TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — All rise — again. Aaron Judge is back.Judge hit his first two homers of spring training, helping the New York Yankees to a 7-1 victory over the Detroit Tigers in a split-squad game on Sunday.Brett Gardner also connected twice and Gary Sanchez had a solo drive as New York went deep six times. The Yankees set a major league record with 267 homers last season.Gardner and Judge hit consecutive homers off Daniel Norris in the first. Judge went deep again in the fifth, belting a two-run drive to right that went off the glove of a leaping Victor Reyes and just over the wall.Norris allowed three runs and four hits in 1 2/3 innings. The 25-year-old left-hander is trying to win a spot in Detroit's rotation."Just trying to throw strikes and stay out of the middle of the zone, which I didn't do very good today," Norris said.Masahiro Tanaka tossed three scoreless innings for the Yankees in his first spring start. Traditionally one of baseball's most deliberate workers, the right-hander... [More]

NEW YORK (AP) — To the New York Yankees, lefty J.A. Happ put check marks in a lot of boxes — familiar with the AL East, comfortable in the postseason and perhaps most importantly, successful against the Boston Red Sox.Hours after ace reliever Zach Britton donned pinstripes for the first time, the Yankees also acquired the starting pitcher they sought. They got Happ from Toronto on Thursday for infielder Brandon Drury and minor league outfielder Billy McKinney."We definitely satisfied some needs here," New York general manager Brian Cashman said.The Yankees began the day 5½ games behind AL East-leading Boston. They were just 14-14 in their previous 28 games.Happ, who turns 36 in October, is 10-6 with a 4.18 ERA in 20 starts and was a first-time All-Star. He joins a rotation that includes Luis Severino, Masahiro Tanaka, CC Sabathia and Sonny Gray. Manager Aaron Boone said it hasn't been determined when Happ will make his Yankees debut.Happ was 0-3 in his last four starts, and had been hit... [More]

NEW YORK (AP) — LJ Mazzilli is moving from the Mets to the Yankees, just like his father.The 27-year-old infield and outfield prospect was traded to the Yankees on Tuesday for outfielder Kendall Coleman. The Yankees already employed his twin sister, Lacey, who has been an on-air host for the team since 2014 and often is seen on the stadium video board.Selected in the fourth round of the 2013 amateur draft, LJ Mazzilli hit .259 with four homers and 36 RBIs last year in 94 games for Double-A Binghamton and .217 with one homer and four RBIs in 16 games for Triple-A Las Vegas. He was 2 for 6 with an RBI for Las Vegas in its first four games this year as the Mets' top affiliate.LJ Mazzilli's career was interrupted by a 50-game suspension assessed at the start of the 2015 season under baseball's minor league drug program following a second positive test for a drug of abuse.Lee Mazzilli, now 63, played for the Mets from 1976-81 — making the NL All-Star team in 1979 — and again from 1986-89. He... [More]

OF Shane Robinson was recalled from Triple-A Salt Lake on Friday, giving the Angels another option in the outfield. Robinson hit .319 at Salt Lake this season and is making his third stint of the season with Los Angeles.

The Los Angeles Angels selected the contract of outfielder Shane Robinson on Friday.Robinson, 32, appeared in 14 games with the Angels earlier this season and went 5-for-25 with six runs scored and one RBI. Robinson owns a .227 average in 430 career games with Los Angeles, St. Louis and Minnesota.The Angels also placed infielder Jefry Marte on the 10-day disabled list with a left foot fracture. The move for Marte, who is batting .173 in 45 games, is retroactive to Tuesday.To create a spot on the 40-man roster for Robinson, Los Angeles designated right-hander Brooks Pounders for assignment. Pounders, 26, posted a 10.45 ERA in 11 major league appearances but was stronger at Triple-A Salt Lake with a 2.38 mark in 38 games.The Angels enter play Friday one game behind the Minnesota Twins for the second wild card spot in the American League.

LF Shane Robinson was sent outright to Triple-A Salt Lake. Robinson had been designated for assignment Aug. 7. Robinson hit .200 in 14 games with the Angels.

OF Shane Robinson was designated for assignment. Robinson hit .200 in 14 games with the Angels.

OF Shane Robinson remained day-to-day Sunday after suffering back spasms Friday night after a diving attempt for a fly ball.

OF Shane Robinson remains day-to-day after suffering back spasms Friday night after a diving attempt for a fly ball. He is hitting .125 in seven games this season, having spent most of the season with Triple-A Salt Lake City. He was hitting .338 with the Bees.

OF Shane Robinson was called up from Triple-A Salt Lake to take the place on the roster of OF Cameron Maybin, who was injured Tuesday and placed on the disabled list. It's Robinson's second stint with the big league club; he played in five games when he was up May 31 to June 9, hitting .182 (2-for-11). Robinson, who can play all three outfield positions, was hitting .338 (90-for-236) with 53 runs scored, 12 stolen bases and a .397 on-base percentage in 66 games for the Bees. Robinson started in right field Wednesday against Washington, going 0-for-4 but making a diving catch of a liner hit by Nationals 2B Daniel Murphy in the first inning.

OF Shane Robinson was sent outright to Triple-A Salt Lake. He had been designated for assignment on June 9 when the club activated OF Cameron Maybin from the 10-day disabled list . He had 11 at-bats for the Angels this season, with two hits (.182 avg) and one run scored.

OF Shane Robinson was called up from Triple-A Salt Lake Wednesday and started the game against the Braves in center field. Robinson, who was hitting .289 with seven doubles, two triples, 25 RBIs and 27 runs for the Bees, gives the Angels a right-handed bat in the lineup with the club facing left-handers on back-to-back days. Left-handed hitting OF Ben Revere was on the bench and switch-hitting OF Eric Young Jr. started in left field. OF Cameron Maybin has missed the last two games with a sore muscle in his side.

OF Shane Robinson, who was activated from the 15-day disabled list Tuesday after recovering from a right hip strain, started in center field Wednesday against Oakland. He went 0-for-2 and is batting .176 for the season in 52 games. Robinson started in place of Mike Trout, who had a day off.

OF Shane Robinson (strained hip) was reinstated from the 15-day disabled list before Tuesday's loss to the Oakland Athletics. Robinson missed 22 games with the hip injury sustained Aug. 12 against the Cleveland Indians. He did not play Tuesday.

OF Shane Robinson (strained hip) has been reinstated from the 15-day disabled list before the game.

OF Shane Robinson was sent to Triple-A Salt Lake on a rehab assignment.

OF Shane Robinson was sent to Triple-A Salt Lake on a rehab assignment Saturday and went 2-for-3 with a run scored against Las Vegas. Robinson went on the disabled list on Aug. 13 because of a strained right hip flexor.

Angels OF Shane Robinson has been placed on the disabled list with a strained right hip.

RF Shane Robinson was activated from the disabled list and started in Saturday night's 5-2 win over the Boston Red Sox. Robinson went 0-for-3 in his first start in right field this season. The Angels signed Robinson as a free agent during spring training two days after the Cleveland Indians released him.

OF Shane Robinson began a rehab assignment Thursday with Class A Inland Empire, going 1-for-3 with three walks and three runs. He went on the disabled list July 6 due to a right ankle sprain.