It’s mostly just a paperwork move because rosters have already expanded for September and he wasn’t going to play for a while anyway, but the Yankees have placed first baseman Mark Teixeira on the disabled list with a right shin bruise.
Finally.
Teixeira suffered the injury on August 17 and started just one game over the next two weeks, all while being “day-to-day.” He’s currently hobbling around on crutches and there’s a very real possibility that Teixeira won’t play again this season, although manager Joe Girardi expressed some optimism that he could be available for late September and the playoffs.
He was having a great bounceback season before fouling the ball off his shin, hitting .255 with 31 homers and a .906 OPS that rates as his highest since Teixeira’s first season with the Yankees in 2009.