Jorge Posada Placed on the Disabled List
May 6, 2009 by Stephen Kersey
Filed under Baseball
Jorge Posada, the starting catcher for the New York Yankees, has been placed on the 15-day disabled list. The move by the Yankees came on Tuesday after Posada suffered a right hamstring strain. The injury is expected to keep him out of the lineup for up to three weeks.
This injury comes at a bad time for both Posada and the Yankees. The catcher was hitting the ball very well. He has five homers and 20 RBIs on the season with a batting average of .312. With the Yankees sporting a 13-13 record and sitting 4.5 games back of the Toronto …read more
