Mark Teixeira can add another hurdle to his difficult 2013 season. It appears that the New York Yankees slugger may be forced out of the lineup with a wrist injury.
Bill Baer of NBC’s Hardball Talk reports that Teixeira was pulled from the Yankees in the Saturday night game against the Los Angeles Angels.
As Meredith Marakovits of YES network tweets, manager Joe Girardi said that Teixeira’s swing has been impacted by a wrist injury.
According to WFAN reporter Sweeny Murti, Teixeira will see a doctor on Sunday about his aggravated wrist.
Teixeira’s latest injury news is disheartening for fans hoping that he would get back on track. The first baseman has struggled with injuries all season, only playing in 15 games of 53 since returning on May 31 from a partially torn tendon sheath in the same wrist that is forcing him to miss time once again.
He hasn’t been terribly effective since his return. The two-time All-Star is hitting just .157 on the season with three home runs and 12 RBI. This is a stark contrast from the .251/24/84 line that he posted last season.
Teixeira was replaced in the game by David Adams at first. The 26-year-old is hitting just .216 with two home runs and seven RBI in 74 at-bats on the season.
The Yankees could desperately use a shot in the arm offensively. New York is just 21st in MLB in slugging percentage at .385 and 19th in runs with just 262 so far. Brett Gardner leads all Yankees batters in average at .283.
The Yankees are now in third place in the AL East thanks in large part to a pitching staff that sports a team ERA of 3.65. Just 3.5 games behind the division-leading Boston Red Sox, the team may have to find more production without Teixeira in the lineup again.
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