The Mark Teixeira wrist injury is not going away no matter how much the Yankees try to look on the bright side of a bad injury.
It is time to get Tex support for the Yankees’ weakened lineup, especially because Carlos Beltran has his own injury issues.
It’s not like the Teixeira wrist injury snuck up on them or anything, but nevertheless, the Yankees have put themselves in a danger zone at first base this season.
Now the Yankees are hoping that a cortisone shot Teixeira had Saturday after their 3-1 win over the Twins at the Stadium can do the trick, but as Teixeira said, if the shot doesn’t work, “Then I’m worried. We go back to the drawing board but hopefully the shot takes care of it.
“We’ve already tried the rest and four days didn’t help,’’ said a frustrated Teixeira, who was pulled from the game before his third at-bat in the sixth inning.
The drawing board is right in front of the Yankees and that is to sign free agent Kendrys Morales. He can play first base, and if Teixeira does return, he can DH.
The Yankees can lead the league in designated hitters. Remember, they are never afraid to jump into the free agent pool in the offseason or the middle of the season. There is too much at stake.
You can’t have too many power-based switch hitters, and the Yankees need help in the home run department and Morales, who turns 31 this month, can provide all of that. He is a .280 hitter lifetime, who hit 23 home runs and drove in 80 runs with Seattle in 2013.
Over his career Morales is a .305 hitter against the AL East.
Five teams are believed to have shown interest in Morales, including the Yankees.
“He’s one of the top hitters in the game,’’ agent Scott Boras told The Post on Saturday.
It is expected Morales will sign soon after the amateur draft next week and the price tag will be in $12 million to $14 million.
Hal Steinbrenner told The Post’s George King on Thursday that Morales could be an option.
“We never say never,’’ Steinbrenner said. “We always look at all possibilities.’’
The Yankees have been holding out hope Teixeira will make a full comeback. They have been more than patient.
In his own way, Teixeira is crying out for support because he knows how difficult it is to come back from such a serious surgery.
He also wears his health on his sleeve. It is obvious when he is hurting.
Near the end of spring training, Teixeira said his wrist was not right. On March 26, Teixeira said in the clubhouse at Steinbrenner Field, “I’m not trusting that the wrist is healthy. I’m just trying to protect it.’’
Here we are two months later, and the Yankees still are hoping the wrist gets better but you can be sure they are working to find a solution.
Teixeira missed all but 15 games last season. He’s 34. These things just don’t get better overnight, and Teixeira said Saturday he expected it to take time following surgery.
“Basically, we got back to square one with the soreness,’’ Teixeira said, “where I was four or five days ago. This is what’s expected, a year post-surgery, it’s 11 months [Sunday]. Every surgery I’ve had has taken over a year to get fully back. We knew it was something we had to keep an eye on this year and that’s what we’re doing.’’
Manager Joe Girardi recognized Teixeira was hurting and made sure to get him out of the game before he got up again in the sixth.
“Structurally everything looks fine,’’ Teixeira said. “In the back of my mind I’d knew I’d have a shot or two this year, just because, but I felt so good for the first month and a half, really until that last game at Wrigley and it just flared up on me.’’
It’s time Yankees to make a big move and get help at first base. Kendrys Morales will ease their pain.