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  • David Robertson has soreness near rib cage

    -- Add David Robertson to the growing list of ailing Yankees pitchers.The Yankees turned to Rafael Soriano in the ninth inning of Monday night's 8-5 victory over the Orioles at Camden Yards because Robertson was dealing with soreness near his left rib cage.Robertson,   Read more »

  • No Mo? Uh-oh! Robertson blows save vs. Rays

    off Fernando Rodney in the ninth but no more as the Rays (20-11) evened the three-game series. In the eighth inning, Rafael Soriano allowed a leadoff single to B.J. Upton but got Matt Joyce to hit a hard grounder to second, the makings of a 4-6-3 double play.   Read more »

  • David Robertson seems capable of filling Mo's big spikes

    leader in saves (608) vowed Friday to return in 2013.But for the rest of this season, the job will fall to Robertson and Rafael Soriano , who in 2010 led the league in saves with 45 with the Rays. After that season, the Yankees signed him to a three-year,   Read more »

  • David Robertson, Rafael Soriano will share closer duties

    in the day that David Robertson has "earned the right" to close, Girardi said the duties will be shared by Robertson and Rafael Soriano , who had 45 saves with the Rays in 2010.Soriano has 90 career saves compared with three for Robertson, though the latter   Read more »

  • Eduardo Nuez still sidelined by sore right wrist

    a little bit," when asked if he still felt soreness."We'll just go day by day," Joe Girardi said. Soriano gives it a go Rafael Soriano was not scheduled to throw Wednesday but took over for Hiroki Kuroda to start the third."He came and said he was ready,"   Read more »

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  • Opinion: Soriano will remain closer

    Brian Cashman said that David Robertson would not return to the Yankees' until mid-June at the earliest , I thought that Rafael Soriano was going to take his job. This just solidifies it further. Robertson was only the Yankees' closer for a week after Mo Rivera 1:47 PM from ESPN Read more »

  • Yankees catcher Martin has unusual run-in with ump

    hands the ball over to Rafael Soriano in a game earlier this week. Yankees catcher Russell Martin hands the ball over to Rafael Soriano in a game earlier this week. ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Yankees catcher Russell Martin says home plate umpire Laz Diaz decided 11:12 AM from USA Today Read more »

  • Soriano, pen give Yankees a key victory over Angels

    a huge out to end the seventh inning and worked a perfect eighth to protect a one-run lead. Now, manager Joe Girardi summoned Rafael Soriano from the bullpen for the final three outs and get the Yankees out of southern California without being swept by the 3:07 AM from New York Post Read more »

  • Martin: Grumpy umpire punished me

    Martin got hit by a ball under the chin and needed a minute to collect himself, he said Diaz wouldn’t let him throw the ball to Rafael Soriano. “I feel like he was trying to get me [thrown out], but it wasn’t going to happen,’’ Martin said. * As with all pitchers, 3:02 AM from New York Post Read more »

  • Yankees 6, Angels 5: Of Course it Came Down to Trumbo

    be the least bit surprised that the game was in Mark Trumbo's hands. The illustrious 1-2-3 inning continued to elude Rafael Soriano, but he pitched out of trouble to give the Yankees a win, and most importantly, to get them out of Anaheim. Ivan Nova was not 2:06 AM from Pinstripe Alley Read more »

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About Rafael Soriano

Rafael Soriano (born December 19, 1979 in San José, Dominican Republic) is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Atlanta Braves. He made his Major League debut with the Seattle Mariners on May 5, 2002. He bats and throws right-handed. Soriano throws a moving fastball in the mid to upper 90's, which has been known to reach triple digits, along with a slider and scarcely used changeup.

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