May
10
Nady scheduled to begin hitting drills
ByXavier Nady, suffering from a partially torn elbow ligament, will begin hitting drills on Friday. These exercises will be a true bellwether for Nady. If the Yanks’ outfielder can swing without completely rupturing the ligament or feeling more pain, then he and the Yanks can begin thinking about rehab. Nady has been undergoing a platelet-rich plasma injection regime in the hopes of avoiding Tommy John surgery. If he responds well to the baseball exercises, he feels he could start a rehab assignment on Monday, May 25 with mid-June as a possible return date. He would probably just DH for the rest of the season.
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Isnt that right around when Matusi will be able to play the field?
Supposedly but the Yanks have been mostly silent about Matsui’s playing the field. I wouldn’t expect Matsui to play the field, but he, Nady and Posada can rotate through the DH spot depending upon opposing pitcher, etc.
I’ve heard they Yanks were thinking of Matsui playing the field when interleague play begins. That date is May 22nd against Philly.
There’s one thing about that May 22nd game: It’s at home. Matsui can DH.
Where did you hear they were thinking of playing him in the field?
your’re right> Interleague away isn’t until Florida on June 19th. I think it was the ESPn or SI. It was awhile ago.
Ben, I just looked it up. It was a May 18th article in the New York Daily News by Mark Feinsand.
Can you drop a link in here? May 18th hasn’t happened yet
Sorry – typo – I meant March 18th – Here’s the link:
http://www.nydailynews.com/spo.....d_f-1.html
Ah thanks. That’s what I thought you were talking about. I think the Yanks semis-shelved that plan when Hideki had his knee drained or adjusted or whatever happened to it last month.
That’s quite possible. I haven’t heard any talk of him playing the field since that March 18th article.
Michael Kay is the only person that really believes Matsui will play the field.
I really don’t see any playing time for nady if he can’t play the field. First, that is matsui’s spot and even if you put matsui in the field I would much rather put damon or swisher in the DH spot than nady.
Let’s put it this way:
Bench now: Gardner, Peña, Berroa, Cash
Bench in four weeks: Nady, Gardner, Molina, Peña
That’s how Nady makes the team better.
Matsui is going to get days off. Swisher is going to get days off. During those days off Nady will play. And I’d rather have Nady start at home anyways. Swisher is dead cold at home so far. Hopefully it won’t last but if it continues I’d rather have Nady.
In a stadium that is seemingly inflating offensive statistics you gotta think his home/away split is purely coincidental.
Yeah I hope so.
I’m not too optimistic if one of the benchmarks is whether or not his elbow ligature tears completely when he takes a swing.
Just e-mail us with corrections in the future. If you see any of us in the comments, we’re right at our computers.
Dude, I actually thought ligature was the technical name for it and you were just being fancy. Hahah, I’d never put you on blast like that Ben. My bad.
Hah! My bad then. A ligature is a typography term or part of a reed instrument. A ligament is what Nady’s at risk of rupturing.
I agree though with your point generally. It can’t really be a good sign if we’re concerned that he’s ligament is going to flat-out rupture.
Even if Nady can only DH and we have to chose between hitting Matsui or hitting Nady to start a game, it’s still a nice problem to have
Plus a bat off the bench late in games for Gardner, or if melky comes back to earth
Keep him far away from Shelly Duncan.
I simply have a problem with the potential roster with Nady. The team will have two full-time DHs. All I can say is they better rake.
Let me refer you to this comment. Nady makes the team better even if he’s just a threat on the bench to PH late in the game and play an inning in the field. Luis Gonzalez had a very productive season needing TJS a few years ago, and Nady, who’s younger than Gonzo was, can probably do the same.
I hope you gnashed your teeth or cracked your knuckles after typing Luis Gonzalez
Effing gonzo.
The issue I have with a roster that has 2 DH’s, is the lack of flexibility. Not only game to game, but what if you want to give a guy like Damon a few days off for whatever reason. Now your bench is thin and offers nothing. But I am not disputing the fact that the bench you presented is better than the current bench. But I would almost rather have Shelley Duncan because at least he can do a few things. That’s why I say Nady better hit because he does nothing else.
they should send down Gardner and call up Linden or J-Rod.
Nady, Molina, Pena, Linden/J-Rod
that’s not a bad bench.
your bench CAN afford to have one guy who is only there to DH/pinch hit.
but i think you need to replace Gardner with someone who can hit.
you say “2 DH’s”, but that isn’t really accurate. Matsui is in the starting lineup, usually every day. his position just happens to be DH. he’s not a bench player.
Matsui isn’t going to play everyday. Swisher won’t play everyday. Having a bench is great.
If Nady is unable to play the outfield this season, will the rest of the offseason enable him to return to the outfield in 2010 or will he need surgery to fix whatever’s wrong?
Nady’s bat off the bench helps the team so long as Melky continues to be a serviceable ML outfielder. If he goes back to hitting like his line from 2008, then we’re overcrowded with players who either can’t hit or can’t play the field.
Isn’t Nady a free agent after this year?
Yeah I think he is.
Yes
Regardless, he’ll play somewhere. I’d think it would be in his best interest to be completely healthy instead of risking further injury.
He’s a Boras client. That means, in my opinion, that if playing now would hurt his long-time value, he wouldn’t be playing now.
Nah, I think the exact opposite. They’ll do whatever they can to get him on the field now to ensure the biggest possible pay day this winter, then they’ll let him fall apart after the ink dries.
i think no matter what, he’s going to be looking at a 1 year deal on short money next season and he’ll try to cash in the next year after he re-establishes his market value.
Boras has done this before with guys like Millwood and Weaver. for Millwood it worked, Weaver not so much.
After a month of having Berroa as the main RH pinch hitter on the bench everyone should jump for joy if Nady is the guy.
Definitely a huge improvement!
Lanny, did you have to cut and paste the word “joy” from another person’s post? surely your keyboard would have blocked a positive sounding word like that, right?
Saito was able to come back and pitch last year, is Nady elbow that much worse that he couldn’t throw from the outfield?
The only difference is that Nady actually has a tendon in his elbow not a ligament. It worked for Saito because the platelets were able to help the ligament heal quickly. They’re unsure as to whether or not a tendon will react the same way.
Why can’t Nady play the field in June or July.It’s not like he has knee problems.The guy is in he’s prime.
you do realize you occasionally have to throw the ball as an OFer, right?