Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Ivan Nova spent most of his career playing for the Yankees before being traded last August. The right-hander will face his former club in a spring training game Monday in Bradenton Fla. Here is what current Yankees Chase Headley, CC Sabathia, Michael Pineda, Starlin Castro and Luis Severino think of Nova.
TAMPA -- Dominican right-hander Ivan Nova was Yankees property from the time he turned pro as a 19-year-old in 2006 through last Aug. 1 when a trade sent him to the Pittsburgh Pirates.