Eleven days (at most, and likely way fewer) until A-Rod returns:
Alex Rodriguez will DH on Friday for Class-A Tampa, and if all goes well, he will play 3B there on Saturday.
— Peter Botte (@PeterBotte) August 30, 2012
The Yankees need to get healthy, and getting A-Rod back will be a nice boost. Especially if he can come close to the hot streak he had before his injury.
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- protectthishouse54 - Aug 30, 2012 at 1:36 PM
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Sometimes I think Arod’s name and presence provide more than his bat. It will be great to get him back, but I’m not going to keep my expectations low.
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- ajcardsfan - Aug 30, 2012 at 2:14 PM
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With the contract he has, I definitely wouldn’t hold him to low standards
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- pisano - Aug 30, 2012 at 1:36 PM
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Therein lies the problem, Arod hasn’t had a hot streak in a long time, I really don’t see where they’ve missed him, but I understand if something were to happen to Chavez there would be a problem and Chavez is fragile. I haven’t thought to myself, man, I can’t wait for Arod to get back.
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- bigharold - Aug 30, 2012 at 5:28 PM
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It’s more than that. It was pointed out today that Cano has been hitting .273 since he left. A-Rod has a presence in the middle of the line up that is still respected.
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- pisano - Aug 30, 2012 at 5:44 PM
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bigharold…. I really hadn’t thought about that, so yes you make an excellent point.
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- randygnyc - Aug 30, 2012 at 1:48 PM
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From your fingers to G-d’s eyes.
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- thatyankeedude - Aug 30, 2012 at 3:17 PM
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Ha I totally agree with the presence thing with A rod, he may not do crap in the game but for whatever reason as a yankee fan I feel better that he is coming back to the lineup soon.
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- umrguy42 - Aug 30, 2012 at 4:18 PM
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I gotta be honest, I’m not a Yankee fan, and I’d completely forgotten he was even on the DL until I caught a blurb on SportsCenter the other day about his rehab…
