Kevin Youkilis Injury Update

Teixeira, Youkilis inching closer to returns

BALTIMORE — Joe Girardi said he doesn’t know when he will get Mark Teixeira or Kevin Youkilis back from the disabled list, but the Yankees manager reported Tuesday the first baseman and corner infielder are making progress. “He had four more [at-bats],’’ Girardi said of Teixeira’s participation in a... New York Post

Alex Rodriguez, Mark Teixeira take steps forward in return from injury

Kevin Youkilis, ailing corner infielder, took batting practice, fielded grounders Newark Star-Ledger

Raissman: Eyes migrate from YES as Yank stars rehab

The stars are out - as in the Yankee stars in Tampa. That’s why boss scribes made a pilgrimage there last week to check out Alex Rodriguez, Curtis Granderson, Mark Teixeira and Kevin Youkilis. The captain, Derek Jeter, is not at the complex, but is coming off a new ankle fracture.     New York Daily News

Report: Yankees planning to bring Adams to New York

According to the New York Daily News, the Yankees are prepared to promote David Adams from Triple-A next week and have him take over the Yankees third base job until Kevin Youkilis comes off the disabled list. Because of the Yankees 40-man roster crunch, the team released and re-signed Adams at the end of spring [...]The post Report: Yankees planning to bring Adams to New York appeared first on The LoHud Yankees Blog. The LoHud Yankees Blog | Journal News

Jayson Nix could be an option at first base

With Kevin Youkilis on the disabled list and his unnerving history of back problems, the Yankees worked on another contingency plan before Saturday's game by having Jayson Nix take ground balls at first base. Newsday

First Pitch: Thank heavens for Overbay

Several new Yankees have played a major role in the team's early-season success, including Travis Hafner, Vernon Wells, and Kevin Youkilis. But Lyle Overbay might be the most important of them all. Yes, the other three have better offensive numbers. But Hafner doesn't play the field, Youkilis is on the disabled list, and the Yankees have more options in the outfield. Overbay, as manager Joe Girardi admitted on Friday, is the only first baseman on the roster right now. Yankees Blog | ESPN New York

First Pitch: Now no Joba? No problem!

The Yankees have now played a full 1/6th of their schedule minus Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez, Mark Teixeira and Curtis Granderson. To that All-Star lineup, now add Joba Chamberlain, who went on the 15-day disabled list yesterday with an oblique strain. And of course, there's Kevin Youkilis on the DL with a bulging disk in his lower back, and David Robertson, who is said to be day-to-day with a hamstring strain. So many boos-boos. And so what? The way the Yankees have played with their replacement cast so far -- their 17-10 record leaves them on pace to win 102 games -- it will be almost unf... Yankees Blog | ESPN New York

Middlebrooks recalls big-league debut one year ago today

By Brian MacPherson AP/Elise AmendolaTORONTO -- Will Middlebrooks thought his window already had come and gone. Middlebrooks had hit nine home runs in his first 24 games for Triple-A Pawtucket in April. But whether he got the call to the major leagues depended less on his performance and more on the health of incumbent third baseman Kevin Youkilis. For three days Youkilis had been out of the lineup with irritation in his back, but no move had been made to put him on the disabled list. Middlebrooks figured he was staying right where he was. "I had an idea something might happen, but I though... Red Sox Blog | Providence Journal

Joba to the DL

The New York Yankees placed reliever Joba Chamberlain on the disabled list Thursday with a strained right oblique. Chamberlain joins Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez, Mark Teixeira, Curtis Granderson, Kevin Youkilis, Francisco Cervelli, Ivan Nova and Michael Pineda on the disabled list. Chamberlain’s DL stint will be retroactive to April 28th. For the full news story click here. Yankees Blog | ESPN New York

Kevin Youkilis has bulging disc, plans to return to Yankees in two weeks

Youkilis was encouraged by MRI results Newark Star-Ledger