Yankees news: Players push for new uniforms

The Athletic | Brendan Kuty: ($) Yankees players are lobbying their organization to let them wear their batting practice jerseys as an alternate road jersey, a move which would break with the team’s tradition of utilizing only one home and one road jersey. No reason has yet been given publicly for the request, which would likely need to be approved by owner Hal Steinbrenner. The BP jerseys in question feature “New York” across the chest in gray letters and numbers with white trim alongside the ubiquitous Starr Insurance sleeve patch.

MLB.com | Bryan Hoch: Congratulations are in order for the Weathers family, after Thayer, the wife of Ryan, gave birth to their son Paul David on Wednesday. The new father landed on the paternity list in advance of Wednesday’s game, with reliever Jake Bird called up from Triple-A to take his place on the active roster. Weathers, who announced with his wife that they were expecting a child in December, had his best outing as a Yankee his last time out, going 7.1 scoreless innings to earn his first victory with the team. Bird broke camp with the Yankees but was demoted after posting a 7.71 ERA through eight appearances.