NEW YORK — Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira already is feeling like he's on his way to making good on his vow to finish 2016 as a productive middle-of-the-lineup guy.
Fat chance, you say?
He knows his odds probably are stacked against him. After all, he's a 36-year-old opting to rehab his way back from torn cartilage in his right knee when surgery is the only way to fix the issue.
No matter, Teixeira's decision was to calm his knee down enough so that he can make the final months of his eight-year, $180-million contract something special, and so far, so good.