If Alex Rodriguez makes it through today’s game for the Single-A Tampa Yankees without a setback, look for the third baseman to come off the disabled list tomorrow and play against the Rays.
“It’s definitely a possibility he could join us in St. Petersburg,’’ Joe Girardi said after the Yankees’ 4-3 victory over the Orioles yesterday at the Stadium.
Rodriguez, who played third base last night, went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts. He is 0-for-7 with four strikeouts in his two games with Tampa. He handled his only chance at third when he fielded a soft grounder.
Rodriguez played in the field for the first time last night since July 24. That night he suffered a fractured left hand that night when he was hit by a pitch from Seattle’s Felix Hernandez.
Because today’s game in Lakeland, Fla. starts at 11 a.m. Rodriguez will DH again.
“Let him play the weekend and evaluate him,’’ general manager Brian Cashman said of Rodriguez, who went 0-for-3 Friday night with a walk.
The Yankees are 18-16 without their cleanup hitter.