Horne Injury Not Long-Term

Alan Horne was removed in the 2nd inning of last night AAA SWB game after two innings with an arm injury. Luckily for the Yanks the injury is not as severe as people first thought.

From Tyler Kepner:

Horne had a magnetic resonance imaging exam and was found to have a strained biceps muscle. He will report to Tampa and be shut down for a week, but the Yankees are not concerned about long-term damage to Horne, who had reconstructive elbow surgery in college.

“It’s not a rotator cuff, not a labrum, not a medial collateral ligament – it’s none of the stuff that concerns you as a long-term issue,” said Mark Newman, the senior vice president for player personnel. “It’s a pulled muscle – not connective tissue, not the stuff that causes problems.”

This is very good news for the Yankees and Horne.