Here’s the news via Chad Jennings of LoHud:
Here’s the latest on Nick Johnson. After going on the DL in Boston, he got a cortisone shot and the Yankees are waiting to see if that solves the problem in his wrist. Brian Cashman said that the shot does the trick roughly 50 percent of the time.“We’re hoping that works,” Cashman said. “But if it doesn’t, we’ll have to take other avenues.”
Those other avenues are pretty limited to some sort of surgery. If the shot has done the trick, Johnson could be back in three weeks or so. If he has to have surgery, it will be another four to six weeks from the time of the procedure before he can pick up a bat. The Yankees should know within the next 10 days whether surgery is necessary.
With Nick Johnson, it’s probably best to expect the worst. Going forward, Joe Girardi has a number of viable options to help flesh out the lineup. He could continue to platoon Marcus Thames and Juan Miranda, or he could choose to insert Jorge Posada into the DH slot, which allows Francisco Cervelli to see more time at catcher. He could also go the rotating DH route - Girardi always seemed to like this idea - although I expect him to combine all of the options I just listed rather than going one with one specific configuration.
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