Abreu Confident of Quick Return

Bobby Abreu's injured oblique was termed significant by GM Brian Cashman, but Abreu is confident he won't miss too much time.

"It will take a couple of weeks," a calm Abreu said with ear buds in yesterday morning in the Legends Field clubhouse. "I don't worry about (being ready for Opening Day). It was painful, but it will be better."

"You don't know it's going to get worse. Sometimes you feel something and it goes away, but not that one," Abreu said.

Abreu will be completely shutdown until there is marked improvement to the area. Joe Torre and Cashman reiterated their previous statements that Abreu's injury will not mean that Bernie Williams will be asked (begged) back.



Humberto Sanchez will be shutdown for 4 or 5 more days with a forearm strain and the Yankees are considering altering his delivery to alleviate future inflammation. (Update 2:05 pm - Peter Abrams of The Journal News is reporting that Sanchez is now likely to be shut down for the next 10 days).



Andy Pettitte will be playing golf with Roger Clemens today. There will probably be some conversation like this:

Andy: "Are you going with the 5-wood or a driver here?"

Roger: "If I had to decide today, I would have to say there's an 80% of me using the driver and a 20% of me using the 5-wood. Of course, I'm nowhere near making a decision."

At the point, hopefully Pettitte will hit Clemens over the head with his putter.

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