Chien-Ming Wang’s next start remains in jeopardy, as manager Joe Girardi said the team has not determined what to do with the struggling righty.
“We have not made a decision yet,” Girardi said.
The Yankees have an off-day Thursday, so they can skip Wang’s scheduled Friday start without disrupting the rotation. The next time they’d need a fifth starter would be April 28 against Detroit.
Girardi, who insisted Wang wasn’t hurt, said the Yankees “had a lot of healthy discussion” yesterday and looked at Wang’s mechanics.
The manager said there are “some adjustments that we need to make with him.”
Wang is 0-3 with a 34.50 ERA in three starts.
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There could be a resolution on Xavier Nady’s ailing right elbow today, and the Yankees are encouraged the outfielder can avoid surgery. Nady, too, is optimistic.
“I think I hopefully can avoid it and try to obviously strengthen it,” Nady said. He was not sure what the timetable would be on his rehabilitation if he does not require surgery.
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There were three more home runs hit yesterday at Yankee Stadium, but Girardi said: “I didn’t think the ball carried like it did the last three days.”
The manager also said that during Saturday’s 22-4 loss to the Indians, he didn’t think some balls to right field carried well. Through four games at the new stadium, there have been 20 homers — five to left, one to center and 14 to right.
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Hideki Matsui (left knee) was in the lineup as the designated hitter, going 1-for-3 with a walk. . . . The Yankees sent Anthony Claggett to the minors and brought up righty Stephen Jackson from Triple-A. . . . Brian Bruney, who pitched a 1-2-3 eighth inning during the Yankees’ 7-3 victory, has now retired 20 straight batters. . . . Alex Rodriguez had a scheduled off-day from field work yesterday in his rehab.
