Nick Swisher has been scratched from the lineup with soreness in his achilles. Colin Curtis is taking his spot in right field. Brett Gardner has moved into the lead-off spot.
It doesn’t sound very serious, but with all the recent injuries on this team..it’s just not a good sign. Hopefully, he’ll be back in the lineup tomorrow.
Update: 6:38PM ET: From LoHud:
“I got up to go to the bathroom this morning and I was like, wait, something ain’t right,” he said.
The pain is in his left Achilles. Swisher took batting practice in the cage and said he believes he could pinch hit if necessary, but running is a problem. He’s been getting treatment most of the day and said it feels more loose than it did this morning.
“It’s not like it feels like anything is horrible,” Swisher said. “But anything in your achilles, that’s a scary thing to mess with. It’s a good day to just chill and get as much treatment as I can. Come back here tomorrow and get back after it.”
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Whatta ya mean Gardner’s moving into the cleanup spot? You mean the 2 hole? I mean, if replacing Swisher means Gardner takes over A-Rod’s spot in the lineup, then replacing Granderson means “I” get to bat 8th, at the least!
Gardy is hitting leadoff, Jeter is sliding into the 2 spot. LoHud made a typo.
This isn’t exactly the kind of news I wanted to start my weekend off with.