http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/28/sports/baseball/28posada.html?ref=baseball Posada Likely Headed for Disabled List By TYLER KEPNER Published: April 28, 2008 CLEVELAND — The Yankees’ injury troubles took another discouraging turn Sunday when Jorge Posada was a late scratch from the lineup with a recurrence of the shoulder problem that bothered him early this month. This time, the injury seems serious. The Yankees said there would be no announcement until after the game, but Posada, who has a tear in his subscapularis muscle, is expected to visit Dr. James Andrews and will most likely be placed on the disabled list. Posada has already shared his magnetic resonance imaging results with Andrews, and Posada has said that surgery would not be necessary. But the problem has not improved as Posada hoped, again raising the specter of an operation. Posada said his shoulder felt dead after a game on April 8, and he did not start at catcher for two weeks. He has caught three of the last five games, plus four more innings on Saturday, and the Yankees were hopeful enough about his recovery that a veteran backup catcher, Chad Moeller, was designated for assignment on Friday. Before he replaced Posada on Sunday, Jose Molina had caught 101 1/3 innings, 39 more than Posada, and Molina figures to continue catching the bulk of the games. Without Moeller, who could soon be claimed by another team, the Yankees have one catcher, Chris Stewart, in their farm system with major league experience. He played a combined 23 games in 2006 and 2007.. Posada, 36, signed a four-year, $52.4 million contract in the off-season, and he has said he intends to catch throughout the life of the deal. But Posada has also started at first base and designated hitter this season, and when he returns, the Yankees may need to explore those options to keep his bat in the lineup. --

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