Wednesday's notes: Overbay, Hafner, and more.

Overbay left in the dust?

Overbay the Great! That's what I was chanting last night as I watched him help lead a Yankees comeback Tuesday night in the Bronx.

Trailing only Robinson Cano for the team lead in RBI's, Overbay has come a long way. From a 3-day tryout to a New York standout. He's making a name for himself in the sports worlds biggest market.

But with Mark Teixeira saying today that he expects to be playing in big league games by June 1st, Overbay knows that his days in pinstripes might be numbered.

"I know," Overbay said. "It will work itself out, but I understand those are things that they have to worry about it. Stranger things happen. It is hard because you don't want to think about it. Obviously, you have thought about it. I just want to enjoy this time.

"I just look at it as nothing personal. It is just kind of the way it is."

It's been known from the start the Overbay was only here to fill in at 1st base while Teixeira was out. But I don't think anyone expected Overbay to fill in for Teixeira at the plate as well.

It's not like Overbay won't stick around, because he may. But when you have him and Travis Hafner, two guys who both only play one position. Regardless of who's playing better, it might come down to who's more valuable to the team.

Right now, Lyle Overbay is very valuable. Yet, so is Travis Hafner.

Hafner day to day.

With the return of Curtis Granderson to the Yankees lineup on Tuesday, were still left with the fear the they might be losing Travis Hafner, now.

Dealing with a little bit of pain in his right shoulder, Hafner was taken to have an MRI on his shoulder Tuesday afternoon.

Luckily for the Yankees, Hafner is only expected to miss a couple games due the tendinitis in his right shoulder. Yet, given his history dealing with injuries, he isn't out of the water just yet.

"It came out as good as we could have hoped for," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said Tuesday night. "He's going to be OK."

Hafner said he thinks it may be related to when he was hit by a pitch against the Houston Astros on April 29th. He said it bothered him for a couple day, then just seemed to hang a round.

"(The MRI) showed some inflammation in the shoulder, got an (cortisone) injection in it," Hafner said. "Hopefully that clears it up and should be good to go in a couple of days."

Granderson happy to be back.

Playing against big league competition for the first time since his 1st at-bat in spring training, Curtis Granderson was happy to be back and felt like he was debuting in April.

"It was just like another Opening Day," Granderson said. "Nerves coming into it, since it's the first game of the 2013 season, to be here in Yankee Stadium for the first time since last season, all those different things ran through in terms of emotions and excitement. Get the first ball, the first at-bat, get the first game out of the way, definitely a bit of a relief. Now we move forward and get back to just playing baseball."

Although he went 0-for-3 in his season debut, playing in left field for the first time in career with the Yankees, manager Joe Girardi was still very pleased.

He looked fine to me; I thought he got deep into counts," Girardi said. "Looked good in left field to me. I was happy with what I saw."

Granderson did get a few chances in left field and he said that he's still getting use to his new surroundings in left field.

"It was interesting," Granderson said. "As the game kept going on, kept getting more and more comfortable out there and continued to talk to Gardner out there, obviously he's played left field, now he's in center field. It made things a little bit easier to go but there's going to be some new challenges each day out there but we made it through."

Happy Birthday!

Can you think of anything better than getting called up to the big leagues? How about getting called up to play 3rd base for the New York Yankees on your 26th birthday?

Well that's the case with Yankees farmhand, David Adams. The Yankees confirmed the rumors around 3:30pm Wednesday afternoon. Adams became eligible today, to be called up the the majors.

Adams will be starting at 3rd base and will bat 6th for the Yankees Wednesday night against the Seattle Mariners. A team he was suppose to be traded to in exchange for Cliff Lee. Obviously the trade fell through.

Adams called it ironic that he would be making his major league debut against the Mariners, after the failed trade. But he did say that he's not thinking about the trade.

"Not for me," Adams said. "I think the media, yeah. I think there are still people who come up to me and question me about it. Trades fall through all the time. Who knows what was going on behind the scenes? That's the way I look at it. I had an ankle injury, but I'm here today and that's all I worry about it."

Yankees manager Joe Girardi said that he really hasn't seen much up Adams in person, but did say he like that he was a "baseball player."


"We say that a lot about Nixey [Jason Nix]." Girardi said. "He knows how to play the game. We like the way he swings the bat and he has had success in his career offensively."

David Adams was released by the Yankees back in late March, to make room for newly acquired Vernon Wells on the 40-man roster. He was dealing with back problems throughout spring training and got the ax on March 26th.

Though he didn't see it coming, he still understood the situation and re-signed with the Yankees not long after. "I knew where they were coming from," Adams said.  

Chris Nelson has been designated for assignment in order to make room for Adams on the 25-man roster. Nelson hit .222, with 2 RBI's and didn't hit any homeruns in 10 games with the Yankees.

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