As Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez seem to make steady progress in their rehabilitation in the Yankees' farm system, another of the club's missing mainstays remains at least a few weeks away from any thought of returning.
Outfielder Curtis Granderson has yet to hit off a tee or take soft toss, four days after he began swinging a bat underwater at the Yankees' training complex in Tampa, Fla., Manager Joe Girardi said.
Granderson has been on the disabled list since May 24 with a broken pinkie sustained when he was hit by a pitch, just eight games after he returned from a fractured forearm he sustained early in spring training, also from being hit by a pitch. Since then, Granderson's recovery has been tedious.
Girardi came close to saying that Granderson's progress has been behind schedule.
"It's probably not healing as quickly as I would like," Girardi said, although he added, "we didn't really put a time on it."
The Yankees still cannot put a date on Granderson's expected return, although Girardi said the end of July remained "a possibility." He has missed 42 games with the injury, after missing the first 38 games of the season with the forearm injury.
"I think once he starts hitting, it will go pretty quick," Girardi said.
Granderson had the pin in his hand removed on June 20 and from there needed to restrengthen and remobilize his fingers, grip a bat and begin to swing — a multistep process that, thus far, has not yielded many tangible results.
"I don't think you can ever say, when you're talking about an injury like a broken hand, how long it's going to take," Girardi said.
Jeter was expected to play in his third minor league rehabilitation game with Class AAA Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Monday night, and Girardi indicated that Jeter's return to the Yankees could come as early as this weekend.
"There's always a chance," Girardi said. "You just have to see how he does the next three or four days."
The Yankees sent infielder David Adams to the minors to make room for first baseman Travis Ishikawa, whom they picked up off waivers from the Baltimore Orioles on Sunday afternoon. Adams had been getting a considerable amount of playing time at third, and Girardi said Luis Cruz would be the team's everyday third baseman for the time being.
Girardi said the move was not a sign that Alex Rodriguez's return was as imminent as Jeter's. Rodriguez had the day off Monday after playing on Saturday and Sunday and is not expected back until after the All-Star break.
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