Tuesday, April 14, 2009
DailyNews: Still sore, Mark Teixeira sits again
ST. PETERSBURG - Mark Teixeira missed his third consecutive game Monday night, but after tests revealed no structural damage in his sore left wrist, the first baseman expects to be back in the lineup tonight against the Rays.
“I would be very disappointed if I’m not playing (tonight),” Teixeira said. “It’s been disappointing not playing the last few days, but I hope to be in there tomorrow.”
Teixeira arrived at the Yankees’ minor-league complex yesterday around 11 a.m., and was examined by team orthopedist Dr. Allen Miller and given an MRI exam, which was negative.
“I wasn’t thinking it was anything crazy because I played through it for a couple days,” Teixeira said. “The tests came back and showed it wasn’t too bad. It feels a lot better today. We did a ton of treatment, I got on some stronger anti-inflammatories, so it should get it out of there.”
Its very easy to panic early in the season and run Teixeira out there before he’s close to 100%. At this point, I’d rather he sit the rest of the Rays series if the wrist is still sore. Rushing him back because the team suffered a 10-run loss and has been struggling is silly. After all, pitching has been the main problem and Teixeira is no Nick Swisher.
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