Another Start in Minors For Wang

In case you missed it from the minor league report below, Brian Cashman said that it was likely that he'd make another start in triple-A before returning to the Yankees. Here's more from Chad Jennings:

Chien-Ming Wang gave the Yankees little bit of a scare tonight when he took a sharp ground ball off his left calf in the fourth inning. Brian Cashman left his seat behind home plate, the Yankees coaching and training staff gathered around the mound and Wang threw a few warm-up pitches before deciding he could stay in the game. Despite the scare, Wang did stay in the game, getting the final out of the fourth and pitching two more scoreless innings for a strong, six-inning rehab start with Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.

Whether it was enough to immediately return to the big leagues, Cashman wouldn't say, but indications are that one more minor league outing might be in order.

“I think everybody should assume that we’ll keep going down here unless we decide otherwise," Cashman said. "So if you want to look for an assumption, that’s the way to go.”

He’s definitely heading in the right direction. He’s much better. He had great mound presence, showed some great tempo. Threw strikes. I thought his slider was terrific. He did a great job. ... He got his work in, which was great. Today was a good day.”

Jennings and pitching coach Scott Aldred both agreed that Wang's slider was "outstanding."

Cashman said he wants to prepare he to go every five days so I'm assuming he'll probably pitch again on Saturday. If everything goes well I guess he could return to the mound for the Yankees on Thursday the 21st against Baltimore.