The Yankee bullpen took another hit Tuesday as the Bombers placed David Robertson on the 15-day disabled list with a strained oblique muscle.

To fill out the bullpen, the Yankees recalled right-hander Cody Eppley from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.

So far, this big ass bug has taken down the following regulars for prolonged periods of time:

One of the headlines caught our eye this morning...

CBS New York:

Yankees fans were hoping to hear good news — if you could call it that — and perhaps a timetable on Mariano Rivera’s expected knee surgery.

The word that came out of the injured closer’s examinations Monday won’t do much to assuage their worst-case fears.

“We ran into complications,” Rivera’s agent, Fernando Cuza, told the New York Post. “I am referring to Dr. (Christopher) Ahmad and (Yankees general manager) Brian Cashman for further information.”

Rivera was seen Monday by three doctors at two hospitals. He was still expected to have season-ending surgery on his torn right ACL, though Cashman wouldn’t elaborate on what the “complications” might have been.

“I won’t comment on that right now,” he said, according to the Post.

"I am coming back. Write it down in big letters. I'm not going out like this."

"One more round."

One of the biggest stories likely to come out of this is whether the Mariners had any idea of Pineda's injury, and therefore were compelled to pull the trigger on the trade.

Mariners general manager Jack Zduriencik spoke to ESPNNewYork.com soon after the word of Pineda's season-ending injury got out and refuted those claims.

"Absolutely not," Zduriencik told ESPNNewYork.com. "None, whatsoever. Before the trade, he was going to be our No. 2 starter ... "I feel bad. We love Michael Pineda. He's a great kid. This is very unfortunate."

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Yankees pitching prospect Michael Pineda has an anterior labral tear in his right shoulder that will end the 23-year-old right-hander's season, Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said today.

In announcing the news to reporters this afternoon, Cashman said he was "devastated."

Cashman said he believes the tear occurred on the final pitch of Pineda's extended spring training start on Saturday. An MRI on Pineda's shoulder administered this offseason, prior to the trade that brought Pineda to the Yankees, did not show any damage, Cashman said, though small labral tears are not visible on MRIs.

"We got a healthy player to the best of everybody's knowledge," said Cashman, who noted that Pineda's rotator cuff is fine.