The futures of outfielder Nick Swisher and catcher Russell Martin are even more uncertain.
Pittsburgh C Russell Martin sat out and said his neck stiffened up again after he returned action Thursday.
Catcher Russell Martin, a former 20-steal player, is hitting .177 and isn't on base enough to steal consistently.
Nick Swisher, Raul Ibanez, Russell Martin and Eric Chavez left to sign elsewhere.
The Yankees never really replaced free agent departures Nick Swisher and Russell Martin.
Postseason star Raul Ibanez left, as did starting catcher Russell Martin, popular right fielder Nick Swisher and valuable Eric Chavez.
In descending order, the perpetrators are Nick Swisher (.167), Russell Martin (.161), Alex Rodriguez (.120), Curtis Granderson (.100), and Robinson Cano (.075).
The Bleacher Creatures' roll call was loaded with new names because of injuries and the departures of free agents Nick Swisher and Russell Martin.
Full-backs Tommy Williams and Russell Martin played a key role in Tuesday's win over Newcastle and Ferguson expects more of the same against Blackpool.
Osman then cut in from the left and shot towards goal, but the effort was headed away to safety by the backpedalling Russell Martin.
They loaded the bases with no outs when McCutchen and Garrett Jones singled and Russell Martin was hit by a pitch, finishing starter Dillon Gee.
So are Russell Martin, Raul Ibanez, Eric Chavez and Rafael Soriano.
But I do know that facing his first batter in the ALDS, he got behind Russell Martin 2-0 and then gave Martin something to hit.
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City had similar comebacks against Cardiff and Millwall, with Russell Martin scoring a 90th minute goal to earn a draw against the Welsh side and Henri Lansbury netting a last-kick winner against the Lions.
Throw in the departures of Russell Martin and Nick Swisher to free agency as the Yankees try to trim their payroll for 2014, and the team will have a look that is more brittle than bombers.
New York hit a team-record 245 homers last year but Nick Swisher, Raul Ibanez, Russell Martin and Eric Chavez left as free agents, and Alex Rodriguez and Curtis Granderson will start the season on the disabled list.
What began with the eyebrow-raising departure of catcher Russell Martin for Pittsburgh continued with Eric Chavez' jump to the Arizona Diamondbacks, then the news that second-tier Yankee targets Jeff Keppinger and Nate Schierholtz had quickly signed elsewhere.
Add the four or so wins the present injuries might cost to those that the departures of Russell Martin and Nick Swisher will cost, and you do come to a number suggesting that the Yankees could be in trouble, even after accounting for how the returns of Gardner and Rivera will help.
Normally, it would be easy to dismiss all this as an early-season fluke, but there is a pattern here: trading for Nick Swisher in late 2008, trading for Kerry Wood in mid-2010, signing Russell Martin and Freddy Garcia before 2011, signing Raul Ibanez and re-signing Eric Chavez in early 2012, trading for Ichiro Suzuki in mid-2012.
While it would be fun to watch the Rays complete the improbable comeback by winning it all, it would hardly be a bummer to watch one of the finest Yankee teams ever assembled, a mix of talented younger players like Brett Gardner and Russell Martin and seasoned pros like Mariano Rivera, A-Rod and El Capitain, Derek Jeter.
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The letter was also signed by Martin Doel of the Association of Colleges and Russell Hobby of the National Association of Head teachers.
It was a proud moment for Russell, who watched along with an executive from Lockheed Martin, which had agreed to buy two of the unlikely vessels.
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