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The Yankees made a few moves on Friday. First, the Yankees released Richie Sexson. Sexson was hitting .250 with one home run and six RBIs in 22 games with the Yankees. Th emove to get him the first place, never made any sense.

The most major move, was sending Melky Cabrera back down to the minors. Cabrera was batting .242 with eight home runs and 36 RBIs in 117 games. Joe Girardi feels that they can work on some things to get his offense back in the minors. It is likely that Cabrera will be recalled when rosters expand to 40 players on Sept. 1, though the Yankees would not rule out bringing him back sooner if necessary.

“We just felt it was time for him to go work on some things,” Girardi said. “You can’t forget how young Melky is, and sometimes it’s difficult to work on things here. We talked about some things offensively, we talked about some things baserunning. We felt that Melky has grown defensively as a player, but we just felt it was time now.”

The Yankees have called up Brett Gardner who was was batting .296 with three home runs, 32 RBIs and 37 stolen bases at Triple-A. Gardner will be playing center field, and platooning with Johnny Damon.

New York also made an additional roster move before Friday’s game, placing right-hander Dan Giese on the 15-day disabled list with right shoulder tendinitis and recalling right-hander Chris Britton from Triple-A. Darrell Rasner will start on Tuesday in Giese’s place, Girardi said.

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