Knee surgery for CC

Via the NY Post: CC Sabathia was diagnosed with a minor meniscus tear of the right knee that will require surgery. As first reported by The Post, Sabathia was diagnosed yesterday at New York Presbyterian Hospital. He will have the surgery Friday. The Yankees do not consider the procedure significant and expect Sabathia to recover [...]

Teixeira done for the year

After suffering a Grade 2 hamstring strain in tonight’s debacle/loss, via Bryan Hoch, we learn that the Yankees plan to remove Mark Teixeira from the ALCS roster. They will activate Eduardo Nunez, which would effectively bump Teixeira from the next round (i.e., the World Series, assuming they make it that far) and end his 2010 season. [...]

A-Rod okay, in tonight’s lineup

Via the AP: CLEVELAND — Alex Rodriguez has returned to the lineup for the New York Yankees and once again will try to hit his 600th career home run. Rodriguez left Sunday’s game against Kansas City after being struck in the left hand by a pitch from Blake Wood. Rodriguez was in the starting lineup [...]

A-Rod’s strange season a cause for concern?

On the season, Alex Rodriguez is hitting .272/.344/.479. He has been as streaky as anyone in the game, though there have been more lows than highs. Based on what we have seen, I wonder–is it possible A-Rod is suffering from some sort of injury? We know he has dealt with tendinitis in his hip flexor [...]

A-Rod pulled in Baltimore

Alex Rodriguez was pulled from today’s game following the bottom of the first inning (he was replaced by Ramiro Pena). There was no clear reason as to why A-Rod was pulled, however, just a week ago he was dealing with some minor tightness in right groin. I’m assuming this could be related. UPDATE – Yup, [...]

Alex Rodriguez pulled with groin tightness

In the 9th inning of today’s game, a game in which the Yankees won, 4-3, Alex Rodriguez was replaced at third base with Ramiro Pena. At first I thought it was actually a defensive change, however, after the game, Joe Girardi noted that A-Rod was removed due to some tightness in his right groin. Girardi [...]

Teixeira leaves game with bruised foot

Mark Teixeira left today’s game with a bruised left foot. The injury occurred in the third inning, when Teixeira fouled a Brian Matusz fastball off of the foot, only to ground out a pitch later. He ended up leaving in the fourth, as he was subsequently replaced by Juan Miranda. Luckily, the x-rays were negative [...]

Jeter exits game with hamstring tightness

After singling in the seventh inning of today’s game, Derek Jeter was replaced at first base by Ramiro Pena. Jeter, who seemed to limp a bit out of the batter’s box, reportedly left the game with tightness in his left hamstring. The tightness might have been related to Jeter’s at-bat in the second inning as [...]

Jorge Posada says he doesn’t need a month off

From Marc Carig of the Star-Ledger: Yankees catcher Jorge Posada insists he will be back before the three to four weeks team doctors believe it will take for his fractured right foot to heal. “It’s not going to take that long,” said Posada, who wore a protective walking boot on his right foot. “They can [...]

Nick Johnson exits game with sore wrist

In the 5th inning of today’s game, which is still underway, Marcus Thames pinch-hit for the Yankees’ designated hitter, Nick Johnson. In the 6th inning, we learned that Johnson had been pulled due to a “sore right wrist.” Now, this could be a big problem for the Yankees given that Johnson played in 38 games [...]

Poll: If Pettitte doesn’t start, who takes his place?

If Andy Pettitte misses his next start, who should pitch in his place? I was tempted to put Joba Chamberlain in this poll, but he’s just not an option.

Pettitte suffering from elbow inflamation

Via the indispensable Bryan Hoch of MLB.com: Yankees left-hander Andy Pettitte was forced to leave his start against the Orioles on Wednesday with what an MRI examination revealed to be mild inflammation of his pitching elbow.The Yankees said that Pettitte will be treated conservatively and evaluated on a daily basis. Pettitte completed just five innings [...]

Rivera wants to pitch, but will Girardi let him?

After missing his second consecutive save opportunity with slight stiffness in his left side – his “abdominal flank,” I should say – Mariano Rivera believes that he is ready to pitch again. “I could go out there, but it’s their decision,” he said earlier today, to ESPNNewYork.com. Rivera even went as far as to say [...]

A-Rod out with leg pain

According to the NY Post‘s Joel Sherman (h/t to Ben of RAB), Alex Rodriguez was held out of today’s lineup “due to pain behind the right knee.” The pain is said to be minor, though, as A-Rod believed he could have been the designated hitter for the Yankees-White Sox finale. However, Joe Girardi thought it [...]

Granderson on DL with Grade 2 groin strain

Via Josh Thomson of LoHud, we learn that Curtis Granderson has been placed on the 15-day DL with a Grade 2 strain of the left groin. According to Will Carroll, baseball’s resident injury expert, Granderson could be out for 2-4 weeks, which really isn’t all that bad (assuming he is correct). Luckily, the Yankees have [...]

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