By Barry M. Bloom The Yankees’ tough season continued Friday with another setback, this one to Derek Jeter. First it was Curtis Granderson, then Kevin Youkilis, Mark Teixeira and Jeter. The faithful all awaited these players’ return, believing the impact would be significant. But it wasn’t to be. All four returned for what seemed like a brief moment before being injured once again, placing the Yankees in a hole that’s getting tougher to climb out of. …read more
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By Barry M. Bloom Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira said on Wednesday that he’s now hoping to return by May 1 from a right wrist injury he sustained preparing to play for Team USA in the days before the opening of the World Baseball Classic. …read more
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By Spencer Fordin It won’t be long now. Mark Teixeira took a trip with the Yankees for an exhibition game against Army on Saturday, and he said that his injured right wrist is healing according to plan. Teixeira, nursing a partially torn tendon sheath, said he’ll see a doctor again on Monday. …read more
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By Jeff Seidel Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira, out with a partially torn tendon sheath in his right wrist, said before Friday’s 4-2 exhibition win over the Nationals that he’s been rehabbing and still hopes to return in early May. …read more
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By Bryan Hoch The Yankees believe that there is a 70 percent chance Mark Teixeira will be able to avoid surgery on the partially torn tendon sheath in his right wrist. But for the odds to work in their favor, they must be careful not to rush his recovery. …read more
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By Wallace Matthews The injury that will keep New York Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira out of the lineup until May at the earliest is not a wrist strain, as originally reported, but a partially torn tendon sheath that could potentially require season-ending surgery. …read more
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By Gary Cotton The Yankees will have to look elsewhere to fill the hole left at first base by the injured Mark Teixeira. As reported by Yahoo’s Tim Brown, Derrek Lee declined the Bombers’ offer to suit up for the 2013 season. …read more
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By Zack Meisel Dan Johnson and Juan Rivera are expected to challenge for the Yankees’ first-base job with Mark Teixeira injured, now Derrek Lee, a 37-year-old veteran who last played in 2011, can reportedly be thrown into the mix. …read more
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By ESPN.com news services New York Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira will miss eight to 10 weeks due to his injured wrist, manager Joe Girardi said Wednesday. …read more
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By Bryan Hoch Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira is expected to miss eight to 10 weeks with a strained tendon in his right wrist, the team announced on Wednesday. …read more
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By Ian O’Connor For New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman, it’s no Mark Teixeira, no Curtis Granderson, no Alex Rodriguez — and still no problem making the playoffs. …read more
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By Associated Press Kansas City Royals first baseman Eric Hosmer will replace the injured Mark Teixeira on the United States team at the World Baseball Classic. …read more
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By Dick Kaegel Royals first baseman has been selected to replace injured Yankees star Mark Teixeira on Team USA’s World Baseball Classic roster …read more
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By Richard Justice After being hit hard by free-agent defections over the winter, the Yankees have gotten a drip-drip-drip of bad news. Girardi spoke to reporters Monday after learning that Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira had sustained a right wrist injury, but before reliever David Robertson was unable to get loose for a scheduled appearance against the Braves. …read more
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By Scott Merkin White Sox manager Robin Ventura acknowledged that Team USA manager Joe Torre mentioned Paul Konerko as one of the replacement possibilities for an injured Mark Teixeira. …read more
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By Barry M. Bloom Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira was a late scratch from the Team USA lineup on Tuesday before an exhibition game against the White Sox at Camelback Ranch because of tightness on the inside of his right forearm. …read more
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By Adam Berry The Yankees have set their travel roster for Saturday’s Grapefruit League opener, against the Braves in Lake Buena Vista. As manager Joe Girardi said on Thursday, the starting lineup will include first baseman Mark Teixeira, second baseman Robinson Cano and infielder Eduardo Nunez behind starter David Phelps. …read more
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