The shortstop is 11 for 28 (.393) on New York’s 10-game road trip and is hitting. In 14 starts at Triple-A, he has a 1.54 ERA.
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“I certainly felt good, I felt confident, I wanted to get a good pitch to hit and knock the crap out of the ball”, said A-Rod, relegated to the bench with Beltran the primary DH at the moment.
The right-handed hitting Judge was supposed to take part in Monday night’s Home Run Derby at the Triple-A All-Star Game.
Slugging Yankees prospect Aaron Judge is headed for an MRI on his left knee according to Joe Girardi.
Teixeira had a lubricant injection last month prior to coming off the disabled list. Through 17 starts in 2015, Tanaka was at 108 2/3 innings.
The sore knee was the reason Teixeira came out in the sixth inning of the Yankees’ embarrassing 10-2 loss to the Indians at Progressive Field on Friday.
In their final game of the first half, the Yankees once again have Alex Rodriguez on the bench so that Carlos Beltran can start at designated hitter.
Rodriguez has eight at-bats in July.
The Yankees return from the All-Star break on Friday as they host the Boston Red Sox for a three game set at Yankee Stadium.
Chad Green was optioned to Scranton/W-B and Nick Goody was recalled. “I’ve asked about three times (for an update)”, Girardi said of Judge’s condition.
“I trust him”, Girardi said.
“It’s hard with Carlos’ hamstring the way it is right now because you do want to keep his bat in the lineup”, Girardi said. After yielding four homers Friday at Cleveland, Green will start Thursday at Scranton and remains in the mix to rejoin the Yankees’ rotation after the break.
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“Just one of those nights where, unfortunately, the game was over before the end of it and it was just to take me off my feet”, Teixeira said. “And I’m not always in the clubhouse and hanging out in the back of a bus or the back of a plane with the guys, but I think they’re pretty focused on what they have to do”. “I know he is getting better every day. Maybe he is an outfielder for us [Sunday]”. He was placed on the DL and will not participate in baseball activities for an undetermined period of time, the club said.
