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Yankees SS Jeter cleared for baseball activity

Associated Press, ESPN.com

Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter says he's been cleared to start baseball activity in his recovery from a broken left ankle.

CNNSI.com

NEW YORK (AP) -- Right-hander Phil Hughes and the New York Yankees have agreed to a $7.15 million, one-year contract, a raise of $3.75 million.

Bryan Hoch, MLB.com

Phil Hughes was 16-13 with a 4.23 ERA in 32 starts with the Yankees last season and was arbitration-eligible for the third and final time.

David Waldstein, nytimes.com

If all goes well, Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez should be back in major league games in July, his surgeon said.

CNNSI.com

NEW YORK (AP) -- Major League Baseball's spring training schedule opens when the Boston Red Sox host Northeastern University on Feb. 21 at Fort Myers, Fla., in what the commissioner's office says is the earliest start to exhibition games.

Bryan Hoch, MLB.com

The Yankees are making one additional spring stop before returning home to open the regular season, having agreed to play in a March 30 exhibition game at the United States Military Academy in West Point, N.Y.