Gardner Going For Wrist MRI

Via Bryan Hoch -

Yankees outfielder Brett Gardner expects to have an MRI performed on his ailing right wrist, which has cropped up as a nagging issue recently.

Gardner’s troubles with the wrist date back to a June 27 hit-by-pitch during the Yankees’ Interleague series against the Dodgers, and the speedster mentioned to hitting coach Kevin Long that it has been bothering him again.

“I definitely haven’t felt like it was 100 percent,” Gardner said. “I can’t say one way or the other whether it’s affected me or not, but it’s definitely not helping matters when I’m swinging the bat.”

This could be very bad news – as, this season, Gardner has been just as valuable to the Yankees as A-Rod. See stats below via the Complete Baseball Encyclopedia:

RCAA                           RCAA      OWP      PA
1    Robinson Cano                33     .663      607
2    Nick Swisher                 23     .625      569
3    Mark Teixeira                22     .613      625
T4   Marcus Thames                14     .696      205
T4   Jorge Posada                 14     .612      397
T6   Brett Gardner                12     .583      513
T6   Alex Rodriguez               12     .580      509
8    Curtis Granderson             3     .520      446
9    Lance Berkman                 1     .530       70
10   Chad Moeller                  0     .529       14
T11  Austin Kearns                -1     .431       82
T11  Juan Miranda                 -1     .447       67
T11  Eduardo Nunez                -1     .392       45
T11  Greg Golson                  -1     .000        8
T15  Nick Johnson                 -2     .425       98
T15  Chad Huffman                 -2     .119       21
T15  Colin Curtis                 -2     .378       50
T18  Randy Winn                   -4     .299       71
T18  Kevin Russo                  -4     .158       53
20   Francisco Cervelli           -8     .385      290
21   Ramiro Pena                 -12     .185      155
22   Derek Jeter                 -18     .394      645