NEW YORK _ The pall that extended over the Yankees when Monday's injury news came down did not, apparently, reach Miguel Andujar.
Despite sustaining a small labrum tear in his shoulder that landed him on the 10-day injured list and could potentially require season-ending surgery, the Yankees third baseman was upbeat Tuesday, saying he felt good and that he has not resigned himself to a lost year. Andujar was the second casualty of last weekend's Orioles series, which also cost the team Giancarlo Stanton, who landed on the IL with a left biceps strain that could take a month to heal.
"It's tough, you know?" Andujar said through an interpreter. "But at the same time, I'm optimistic because my shoulder is strong. When they did the physical test on my shoulder, it came back with really good results _ my strength is there. So the probability of working through this and getting myself back on the field are there. It's a matter of following up now with the trainers, following the plan we have on the table and go one day at a time and see where we are in a couple weeks."
