What’s going on with Mark Teixeira
Posted by: Chad Jennings - Posted in Misc on Mar 17, 2013 
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Here are the basics of what we learned today about Mark Teixeira’s wrist injury…
Slight difference, but significant difference
Initially, the Yankees described Teixeira’s injury as a strained ECU tendon in his right wrist. Today, Teixeira explained that the tendon itself is fine. It’s his tendon sheath that’s partially torn. The difference seems minor — either way, it’s a partially torn right wrist – but the sheath is what holds the tendon in place, and that has to be back to 100 percent or else Teixeira risks a much more significant injury. Brian Cashman said that he himself was confused about the exact injury, and upon checking with Dr. Christopher Ahmad, Cashman confirmed that it’s the sheath that’s damaged.
Could be worse / Could get worse
Cashman said he was told that Teixeira specifically has a partially torn sheath and a stable tendon. If the sheath were fully torn, Teixeira would need surgery right away. If the tendon were unstable, he would also need surgery right away. With a partially torn sheath and a stable tendon, there’s a 70-percent chance of a full recovery with rest and non-surgical treatment. However, if Teixeira does need surgery, it’s a five- to six-month recovery before he’s able to do baseball activities. If rest doesn’t work, surgery would be season-ending.
Some things stay the same
The technical diagnosis is different from what we were originally told, but the treatment is the same. Teixeira is still expected to miss eight to 10 weeks, and he’s expected to do nothing but rest the wrist for roughly four weeks (from the time of the injury). But, as the Yankees have said all along, the exact recovery time is pretty tough to predict. Because a setback would be season-ending, the Yankees will be cautious, and Teixeira won’t be allowed to use his right wrist until the team is convinced the sheath is back to 100 percent. Jose Bautista hurried back from a similar injury last year and had surgery. “If it’s the beginning of May, the end of May, the beginning of June, I don’t know when it is,” Teixeira said. “But we got a whole bunch of season left, and the time that really matters is the playoffs.”
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J. Alfred Prufrock March 17th, 2013 at 4:42 pm
It’s sad to say, but I’m more excited about watching Wieters/Machado/Jones/Bundy than I am my own players.
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Yup, and manager has proven that he can get young players to at least the level right below winning it all, which is a valuable skill.
Either Cashman was lying to confuse the other ballclubs on how badly he might have to make a trade or he’s not doing his job in not knowing the full details of an injury that affects a key player on his roster.
Yet, a manager that manages to get himself gone before his ballclub is ready to win a championship.
George tried to hire Showalter back after he fired him. Facts matter.
He was also the guy that lacked Pettitte when Sterling Hitch was more highly rated.
lacked or backed
Fact is, he never managed a championship club!
That wasn’t the point anyway. It was that he is the perfect guy to manage a young team like the O’s even if eventually has to be replaced.
As I said above: “at least the level right below winning it all”
Carry on.
Mike Axisa just posted the BP top ten on RAB. I guess he reads Lohud.
(the list has been out for two days already.)
I don’t know what Mike knows but don’t know that I would agree with this mindset that follows. Granted none of us have seen DePaula pitch, but how do we know Pineda comes back as his former self and do we even who that former self is?: “RHP Michael Pineda …— I’d take him in his current state over a completely healthy Rafael DePaula (#10) pretty easily.” A completely healthy DePaula could very well be a better pitcher than Pineda… I get that DePaula is in A ball in his first year stateside, but he could be in AA by the end of the year if he moves quickly.
do we even *know who…
yankeefem, did he give any context to that view? Because if it’s merely that one is at a lower level, and then yeah – you never know what the journey through levels will bring – that seems unnecessary to state.
If his beef is, that someone else ranked DePaula higher, and he takes issue with that because of the disparity in levels (one pitched in the majors, the other is going presumably to Charleston), he might have said so. And in that case, I would also ask what the criteria are by the one ranking them.
Alfred. I have an admission. My all time Canada team,….has Clarke on it, in case Russia’s refs get out of hand
jmills, there’s no accounting for taste
How could Teixeira get an injury like this before the season started? Was it due to his weight lifting program etc. ?
Hell, I might even put Dino Cicerelli out there. Canada could put 4 teams out there for every one the Red Army might produce.
DePaula and Andujar: must sees down in Lakewood come May.
Pruf, it was I believe in response to BP not including Pineda in the Yanks’ top 10 under 25 (years old). Zach Mortimer, who created the list, responded with “…The reason I left out Pineda is based on the fact that I have not heard a single positive report on him since he was traded to the Yankees organization. The shoulder injury really worries me. Also I am worried about the body which could get away from him. All in all Pineda has the raw ability to be on this list, but I ran into to many question marks to feel confident about placing him in the top 10.”
I would have included Pineda in my top 10 under 25, but what I was taking issue with was that I wouldn’t have categorically chosen Pineda over DePaula given Axisa’s qualifier that it was an easy pick even if Pineda were in his current health, rehabbing from shoulder surgery while DePaula was 100% healthy. If DePaula were 100% healthy, I would have to choose DePaula, journey up the ladder understood. Hopefully, Pineda comes back healthy with his 1/2 half 2011 velo and learns a changeup, but …
that is, *1st half 2011 velo…
I thought Tex looked less buff and slimmer. He probably just wrenched it swinging. He’s all upper-body.
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jmills, Dino was nuts but really good. He and Gilmour had similar um.. issues. Not to be discussed here.
Pruf, DePaula, Campos back to back would be nice. I plan to spend at least a couple of days in Lakewood. And infuse some cash into the beachfront area; check out how the NJ Shore is doing after Hurricane Sandy…
Don, the injury thing is weird in my opinion. Paul Molitar didn’t get this irritating stuff after he figured his early woes out.
Alfred, I know, they’re just dumb hockey players who don’t deserve to spend Sunday night dinner avec Jean Beliveau or Bobby Orr
- still, Gilmour was great, as was , Dino.
So it’s just top 10 of under 25s in an organization, based on that criterion alone. I have nothing, since DePaula is a tiny man on a tiny screen, so far. I like what takes place in that tiny screen, and I like the reports. He already has more variety, but we’ll just have to wait to see him in Lakewood, I guess. As for Pineda, TBD.
It sounds like his injury happened when he was swinging off a tee, not while lifting weights. Lifting (if you are doing it correctly) is typically a pretty controlled movement. Doubt the wrist would be injured lifting, unless somebody does something terribly wrong.
If you start weight lifting too fast, the muscle quickly grows while the tendons are behind at risk.
Jmills, that is certainly a risk , particularly with steroid guys. But judging by his physique and comments about his routine, Tex isn’t new to the weight room. The injury likely happened as he said — hitting off a tee.
FAMILIAR FACE: Russell Martin is behind the plate for the Pirates. The former Yankees catcher signed with Pittsburgh this offseason and has admitted being a little surprised that he didn’t end up back in New York.
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this was a bad move by the NYY
Joeman, don’t worry, Russell sucks.
This team is going to lean heavily on Youk for the first 4-6 weeks of the season. He needs to protect Robbie Cano.
Scary thought; who would of thunk it?
blake and Tar,
For the sake of domestic bliss, I have to tell you that Villanova will beat the Heels by 5. They (Villanova) can look terrible at times, then hop up and beat Louisville and Syracuse in the same week, Georgetown the next. Don’t count your Cajun biscuits.
Also, New Mexico goes down to Harvard (by the spread, anyway)!
So end of the day it didn’t matter if Tex had surgery right away or not. The recovery time is so long that the only chance he was ever going to have of playing this season is if the rest works.
Even if it does, they have to be very very careful with this thing…it really needs to be 100% or else not only will he be a disaster this season but it could impact him in future seasons as well.
“This team is going to lean heavily on Youk for the first 4-6 weeks of the season. He needs to protect Robbie Cano.”
Yeah he is the clean-up hitter isn’t he.
This team needs to re-invent themselves from a HR hitting “Hairy Monster” type of team to a speed based team. At least until ( we hope) reinforcements show up.
I know. Need to rewrite my brain to accept Youk. It will be nice to see Youk take it over the Monster a few times.
Different personalities work for different teams. For a young team like the O’s, Buck is the perfect guy. They need a firm hand to teach them not only about playing but how to act. Francona on the other hand is completely different from Buck and that’s an attitude that works on a veteran laden team where you just want your guys to go out there and do what they’ve been doing.
Bobby Valentine – well he’s just not good for anything.
We survived Boggs, Damon, Clemens – we’ll survive Youk too.
Chip,
I said in the other thread that this opens up another 60 day DL 40man spot. If the Yankees are cautious they put Tex on the 60 day DL, open up a 40 man spot, and give Tex all the time in the world to come back on June 1st.
I do expect fewer strikeouts with this lineup, but they are going to score fewer runs also.
I dislike Youk immensely, because he is a sweaty, whiny baby that looks like an extra from the Hobbit movies shaved. I will tolerate him if he hits like the Youkilis of old. But I will fight every fiber of my being warming up to him.
Seems like Pro Athletes don’t stay the course to the end of the recovery period, swinging and using the wrists is a violent action.
Tex should just have the surgery and move forward.
Love is in the air for Youk.
Tom
The Heels are a really young team that lost a lot of good players last year. They seem to get better every game ( with a few exceptions). And if you don’t have a good big man, I would not want to play them. I also think they are better than an 8th seed.
But anyway they have had a successful year. Anything they can do in the NCAA is gravy.
You just don’t have surgery because you feel like it.
The preservation of Youk’s bat is another reason why the Yankees should bring in Olt and shift Youk to 1B more indefinitely. They can always keep Musty for depth.
I think Olt is a 2 sided necessity. Arod will need to DH soon and Youk needs to be protected for the season at 1B. His bat is really important. He might be a 100 RBI guy for us. Scary.
Joba + Marshall for Olt is a fair deal. Like DaSaint said, Olt can always be spun later as part of a package for Headley. Trading a boatload for Headley won’t hurt as much if SD likes Olt or would accept him as a secondary piece.
Driving by on my way to b-day party #2 to say the Yanks obviously repaid my trust. 11-9 means someone was tagging the ball!
It is said to be partially torn, he can elect to get it fixed surgically.
“It will be nice to see Youk take it over the Monster a few times.”
Now this could make me feel a little love toward Youk.
“The preservation of Youk’s bat is another reason why the Yankees should bring in Olt…”
I thought the preservation of Cano’s bat (and the aging Alex) was the reason we would want to keep Montero. But what do I know?
“For the sake of domestic bliss, I have to tell you that Villanova will beat the Heels by 5″
We shall see….Im proud of their season….they lost everybody and managed to put together a good season and get an 8 seed in the tourney…..Kentucky won’t even make the dance
“I dislike Youk immensely, because he is a sweaty, whiny baby that looks like an extra from the Hobbit movies shaved. I will tolerate him if he hits like the Youkilis of old. But I will fight every fiber of my being warming up to him.”
+1
“Joba + Marshall for Olt is a fair deal. Like DaSaint said, Olt can always be spun later as part of a package for Headley. Trading a boatload for Headley won’t hurt as much if SD likes Olt or would accept him as a secondary piece.”
Id do that deal….don’t know if Texas would or not .
Poor Yuk,
Tar,
Villanova has the Big East requisite African import, by the name of Yarou. 6’10″, 255 lbs, looks bigger, has improved through the season. Not much of an offensive threat, breaks out occasionally.
Villanova also has the most bespoke coach in the nation in Jay Wright, a far cry from from old Rollie Massimino.
It looks like Tex is out for the season.
We have to preserve Youk by shifting him more to 1st.
We need a 3B, this could point to Olt .
Texas will want more than Joba.
Do we give them Phelps or Nova?
Keeping Musty on the team could allow us to move Youk to 1st but then Nix might be out.
Seems like the thought of Rivera at 1st all season is unacceptable.
Ever hear of guy name Ronnier ?
I’ve heard he can play 3rd.
Won’t cost you any treasure.
The only reason fans hate Youk is that he was playing for Boston.
He will play winning baseball and thats all that matters.
MTU
Keeping Musty will cost us someone else.
Nix can be stashed in the minors. Awaiting a callup.
mick March 17th, 2013 at 7:01 pm
Exactly on Tex
No Phelps or Nova
At some point we have to stop trading away our ML ready talent
$20+ Mill ballplayer and the GM does NOT know the extent of his injury? Either Cashman is a flat-out liar, or simply outta-the-loop. Either way, anything Cashman says is unworthy of serious consideration.
I thought Texas wanted a current mlb SP. Don’t know that they will want to wait on Marshall or have to convert Joba. They are already doing the latter with a couple of their own pitchers… They want someone who is game-ready, I believe.
If the Rangers would give us Olt for Joba and Warren we should do it.
I doubt they would.
Texas might settle for Phelps for Olt.
I’m not trading Phelps for Olt.
Nix can be stashed in the minors. Awaiting a callup.
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That would be the way to go but would limit Nunez at DH.
All of this nonsense comes back to Arod.
MTU says:
March 17, 2013 at 7:12 pm
I’m not trading Phelps for Olt.
I would probably