Posada set for meniscus surgery of his own, DH spot
ByJorge Posada, the Yanks’ incumbent catcher, will have surgery today to fix a torn meniscus in his left knee, The Times reported this morning. The Yankees determined yesterday that Posada needed the operation, and while the team expects a speedy recovery, as Michael S. Schmidt writes, “it underlines the age issues that the Yankees have to confront with Posada.”
Beyond the meniscus surgery, though, Schmidt’s story is intriguing as it sheds some light on the Yanks’ catching situation. Yanks GM Brian Cashman has told Posada that he will be competing with Jesus Montero in Spring Training for the starting job and, as one source said, “should prepare to DH a lot…Posada said great and he was willing to do it. He was happy to know what the situation is.” Many Yankee-watchers had predicted that Posada would not respond well to this news, but as Moshe Mandel said to me last night, “It’s almost like he’s a professional who is being paid a lot of money to help the team, and knows he is getting old to catch.”
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Once that meniscus is fixed Jorge should have the green light on the bases and challenge Gardner for most stolen bases…
He already put up career numbers this year!
it is in his best interest to DH. The longer his career, the more numbers he puts up with the bat.
Ben… don’t know if you heard and if 300000 people already told you then my bad… but you got a little shout out on boomer and carton this morning
Hip Hip Jorge!!
actually it’s his knee
Knee, Knee, Jorge !!! Doesn’t work…
Knee, Knee, Georgie!!!!
Fixed.
oh-so-reluctantly +100 for that
Huh. Maybe he reads RAB.
Stars: aligning.
“Jorge Posada, the Yanks’ incumbent catcher, will
have surgerypee on his leg today to fix a torn meniscus in his left knee, The Times reported this morning.”Fixed.
He’s not a camel.
Urine fixes everything.
Sincerely,
Dr. Jorge Rafael Posada, M.D.
I thought that was Windex? My bad.
Posada must’ve gone to the Moises Alou School.
lol
Posada won’t be an a-hole to his successor, like our manager was to him…
(OH SNAP)
You hate Girardi, we get it, it’s old and it makes your posts virtually unreadable.
That.
Also… I remember hearing that Girardi was really good about mentoring Posada and sharing time behind the plate with him. Either I’m remembering it wrong (entirely possible), or that joke doesn’t even make sense.
Well, one time he
(this is on purpose)
I heard the same thing. And Girardi was a great on-field manager something Jorge doesn’t do was well as Joe did. I remember that Joe was a great mentor to Jorge.
Hughesus Christo never lets facts get in the way of a good anti-Girardi rant.
can i just hate girardi for being a better father than i am and leave it at that?
If Cervelli got ‘exposed’ defensively, and I’m still not sure just how low the consensus is on his bat…what are the odds we rush Romine through and waste him as a backup?
Not sure why anyone is surprised that Posada is ok with this. During the ’09 season he regularly acknowledged that his body couldn’t handle catching as often as he used to. After the long list of minor injuries this season, I’m sure that Posada is aware that his body isn’t taking the abuse of catching very well anymore. His contract is guaranteed, and I think he knows that he’s not going to be the starting catcher in ’12 no matter what, so why fight it?
Because he’s a stubborn jackass who tears the team apart whenever he doesn’t get what he wants, obviously #sarcasm
Because he has no sense of humor and hates Nick Swisher.
Praise Jesus!
CBS 880 reported this morning that Montero and Cervelli were competing out of spring training for the starting catcher position and Jorge is going to mentor whoever gets the job. That makes more sense than Jorge competing for anything.
After Montero takes BP, there will be no competition.
But can he fist pump like Frankie?
Good point.
Montero is just a lazy Venezuelan. There’s no way someone from Venezuela would fist pump like that.
FYI Cerveli is Venezuelan
He’s italian, raised in Venezuela there’s a difference
Eh…not really. That’s like saying someone born in Japan and raised in America isn’t American, but Japanese. Kind of ignorant.