A-Rod injury update

by anaconda on Apr 21, 2008 7:08 PM EDT in New York Yankees News

Pete Abe has the latest:

Just spoke to Brian Cashman. Alex Rodriguez was in New York today and was scheduled to meet with a physical therapist to get some work done on his strained right quad.

No tests are planned. “It’s mild,” Cashman said.

A-Rod will be on his way to Chicago tomorrow morning. No word yet on whether he will play but it’s likely he will get at least a few days off.

It sounds like A-Rod will probably miss the White Sox series, which means Morgan Ensberg will be the starting Third Baseman until further notice.

While Ensberg is no A-Rod, he is no Miguel Cairo either.

Perhaps the biggest improvement on this team over the last 12 months is their depth on the bench. There's no telling where this team might be right now if not for the big contributions of Jose Molina, Chad Moeller, Alberto Gonzalez, and Ensberg considering the various injuries to Jeter, Posada, and now A-Rod to start the season.

It's never a good thing to have one of your key players out of action, but at least this year's team is much better suited to handle such an occurrence.

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Unfortunately

Morgan Ensberg is on that list of people who are worse than Cairo.

Crowds are won and lost and won again, but our hearts beat for the diehards.

by Edwantsacracker on Apr 22, 2008 10:19 AM EDT reply actions

You think?

Not me. I think they could do a lot worse than having Ensberg playing 3B for a few games this week.

by anaconda on Apr 22, 2008 3:18 PM EDT up reply actions

AP confirms he's out of tonight's lineup

Morgan Ensberg at third, as expected.

by Jugwine on Apr 22, 2008 5:10 PM EDT reply actions

Boy

It’d be nice to see Robbie break through here.

"You play the game to win the game, and not to worry about what's on the back of the baseball card at the end of the year." - Paul O'Neill

by yankee come lately on Apr 22, 2008 8:25 PM EDT reply actions

jinx

"You play the game to win the game, and not to worry about what's on the back of the baseball card at the end of the year." - Paul O'Neill

by yankee come lately on Apr 22, 2008 8:25 PM EDT up reply actions

Ensberg ...

I think it was Paulie who said it last night that Ensberg could always hit a fastball. He cracked a single through the left side on a fastball. But he looked terribly overmatched against Contrares’s slide slop.

"Baseball is the background music of my life." -George Will

by Ronster22 on Apr 23, 2008 4:15 PM EDT reply actions