robinson Cano nowhere near the box score, you could be charged with fraud for calling yesterday’s Yankees-Red Sox game at JetBlue Park a “preview” of the April 1 season opener at Yankee Stadium. Yet with lefty Jon Lester on target to start for..." March 04

Detroit News "The Yankees, oh, they're in trouble. We already knew the franchise was changing, having pledged — with a straight poker face, and then stunningly backing it up with an underwhelming series of signings this offseason — to get under the payroll luxury tax ($189 million) by Opening Day..." February 28

New York Post "It starts with a thud sometimes. A “thwack.” A baseball gets away from a left-handed pitcher and it runs in on the hands of a left-handed hitter, and maybe on Feb. 24 the reflexes aren’t as sharp as they’ll be on July 24, or even March 24, and so instead of glancing off the meaty part of the..." February 25

New York Daily News "With Curtis Granderson out for the first two-plus months of the season, who can the Yankees run out there in his place? Here's a list of some plausible and a few not-so plausible solutions: Matt Diaz Veteran was signed to compete for the fourth outfielder spot, so a month in the lineup..." February 25

New York Daily News "Only five batters into the second exhibition game of the spring and suddenly all the fear and trepidation of this forthcoming Yankee season was realized: Bronx Bombers to Bronx Bummers. As Curtis Granderson trotted down to first base in the first inning of Sunday’s Steinbrenner Field opener..." February 25

New York Post "It didn’t look or feel bad. But the pitch that hit Curtis Granderson in the right forearm sure hurt the Yankees. A lineup that lost considerable muscle during the offseason via free agency, will be without Granderson until at least early May after he suffered a fractured right forearm when he..." February 25

Pinstriped Bible "The competition for center field ended prematurely this afternoon, as Curtis Granderson fractured his forearm after being hit by the Blue Jays' J.A. Happ in the first inning of the game. The Yankees announced that Grandy is expected to miss approximately ten weeks while recovering from the injury,..." February 24

New York Post "Two days into the exhibition season the Yankees have a huge hole in a lineup that was lacking muscle to begin with. In his initial spring training at-bat today Curtis Granderson suffered a fractured right forearm when an A.J. Happ fastball was up and in to the left-handed hitter in the opening..." February 24

ESPN.com "New York Yankees left fielder Curtis Granderson left Sunday's game against the Toronto Blue Jays after being hit on the right hand by a pitch from J.A. Happ. Granderson was set to play his first game in left field as the Yankees experiment with moving Brett Gardner to center field, but he never..." February 24

New York Post "Joe Girardi doesn’t subscribe to the theory that if Brett Gardner is the center fielder, it means he will be an every-day player. Though the Yankees manager would like to be able to put Gardner in the lineup against right-handers and left-handers, he isn’t opposed to returning Curtis Granderson..." February 24

Newark Star-Ledger "Is Curtis Granderson a good center fielder? If you consult defensive metrics, it depends on the year. From 2006 to 2007, Granderson was considered one of the game’s best. He ranked second among center fielders in UZR with 27.5 runs saved above average. Only Andruw Jones, in his final days as..." February 22

New York Post "Provided a choice, Curtis Granderson would continue to dig his cleats into the most sacred patch of baseball grass in the universe: center field at Yankee Stadium. Yet, there is a very strong chance that left fielder Brett Gardner will trade places with Granderson, because manager Joe Girardi..." February 22

Pinstriped Bible "What's been rumored is one step closer to reality. Jack Curry reports that Yankees center fielder Curtis Granderson is shagging fly balls in left. Curry describes it as the "precursor" to Granderson becoming the Yankees' left fielder, shifting the returning Brett Gardner over to center, and..." February 21

New York Daily News "Brett Gardner says it doesn’t matter which outfield spot he plays this season, although he does admit he considers himself a natural center fielder who is more comfortable there than in left. But “as of now, there are no plans to do anything” about switching Gardner and the Yankees’ regular..." February 13

New York Post "While the Yankees have had “a conversation or two” about offering an extension to Robinson Cano this offseason, according to Hal Steinbrenner, they have yet to reach out to Curtis Granderson as he enters the final year of his contract. Not surprisingly, Granderson said he would listen if they..." February 12

Newark Star-Ledger "On Monday afternoon, Yankees outfielder Curtis Granderson said an eminently sensible thing. He would be a fool, he said, not to have interest in signing a long-term extension with the team before he reaches free agency after this season. But he would also be a fool to accept any sort of..." February 12

River Ave Blues "By OPS+, Curtis Granderson had the seventh-worst 40+ homer season in baseball history last year. That's kind of a silly thing to say because a 116 OPS+ is still really good, but it was well-below the 142 OPS+ he managed one season ago. The performance drop was most notable in the second half, when..." January 31

The LoHud Yankees Blog "Curtis Granderson hits a lot of home runs, but he also strikes out a lot. He can play center field, but so can Brett Gardner. He's a valuable player for the time being, but he's a year away from free agency. His current contract is affordable, but he's likely to generate huge money on the open..." December 18

New York Post "Free agency beckons Curtis Granderson, with one season to go on his contract with the Yankees, and he looks forward to it. He can't see it not happening. "Especially with this team being the way it has been, historically, the talks of extending guys out before the end typically isn't their..." December 18

Bless You Boys "Oh come on, you knew this post was coming. The New York Yankees put Curtis Granderson on the trade block, hoping to shed salary -- a term that is making the late George Steinbrenner roll over in his grave as we speak -- and find some payroll flexibility in the near future. Who is he? While..." December 06

New York Daily News "Despite four current vacancies in the Yankees lineup, there's a chance a fifth could open up in the coming weeks. According to a source, the Yankees have been quietly shopping Curtis Granderson since the beginning of November, though no deal is imminent. Granderson is in the final year of..." December 05

New York Post "The Yankees exercised their options on Curtis Granderson, Robinson Cano and David Aardsma Monday, the first of many moves expected this offseason in The Bronx. Granderson and Cano both had $15 million options which were all but certain to be picked up despite their postseason struggles. Aardsma..." October 29

New York Post "Brian Cashman has had time to reflect on Curtis Granderson's flameout during the Yankees' ALCS loss to the Tigers, but the general manager's opinion hasn't changed. "To get 43 home runs from a center fielder isn't easy," Cashman said yesterday. "And I don't think one series erases..." October 23

New York Daily News "Perhaps Curtis Granderson's swing wasn't what needed fixing this postseason. After watching Granderson swing at balls out of the strike zone for several months, some within the Yankees organization believe the center fielder might be having trouble with his eyes. With that in mind, a source..." October 20

Hardball Talk "Both managers are sticking with the same lineups they chose last night before the game was postponed by rain, which means Alex Rodriguez and Curtis Granderson are still on the bench against right-hander Max Scherzer. Nick Swisher goes from benched in Game 3 to batting second, Brett Gardner..." October 18

Detroit Free Press "A rain delay with no precipitation is like a batting order with no bats. The Yankees were right at home Wednesday. Two hours after the scheduled Game 4 start, still not one drop of rain had fallen upon Comerica Park. Considering the scarcity of runs in this series, MLB probably could have..." October 18

Newark Star-Ledger "After eight games of inadequate at-bats, Yankees outfielder Curtis Granderson could fly under Alex Rodriguez's headline-stealing radar no longer. Granderson was not in his team's proposed lineup for Game 4 of the ALCS against the Tigers Wednesday. Though the game was postponed, it is unlikely..." October 18

Hardball Talk "Another day, another set of changes to the Yankees' lineup as Joe Girardi has decided to have Curtis Granderson join Alex Rodriguez on the bench against right-hander Max Scherzer. Brett Gardner replaces Granderson in center field, but will bat eighth tonight instead of leading off like he did last..." October 17

Newark Star-Ledger "Curtis Granderson stood surrounded by the lights and lenses of the horseshoe of television cameras, waiting for the questions to begin. In the early morning hours after the 2-1 Game 4 loss to the Baltimore Orioles, the Yankees center fielder knew the grilling would come. He had gone 0-for-5,..." October 12

New York Post "Curtis Granderson has a chance Wednesday night to tie Miguel Cabrera for the AL home run lead, but the Yankees slugger took a pass. With the Yankees blowing out the Red Sox, manager Joe Girardi asked Granderson in the bottom of the seventh inning if he wanted one last at-bat. "No,"..." October 04

New York Post "Curtis Granderson said he had only one goal coming into this season. "I want to get 100 runs scored," Granderson said. "The only numbers that matter to me are scoring runs and driving in runs, but the thing I was focused on was getting to 100 runs." He's closer to that number after last..." September 25

New York Post "Curtis Granderson has faced James Shields more than he has any pitcher during his major league career. Going into Saturday, he had 56 at-bats against the Rays right-hander, and he had failed in 50 of them. "I know [my history's] not very good," Granderson said. Whether the Yankees center..." September 16

New York Daily News "One by one, the Yankee hitters seem to be coming back from the dead. Curtis Granderson, Russell Martin, and even Ichiro Suzuki look dangerous for the first time in weeks, and just in time, too, considering the state of the starting rotation. So the question, after they beat up on the Orioles..." September 10