When New York Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira "felt a pop" in his wrist while swinging off a tee on Tuesday, it was estimated that he would miss at least 10 days.
Not only will miss 10 days, but he will miss much more than that.
Diagnosed with an ECU tendon sprain, Teixeira will miss the next eight to ten weeks, according to Bryan Hoch of MLB.com.
It's unclear who will move to first base. While new addition Kevin Youkilis can play first base, he's filling in at third base for Alex Rodriguez, who will be out until July.
"He provides flexibility," [GM Brian] Cashman said (of Youkilis). "The problem is, if you move
Youk, we need someone to play third. Youk can do first, it's a layup,
he's great at it. But we'd need a third baseman, that's the problem."
In addition, the Yankees lost Curtis Granderson earlier in spring training to a broken forearm that will sideline him for a 10-week stretch as well.
With the update in status to Teixeira's injury, I've moved him down to No. 17 in my fantasy baseball first basemen ranks.
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Sunday, February 24, 2013
Curtis Granderson (forearm) out for 10 weeks
If you have had any fantasy baseball drafts before Sunday, hopefully you did not use an early-round pick on Yankees outfielder Curtis Granderson.
To alter a phrase from John Sterling, "the Grandy Man can't" (at least, for the month of April).
In his first at-bat of spring training, Granderson was hit by a fastball from J.A. Happ in the right forearm, which was fractured. Unfortunately for the Yankees and his fantasy owners, the injury will keep Granderson out for the next 10 weeks.
“Well, it’s not what you want,” Manager Joe Girardi said. “We have plenty of time to figure out what we’re going to do. I mean, Grandy’s not a bat that you’d say is easy to replace, but we’re going to find a way.”
The only good thing is we are more than a month away from the start of the regular season. As Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said, “If Curtis is going to miss two months, you’d rather have one of the two not count.”
Granderson finished tied for second in baseball with 43 home runs and 11th in runs batted in (106) last year.
In my updated fantasy baseball outfielder rankings, I've dropped Granderson from No. 13 to No. 24.
To alter a phrase from John Sterling, "the Grandy Man can't" (at least, for the month of April).
In his first at-bat of spring training, Granderson was hit by a fastball from J.A. Happ in the right forearm, which was fractured. Unfortunately for the Yankees and his fantasy owners, the injury will keep Granderson out for the next 10 weeks.
“Well, it’s not what you want,” Manager Joe Girardi said. “We have plenty of time to figure out what we’re going to do. I mean, Grandy’s not a bat that you’d say is easy to replace, but we’re going to find a way.”
The only good thing is we are more than a month away from the start of the regular season. As Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said, “If Curtis is going to miss two months, you’d rather have one of the two not count.”
Granderson finished tied for second in baseball with 43 home runs and 11th in runs batted in (106) last year.
In my updated fantasy baseball outfielder rankings, I've dropped Granderson from No. 13 to No. 24.
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