Either Jeter or Posada are headed to the DL. Alberto Gonzalez has been recalled from Triple-A and is with the team in Kansas. Mark Feinsand of the Daily News is guessing that Jeter will be put on the DL (retroactively?) and that Posada will likely sit out, probably for a week or so, to rest his shoulder. Feinsand accurately states that if Posada was headed to the DL, the Yankees would have called up Chad Moeller to serve as the backup catcher to Jose Molina.
However, this is not definite. Both guys could be headed to the DL, or it could be Posada OR Jeter. I honestly thought that Jorge would be headed to the DL (15-day) but then who would be the backup for Molina (since Gonzalez, a SS was called up)? Morgan Ensberg or Shelley Duncan? That’s unlikely, especially with the tough schedule. The Yanks could have Posada stay with the team in order to rest up while seeing some AB’s at DH although that would take the bat away from the red hot Hideki Matsui (.357 AVG).
George King also has a report out about Gonzalez joining the team and he spoke with Brian Cashman who had the following to say:
As for Posada, Cashman didn’t have the results of yesterday’s MRI exam on the All-Star catcher’s right shoulder, but the GM said he didn’t believe the problem would land Posada on the disabled list for the first time.
“It sounds like it’s a day-to-day thing,” Cashman said. “It needs to get stronger. It’s my understanding talking to the trainers is that he needs four, five or six days of rest. He can do that in a backup manner. But we will wait to hear from the doctors. The good thing is that there is no pain.”
Nothing’s for certain as of now, but there will be some sort of roster move today.
