Shelley Duncan is out of an Arizona hospital, but the extent of a circulatory problem believed to be a blood clot in an arm isn’t known because the Yankees aren’t talking about it.
Duncan was admitted to the hospital last week, and according to agent Barry Meister and GM Brian Cashman, he is no longer there.
“I spoke to Shelley [yesterday] and he isn’t in the hospital,” Meister told The Post yesterday. “Anything else you have to get from the Yankees.”
Cashman acknowledged the 28-year-old Duncan was no longer in the hospital but wouldn’t shed any additional light on the reason he was hospitalized, the severity of the problem or the long-range diagnosis.
The Yankees asked Duncan’s family not to comment publicly on the matter.
Duncan, who batted .257 with seven homers and 17 RBIs in 34 games and captivated the Yankee Stadium crowds with his aggressiveness and enthusiasm following a late July promotion from Scranton / Wilkes-Barre (Triple-A), underwent hernia surgery 10 days after the end of the season.
It’s not known if the latest problem is connected to that surgery.
Monday night, Duncan was slated to appear with Joba Chamberlain at an event in New Rochelle but didn’t show. It was the second recent appearance Duncan couldn’t make it. The word was that he was “under the weather.”
Yesterday, there were hints that Duncan had spent time in an intensive-care unit.
While Duncan doesn’t have a regular spot in the Yankees’ lineup, they are intrigued with his right-handed power, something that is hard to find in today’s game. He is on the 40-man roster for the first time in his career and will be looked at in right field, first base and DH in spring training.