It wouldn't be a week in Yankeeland without a few guys suffering injury setbacks, right? Thankfully they remembered to come through on that commitment yesterday and were nice enough to hit us with a double dose of bad news.
Derek Jeter was held out of last night's game and will be held out of tonight's game with some lingering soreness in his quad and also now his calf. Jeter has been mandated by the team to only jog out of the batter's box on contact, something that hasn't sat well with him. Being handled with such kid gloves and still coming up with injuries, it's clear at this point that Jeter is nowhere near 100% physically and never was. The team is hoping the few days off will be enough to avoid the DL and have him ready to go on Monday in Chicago.
David Phelps was scheduled to make his next rehab appearance yesterday and was a late scratch with what the Double-A Trenton manager called a sore right elbow. Phelps has been working back from a forearm strain he suffered about a month ago and there hadn't been any issues since he started throwing again up until last night. He's going to be reevaluated and everything is up in the air until the team gets a diagnosis. The Yankees could use help in the pitching staff and they were counting on Phelps to provide that help. Anytime there are elbow problems there is concern. Hopefully this doesn't turn into anything serious.
** UPDATE 1:12 PM- Via Bryan Hoch, Michael Pineda left his start after just 2 innings last night due to shoulder stiffness. He's being sent to NY to be checked out. Great.
Also via Hoch, Derek Jeter had an MRI on his calf today. They're awaiting the results right now. Awesome. **
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