Yanks Make Their First Cuts

Bryan Hoch informs us that the Yankees have made their first 9 cuts of the spring. Andrew Brackman has been optioned to Class-A Tampa, Christian Garcia has been optioned to Double-A Trenton, and Wilkin De la Rosa has been optioned to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Wilkins Arias, Jeremy Bleich, Kyle Higashioka, Kei Igawa, D.J. Mitchell, Kevin Whelan were reassigned to Minor League camp.