Tex Arrives In Camp Ready To Defend Title

Today is the day that the rest of the position players arrive and tomorrow will be the first official full team workout. This is when spring training really begins. Mark Teixeira was one of those who made their first appearance in the Yankees clubhouse today and he seems ready to defend the title. Here's more from Pete Caldera:

Mark Teixeira said that there wouldn’t be any lack of impetus to go for another world championship again.

Why? “Cause we’re the Yankees,’’ he said. “If you get complacent, it’s going to be a tough year for you."

...With the new guys replacing Johnny Damon and Hideki Matsui, “I don’t think we’re going to skip a beat,’’ the always-optimistic Teixeira said.

Here's a couple more quotes from Teixeira via Chad Jennings:

“You’re always kind of looking for something else and trying to figure out what we did wrong, what we can improve on, what we can change to make it all the way every spring training,” Mark Teixeira said. “For us I think it’s, let’s just keep doing what we’re doing. That was kind of our motto all last year during the playoffs.”

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“We feel like we’re just as capable of defending our championship as we were winning it last year,” Teixeira said. “We have a great team. The core group of guys are back, and hopefully we get a little bit better this year.”

Good stuff, Mark. That's pretty much exactly what any Yankees fan wants to hear.

Robinson Cano also arrived today, and admitted he was sad to find out that his best friend, Melky Cabrera, had been traded. He also said that Cabrera wanted to remain a Yankee, but was dealing with the situation well. Hopefully that doesn't effect Cano's performance on the field. It shouldn't.

Jennings reports that Cano said he wants to improve in RBI situations, something we all complained about last year.

I'll have more quotes and pictures from today's arrivals later on.