Teixeira out six-to-eight weeks, or in other words, until spring training
Mark Teixeira said the MRI on his right hamstring showed a grade-two strain, and the timeline for that injury is six-to-eight weeks.
So Eduardo Nunez will be active with the Yankees for Game 5 Wednesday afternoon, and the next time Teixeira will be on a baseball field with the Yankees will be in February for the start of spring training.
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