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The injury bug takes a little nibble
Tonight's lineup originally included Jacoby Ellsbury in center field and Brett Gardner sitting. Now we know why. Joe Girardi is holding Ellsbury out of tonight's game because of a a sore left hand.
Girardi said Ellsbury has had a sore left hand for a couple days. He had tests which came back fine, so Girardi hopes to play him tomorrow.
— Mark Feinsand (@FeinsandNYDN) April 29, 2014Ellsbury has been dealing with a sore hand. Girardi said its the top part of hand all tests negative. Said could use him for d if needed
— Meredith Marakovits (@M_Marakovits) April 29, 2014Girardi says that the center field would be available as a defensive replacement, if needed. and should be fine to play tomorrow night. I was expecting something much worse.
If Ellsbury's hand was going to be the extent of the injury bug tonight, I would have considered the Yankees to be lucky. Of course, that's not all as now there's trouble with Michael Pineda:
Pineda left a sim game with tightness in his right lat. Start Monday is "probably in jeopardy" according to Girardi.
— Mark Feinsand (@FeinsandNYDN) April 29, 2014Pineda is supposed to return from his 10-day suspension to make a start against the Angels on Monday, but that might not happen. He will have an MRI on his right lat, and for the medically inept, like myself, here is a diagram of what Pineda hurt:
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As you can see, it has nothing to do with his surgically repaired shoulder or even his pitching arm. If it's just tight, it might not end up being serious at all and he could return to the rotation for his next start. In the meantime, David Phelps is expected to remain in the rotation. After the suspension, and with off-days, it was believed that Phelps was only going to have to make one start. Now, it looks like it might be a little longer and Pineda could end up on the disabled list.
