DIVISIONAL OUTLOOK—AL EAST: Aging sluggers ailing
Mar 11 2013
The big news out of Yankees camp this week was yet another veteran slugger, Mark Teixeira (1B, NYY), succumbing to an injury. While the eight-to-10-week timetable for his return would have him back sometime in May, the nature of the injury—he also battled wrist woes that cost him most of last September—should prompt hesitancy about buying low. Teixeira's OPS had already been in a four-year decline; his ground-ball rate spiked in 2012. Couple those factors with how wrist injuries linger, and a new nadir for Teixeira's power numbers would hardly be a surprise.
While some initially assumed that Kevin Youkilis (3B, NYY) might move across the diamond and Eduardo Núñez (SS, NYY) would slide in at third base (opening the door...
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