Yankees Split Squad Today

The New York Yankees will take on the Houston Astros at home today and the other half of the team will travel to Bradenton to face the Pittsburgh Pirates. The game at home will be on YES and also on WCBS 880AM radio. Here are the lineups and pitchers for both games. There is no word yet on Damaso Marte and Robinson Cano, it doesn't seem to be serious though and they should both be back in games next week. Yankees vs Astros 1.Gardner cf 2. Damon lf 3. Nady rf 4. Matsui dh 5. Ransom 2b 6. Molina c 7. Miranda 1b 8. Berroa ss 9. Leone 3b AJ Burnett gets the start followed by Dan Giese, Brian Bruney, Edwar Ramirez and Christian Garcia Yankees at Pirates 1. Cabrera cf 2. Swisher rf 3. Teixera 1b 4. Posada dh 5. Jackson lf 6. Cash c 7. Bernier 2b 8.Russo 3b 9. Pena ss Phil Hughes gets the start followed by Ian Kennedy, Jason Johnson, Jon Albaladejo and Mark Melancon. Former Yankee Ross Ohlendorf will get the start for the Pirates. This will be Jason Johnson first appearance after battling retina cancer. It is good that both Posada and Matsui will play, if Matsui feels good after playing today and tomorrow he will also play Monday making it 3 starts in a row, as for Posada he will catch tomorrow and then twice more next week if everything goes well. This is going to be an important couple of days for the Yankees, if these guys are healthy and can play everyday or pretty much everyday they will be fine. Mariano Rivera threw a bullpen today and felt so good he threw an extra 10 pitches for a total of 40, he will throw his first game on Tuesday. If anyone is interested you can see on yankees.com and yankees.lhblogs.com that single season ticket sales will be going on next week, presales for existing season ticketholders and also a lottery for people that want to just sign up for a chance to get them early and then whatever is left will be a few days after the presales.