Bombers bits

• With Masahiro Tanaka on the 15-day disabled list, the Yankees' starter for Sunday at Baltimore is now listed as TBA. Manager Joe Girardi suggested that Chase Whitley would be an option to draw the start, and that he could use his bullpen liberally in the game.

"It's the last four days before the break and you've got a lot of days off," Girardi said. "There's a lot of different things. It'll really depend on the next four days."

• Michael Pineda, one of the four members of the Yankees' Opening Day rotation currently on the disabled list, is still just playing catch in Tampa, Fla. and is not expected to be big league ready until mid-August at the earliest. Girardi said that Pineda is scheduled to throw a bullpen near the end of this week.

• On this date in 2011, Derek Jeter became the 28th player all-time to record 3,000 hits, accomplishing the feat with a third-inning solo home run off Rays left-hander David Price at Yankee Stadium.