In yesterdays game against the Rays Curtis Granderson was hit by a pitch from Cesar Ramos and suffered a broken knuckle on the pinky finger of his left hand. The Yankees placed him on the 15 day DL and recalled Brennan Boesch from Triple A. The timetable is at least four weeks and Granderson will see a hand specialist on Monday in New York. Obviously this hurts the Yankees, but its especially annoying considering that Granderson has only played 11 games since coming back from his broken forearm suffered in the spring. Granderson had this to say following the game (via Mark Feinsand):
“I bounced back from [the forearm injury], I’ll bounce back from this.The hand is still on, it didn’t fall off. You can take a look at all
the positives from everything. It’s a better break than the previous
one, that’s a good thing, it should be back sooner than the last time so
that’s a good thing. The team is playing well. Hopefully we come back
and the team is right where we need it to be and continue to help this
team move forward until the end.”
The Yankees really needed Grandersons bat, but Youkilis and Teixeira are starting rehab assignments soon so they can hopefully survive the loss. One idea pitched by River Ave Blues is that the Yankees should see if Overbay can handle playing the outfield, its not ideal but if he can be passable then the Yankees could keep his bat in the lineup. Overbay did play some outfield in the minors but that was ten years ago at this point, so the Yankees would definitely want to see how he handles it before they put him there in a game. Either way hopefully Granderson can return soon.
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