NEW YORK -- The Yankees were without Brett Gardner for the third straight day Wednesday as he continues to nurse a jammed left shoulder. But manager Joe Girardi is optimistic about the way Gardner feels and said that he expects to have the left fielder back on Thursday for the first of four games in a critical series against the Blue Jays.
"He is much better. He has not thrown yet. He will go out and do that [Wednesday], and our thought is we'll have a complete player [Thursday]," Girardi said. "I want to make sure that part of his game is OK.