ESPN: For now, no outfield for Matsui
TAMPA, Fla. -- Hideki Matsui won't play in the outfield for the New York Yankees until at least interleague road games in June and will be restricted to designated hitter and pinch-hitting appearances until then.
Matsui is recovering from left knee surgery last Sept. 22. Yankees manager Joe Girardi doesn't want to take the chance of a setback.
"The earliest we would need him in the outfield would be interleague, and that's a ways off," Girardi said Wednesday. "That's why we envision him as our everyday DH. We need him. He's a great RBI guy. He's very important to our lineup."
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Ed Valentine
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not a huge surprise...
..but that kinda sucks.
if you’ve seen him him in a game this spring, it is more than apparent that the guy can’t run.
Matsui
As long as he can hit, I don’t care. The guy is an excellent RBI guy, and solid in the clutch. As long as he can get to first base that’s good enough for me.
by Ed Valentine on Mar 18, 2009 6:23 PM EDT up reply actions
I didn't expect him to play the outfield
at all.
So… whatever.
"Have faith in the Yankees, my son. Think of the great DiMaggio."
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