CC to the DL

The Yankees have placed CC Sabathia on the DL after an MRI showed a Grade I strain of the left adductor. That’s a big muscle in his upper leg, near his hip and groin. Sabathia first felt a “twinge” during Sunday’s start against the Mets but did not tell the Yankees until after yesterday’s bullpen session. This will be just the third DL stint of his 12-year career — he missed 23 days in 2005 and 29 days in 2006, both with right oblique strains.
The good news though is that because of the all star break he only will miss two starts and could be back to make his start on July 15th against the Angels. The Yankees said that they will start Freddy Garcia on Friday but apparently they are considering calling up Adam Warren to start as well. In my opinion I think it would be better to call up Warren for the simple fact that Garcia has been pitching out of the bullpen so he would be limited while Warren would be fresh. For anyone wondering why they are not calling up David Phelps its because he pitched Monday and they are probably going to use him on the July 7th double header against the Red Sox. Get well soon CC we need you.