NEW YORK (AP) a' All cold weather long, Derek Jeter insisted he'd be right back by opening day. Today the goal is following the All-Star break. The Yankees chief fractured his left foot for another time in six months, a blow to a Brand New York staff already reeling from incidents and long-term questions that are raised by one concerning the future of a shortstop who'll be 39 when he returns. "It isn't what we wanted, that's for sure," manager Joe Girardi after Thursday night's 6-2, 12-inning loss to Arizona. "I know it's exceedingly disappointing for him because he is really used to being here with us. "It is a thing that we are going to have to fight through, therefore guys are actually going to have to step-up in his absence and, ideally, we'll get him right back some time after the All-Star break." Yankees standard manager Brian Cashman said Jeter should really be able to resume his therapy once the new split cures, in about four to ten weeks. Cashman has over and over repeatedly maintained the 13-time All-Star must be able to reunite at his previous degree of play. Jeter will not require surgery for the break, Cashman said after speaking with Dr. Robert Anderson, who operated on him last Oct. 20. "He explained 95 % of the folks that have this, they come back as a result fine. You just need to back off," Cashman said. "But it's a problem, so it is not a great situation," he said. Then again, the Yankees and Jeter over repeatedly said his therapy was going well. And Jeter, whose variety already has decreased, becomes 39 on June 26. He was hurt last Oct. 13 in the AL championship line opener against Detroit. He was restricted to five spring training games and 11 at-bats, and when the team left spring training he stayed behind for therapy at New York's small league complex in Tampa, Fla. After three straight days of workouts, Jeter visited Charlotte, N.C., and was analyzed Thursday by Anderson. "They did a brand new CT scan which unveiled a small break in the region of the last damage, so we have to back away and allow that heal," Cashman said. "This is actually a problem. When it comes to speculating on when we may possibly see Derek back around, we'd be considering time following the All-Star break." Cashman herself is coping with a broken leg suffered in a spring training skydiving incident and joined the press conference room at Yankee Stadium in an electric scooter. "Clearly he has perhaps not done anything wrong," the GM said. "He was cleared to play. Here is the third CT check he is had. His previous two CT scans showed the healing and 100 percent healing. He wasn't cleared for the soccer actions and cleared to play until he'd completely recovery, so this is really a new break, but a small one. That's I suppose the only good part. They kept saying the word 'small.'" Jeter is among four regulars missing from the Yankees' lineup, friends that totals 32 All-Star appearances. The protecting AL East champions are 8-6 after Thursday's loss. Outfielder Curtis Granderson broke his right wrist when struck by way of a pitch from Toronto's J.A. Happ in his first at-bat of spring training on Feb. 24 and is expected right back the following month. While with the U.S first baseman Mark Teixeira also hopes to go back in May from a partially split tendon sheath in his right hand experienced March 5. Staff at the World Baseball Classic. And next baseman Alex Rodriguez is not expected right back until after the All-Star break following remaining hip surgery on Jan. 16. Jeter did not play in his first spring training recreation until March 9, enjoyed again March 11 and came back to shortstop for the first time on March 13. After playing the field for consecutive times on March 15-16, he felt pain. He was damaged from the starting lineup on March 19 and had an anti-inflammatory shot. "He is clearly the toughest one we have ever endured, and when Derek Jeter continues to have issues that do not disappear, that means a lot more than just your common something," Cashman said. "So that's what led to the follow-up with Dr. Anderson in Charlotte." Eduardo Nunez and Jayson Nix have split up most of the time at shortstop this year, with Robinson Cano transferring around for starters inning. Nix has two mistakes and Nunez one. when the Yankees changed him among shortstop, third base and the outfield this past year, Nunez had fielding regulations. "I wish that he comes home well, healthy," Nunez said, adding that he would be comfortable playing the whole time. "Of class. I've been looking forward all my life." Cashman said the Yankees don't anticipate creating a business for another shortstop. Director Joe Girardi was pleased with Nunez's play as Jeter's key substitute. Nunez began the night with a batting average and two RBIs. "I know he'd his dilemmas a year ago, but I do believe he is played a good shortstop for us. I think he's swung the bat OK for us," Girardi said. NOTES: Francisco Cervelli hit a tying home elope J.J. Putz in the ninth, but Cody Ross had a single against David Phelps (0-1) in the 12th and former Yankee Eric Chavez used with a three-run increase. Robinson Cano also homered, and Phil Hughes gave up a set of solo homers and six hits in seven innings with no guides and six strikeouts. Cervelli was required catcher's interference twice. ... Cervelli was the initial catcher needed interference twice in a game since Seattle's Adam Moore on April 11, 2010, according to STATS. ... Yankees RF Ichiro Suzuki began against a left-hander for the very first time since opening day. ... It absolutely was the 90th anniversary of the beginning of the original Yankee Stadium. After setting record-low attendances for new Yankee Stadium on Friday (35,033), Sunday (34,154) and Tuesday (34,107), New York drew 36,033 for the homestand finish.
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