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The Yankees put shortstop Derek Jeter on the disabled list with a calf strain Tuesday.
Before learning that he would sit, Jeter had said: “If it were up to me, I’d rather not.”
The trip to the DL delays Jeter’s pursuit of his 3,000th hit by at least two weeks. It also diminishes the likelihood of Jeter achieving the milestone at Yankee Stadium.
“I guess the timing wasn’t very good, ” Jeter said of his injury.
Jeter was injured while leaving the batter’s box on a flyout in the fifth inning of the Yankees’ 1-0 loss to the Indians on Monday night. Jeter immediately took himself out of the game and was taken to New York Presbyterian Hospital for an MRI exam, which revealed a Grade 1 strain of the right calf — the least severe form of the injury.
Yankees manager Joe Girardi met with team doctors around 6 p.m. ET Tuesday, but Yankees general manager Brian Cashman was ultimately responsible for the final decision on Jeter’s status. On the ESPN New York 1050 “Michael Kay Show,” Cashman had said Jeter would have a chance to change the team’s mind about the disabled list, but he added that it is better to be “safe than sorry.”
Ramiro Pena was added to the roster prior to Tuesday’s game.
The Yankees host the Rangers for a three-game set beginning Tuesday before embarking on a six-game road trip to Chicago to face the Cubs and then on to Cincinnati. There will be no designated hitter for those interleague games.
Jeter was “extremely sore” Monday night after suffering the injury, according to a source.
-WRITTEN BYÂ Wallace Matthews covers the Yankees for ESPNNewYork.com. Information from ESPNNewYork.com’s Andrew Marchand was used in this report.
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