Teixeira out 3-4 days with mild lower lat strain

4:08pm: Teixeira told Mark Feinsand and Erik Boland he’s been dealing with back spasms since the team’s series in Oakland last month and “the pain really ratcheted up” the last days. He’ll receive a platelet-rich plasma injection today.

3:57pm: Mark Teixeira will sit out the next three or four games with a mild lower lat strain, Joe Girardi told reporters. He had an MRI and is day-to-day. The disabled list is not being considered at this time. Teixeira missed time with a hamstring strain in April and has needed days off here and there to rest his surgically repaired wrist, but this is the first time he’s had any kind of lat issue. Hopefully a few days on the bench knocks it out and it’s a non-issue moving forward.