Jun
21
Injury Updates: Jeter, Chavez, Soriano, Colon
ByUpdated (12:35 p.m.): Got some injury updates, courtesy of Ben Shpigel and George King…
- Derek Jeter is in Tampa and has started “functional exercises.” He’s scheduled to resume baseball activities later this week, and Joe Girardi told reporters that the team hopes to have him when he’s eligible to come off the disabled list next Wednesday. It’s unclear if he’ll play in a minor league rehab game (or two) before then.
- Eric Chavez took batting practice on the field and also fielded some ground balls in Tampa yesterday. His running is still limited to a treadmill though. He’s not eligible to come off the disabled list until July 5th.
- Rafael Soriano has reported to Tampa after spending “considerable time” with a physical therapist in New York. Last we heard, he hadn’t been cleared to begin a throwing program, but the hope was that he’d be able to this week. Just going to Tampa is a good sign, though he isn’t eligible to come off the disabled list until after the All-Star break.
- Bartolo Colon
has not yet been cleared to start a throwing program, Joe Girardi said to reporters yesterday. If Colon is to come back from his injured hamstring after the 15-day minimum, he will have to start throwing today or tomorrow. With this delay, he will likely miss some extra time.Scratch that. According to the AP (via Bryan Hoch, Colon started a throwing program today. He should be back near or at the minimum 15 days if his hamstring holds up OK.
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Take your time Jete, no rush at all
Jeter sucks lol whatevs
I’d love it if you would just get your own name and stop copying mine.
uh, he said “Upsidedown”, not “Upside”. Totally different.
Vanilla Ice agrees that it is different.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JippcFJsSFw (safe)
I laughed without even clicking on the link. One of the great moments in music history.
+1
How about you ladies stop complaining befote i shove MY NAME into your behind
This will end badly.
Agreed. It probably wont fit
Oh Bartolo, where art thou?
Seriously, an addendum to the post updating us on the most recent info on the Colon, Hughes, and Marte timetables would be nice (hint, hint, wink, wink, nudge, nudge)
As you point out, TSJC, updates on those pitchers would be sweet. Particularly for Colon and Marte, since Hughes’s progress is reported elsewhere on the site.
(You’re the only guy with the ridiculous upside around here.)
Post updated with info on Colon.
And for that, we thank you.
/Tosh’d
Before/After: July 31 return for Soriano.
September 15. Just enough time to see if he can pitch in the post-season.
…where he will be dominant, Marte-style, right?
Sure…
and opt out to be the closer for another team?!!?! please>!!?!?!
It would be awesome to get Soriano, Chavez, Hughes and Colon back in July. Those would be some nice additions for the stretch run.
August 1st Yankee roster:
Lineup: Martin-Tex-Cano-Jeter-ARod-Gardner-Granderson-Swisher-Posada
Bench: Montero-Nuñez-Chavez-Jones
Rotation: CC-AJ-Hughes-Colon-Nova
Bullpen: Mo-Robertson-Soriano-Wade-Noesi-Garcia-Randy Choate*
(*Hey, the Marlins are falling out of it, maybe they make Choate available?)
Wow. How frickin awesome does that look???
And that doesn’t even include buying Beltran and KRod for straight cash, homey.
I was so tempted to swap Posada for Montero…but I didn’t want to harsh the vibe so quickly…
And it’s completely plausible to boot. Can’t wait.
I thought you lost your mind until I realized the lineup was in position, and NOT batting order. Jeter hitting fourth is the lolz
After Jeter’s current season, I would sincerely hope that he plays in a few rehab games before he returns. 15 day layoff and no game activity is just stupid for ANY guy who has slumped for practically the whole season.
At some point, we’ll have to stop calling Jeter’s production a slump.
Can we make up a new word? Call it a “sleurmp”, maybe?
I think a tried-and-true phrase works just fine: old age.
Come on, Kabak, embrace the newspeak.
Sincerely,
MiniTrue
What do we call Nunuez’s production?
Nunez.
If we have a SS named Nunuez, I’d like to see him, too.
I’m a Nunez supporter, but right now we call it “below replacement level.” Which actually translates roughly to “half-way decent MLB SS…” Still, he’s not any better than Jeter right now.
The sad thing is that all it would take for him to be better than Jeter is to learn how to throw the ball straight (and not straight into the ground – he’s already mastered that).
Harder than it looks!
Except for the part where Jeter is above replacement level?
Chavez is eligible to come back July 5? Does that mean he’s currently on the 60-day DL? I lost track.
dear god, can you imagine if Jeter plays a rehab game? That stadium would be 55k over capacity.
Would love to see him get hit # 3,000 in SWB.
colon is currently going to abortion clinics to suck the stems cells out of fetuses
Maybe just a bit too graphic.
South Park reference, if I’m remembering correctly.
But yeah. Still.
christopher reeve became literal superman after doing it so why cant colon
Jeter needs this treatment too.
Agree with the “Don’t rush things, Jeter” sentiment.
Soriano needs serious time with a psychologist
Maybe hating it here as much as he seems to will be enough to get him to opt out.
(reads his contract again…never mind)
For whatever reason, and I don’t understand why, whoever it is on the Yankees medical staff/front office/ is really, really bad at determining injuries.. severity of injuries/injury time tables.
Or for some reason they do not tell the truth with Injuries… wither way.. I don’t get it… maybe we’re not suppose too…
You guys should be ashamed bad mouthing jete the guy is a beauty and still has it
Gets popcorn*
*Which may or may not be fed to me by a starlet.
Are you being painted as a centaur as well?
I certainly hope Brett Tomko is doing the painting.
If by “it” you mean a knack for grounding into double plays, then yes, he has it.
Wait, what?
Nunez seems to have a much brighter future as a starting MLB shortsop than Pena. However if Pena ‘s defensive play doesn’t vastly improve between now and the end of the year, which of the two would you rather see on the Yankee playoff roster? Personally I would rather see Ramairo.
At least, if Chavez is healthy, neither will likely play at all…
Neither would likely play, but one would probably have to be on the roster as a backup shortstop, unless you wanted to fall back on A-Rod.
Yeah, if Jeter and Chavez are both healthy and productive by September, I could totally see Peña getting that second reserve infielder spot on the playoff rotation. His skill as an LIDR is probably worth more to this club off the bench than Nuñez’s better bat but worse defense.
Nunez seems to have a much brighter future as a starting MLB shortsop than Pena.
Not saying much.
Nunez. He can be Homer Bush 3.0 (Freddy Guzman being Homer Bush 2.0).
That’s a good point, didn’t think of that. Nuñez needs to steal pretty much every available base between now and then, though, to prove that he’s both effective and bold.
I’d rather take Nunez, assuming he’s the better overall player. I don’t understand the philosophy of taking a worse utility IF with better defense, though a lot of people always feel that way.
Exactly, because can u imagine the shit storm o f defensively replacing jeter in a late close playoff game? Won’t happen. Therefore pens has zero value. Nunez can ph and is a better base stealer than pena. Clearly to THIS team nunez is more valuable.
Though if we didnt have a bronze statue/living god at ss. If we had a human whose wrath need not be feared, who didnt need to be coddled and deferred to. If we simply had a player woth t jeters skills and not ALL MIGHTY HOLY DEREK JETER.
then it might be a different story.
apologies for being slightly OT on my post.
Jeter must be meeting with marketing and money people fine tuning the $$$$ plan for hit #3,000. So much money to be made.
insufferable
Or planning his way out before his contract ends. Or, ya know, rehabbing so that he comes back and plays the best he’s able to