We all know the truth, he popped positive and negotiated a way to serve his suspension while on the DH.

Copying from my post on this in the other Yankees thread:

If Teixeira really has a torn sheath, I'm surprised he isn't just getting surgery. Even Ortiz took several seasons to get his power and bat speed back after skipping surgery for a similar injury. I can't recall a player with this kind of injury doing well with just rehab. Isn't this the injury that resulted in Bautista getting surgery at the end of last season?

A torn sheath does better explain Cashman's attempts to sign guys like Lee and Chipper though. They're going to have to make some kind of trade to shore up first base now though; Dan Johnson and Juan Rivera can't possibly last the season as the solution at 1B. I guess theoretically they could bridge the gap until Rodriguez returns and pushes Youkilis across the diamond, but even expecting one of Tex or ARod to make it back for most of the season seems foolish at this point.

We all know the truth, he popped positive and negotiated a way to serve his suspension while on the DH.

Brokeback Mountain 2, starring Mark Teixeira and Travis Hafner.

Isn't this the injury that resulted in Bautista getting surgery at the end of last season?

Yes. The Jays also tried to treat it with rest, but Bautista re-aggravated the injury when he came off the DL, and then had to have surgery.

Sounds like the Yankees pretty much have to work under the assumption they need a first baseman for most or all of the 2013 season, right?

Or move Jeter over there and find a shortstop, dot dot dot.

I don’t know when it is but we got a whole bunch of season left and the time that really matters is the playoffs.’

I love how Yankees players are now just conditioned to believe they will make the playoffs.

Fans and media buy in also.

The Seligification of the playoffs has devalued the regular season so.

They're going to have to make some kind of trade to shore up first base now though; Dan Johnson and Juan Rivera can't possibly last the season as the solution at 1B.

Or they go the other way, and sell off Granderson, Kuroda, Hughes, and Cano (if he's not being reasonable about an extension) in July.

Yeah, especially if the steroid ban allegations are true I'd say it is time to dismantle this sh*t. Shame to tank it in what is likely Pettitte and Rivera's last season but it is what it is.

Shame to tank it in what is likely Pettitte and Rivera's last season but it is what it is.

Ehhh, Juan might hang around for a few more years after this season. ;-)

I thought Juan Rivera retired 5 years ago.

I thought Juan Rivera retired 5 years ago.

Michael Kay thought he retired ten years ago.

Michael Kay is a dolt who was confusing Juan with Ruben.