Giambi met with Mitchell yesterday:

Yankees slugger Jason Giambi met with former U.S. Sen. George Mitchell and members of his law firm, DLA Piper on Friday, Commissioner Bud Selig announced in a press release. No other details of the meeting were provided.

Also in attendance were Rob Manfred, MLB's executive vice president of labor relations and human resources; Mike Weiner, the general counsel for the players association; plus Giambi's agent, Arn Tellem, and his personal attorney, Brian O'Neill. The Associated Press reported that no other meetings between Giambi and Mitchell are planned.

Phil Hughes had his second rehab start on Friday night:

Phil Hughes took another step on the road back to the Yankees in a familiar spot -- Mercer County Waterfront Park.

Hughes pitched three scoreless innings Friday for Double-A Trenton, which squandered a five-run lead and had an 11-game winning streak end in a 6-5 loss to New Hampshire.

Finally, it looks like Matt DeSalvo will get the call for one of the Devil Ray games being played next Saturday.

With the Yankees needing an additional starter for one of next Saturday's two games against the Devil Rays at Yankee Stadium, it appears DeSalvo is going to get the nod.

"Right now Matty DeSalvo is pitching the best by far at Triple-A. If we have a need at the major league level, Matty DeSalvo is that need right now,'' GM Brian Cashman said yesterday.

Via Steve.