Last Friday Mark Teixeira said he was "100 percent" convinced he would play again this season.
The Yankees first baseman, out since Aug. 17 with a bone bruise in his right shin, repeated that on Thursday but added a qualifier.
"In my mind, I'm still 100 percent, I'm coming back in my mind," Teixeira said before Thursday night's game against the Blue Jays was rained out and rescheduled for a single-admission doubleheader beginning at 1:05 p.m. Saturday. "That's the way I have to go about it."
But he did not sound like a player who is getting better.