Ivan Nova RUMORS & NEWS

New York Post "Francisco Cervelli will be out for at least six weeks after suffering a fractured right hand Friday night and Ivan Nova left the game soon after with right elbow pain. Cervelli suffered the injury when leadoff hitter Rajai Davis fouled off a 1-2 slider from Nova that hit Cervelli’s hand. He was..." April 26

New York Post "Brian Cashman knows the Yankees’ quick turnaround after their 1-4 start was important not just because of the standings, but because it helped his team breathe a little easier. “We just don’t want to turn up the heat on ourselves,” the general manager said. “There’s an avalanche of negativity..." April 16

New York Daily News "Ivan Nova is headed to the bullpen — for a few days, anyway. The Yankees and Indians were rained out Wednesday night in Cleveland. Nova had been slated to start, but Joe Girardi said he would skip Nova’s turn in the rotation and start Phil Hughes on Thursday as scheduled. “If you start..." April 11

New York Post "Ivan Nova can lap up Mariano Rivera’s tough love. He can shorten the path his arm travels during his delivery. In the end, however, whatever Nova becomes or doesn’t become will be up to the 26-year-old right-hander. As a rookie for the Yankees in 2011, Nova went 16-4 with a 3.70 ERA. He started..." March 13

New York Post "If Phil Hughes can’t post the first trip through the rotation, Ivan Nova would have to turn into Jeff Juden to not make the Yankees’ Opening Day roster. Nevertheless, if Hughes’ back issue doesn’t land him on the disabled list, then Nova and David Phelps will compete for the fifth spot in..." March 03

Newark Star-Ledger "Do you like sabermetrics? I like sabermetrics. I appreciate how statistics underpin the game. You should remember this, going forward. As a sabermetrically-inclined person, I looked at some of Yankee starter Ivan Nova’s statistics and saw a pitcher who took a step forward in 2012. He raised his..." February 15

Bergen Record "Competition for the No. 5 starting rotation slot began quietly Thursday morning with David Phelps pitching to live hitters in a light rain. Before the heavy stuff came down, Ivan Nova tossed 35 pitches during a side session — step one toward washing away a rough 2012, when his star dimmed while..." February 15

New York Daily News "Ivan Nova’s self-evaluation has its harsh side. He had “a bad year” in 2012, he said, and he “did a lot of things wrong on the mound.” But even his own withering criticism hasn’t crushed his confidence. No, despite regressing as a pitcher last year and a stubborn side that made him stick with..." February 07