Another setback for Miggy Thee Stallion, and other links to beware of on the Ides of March

Remember thinking how the Yanks would skate through spring without injuries? Well, we've hit the Ides of March - (By the way, was there ever a creepier song than "Vehicle? I mean, yeesh: "I'm the friendly stranger in the black sedan won't you hop inside my car/ I got pictures, candy, I'm a lovable man, I'd like to take you to the nearest star..." WTF? Who wrote those lyrics, Jeffrey Epstein?) - and the longer the days, the darker the headlines. 

Miguel Andujar is the latest. He'll see a specialist today in NYC. Why we should fear the worst:  

1) It's his hand/wrist, the hitter's Achilles heel. Doesn't matter how young or athletic you are. For baseball careers, hand/wrist can be the asteroid.

2) It cropped up over the winter. It's not like he fell on a bong. He thought it would go away. It didn't.  

3) He's traveling to NY. Considering the wave of Yankee injuries each spring, you'd think Tampa had specialists.

4. Why not fear the worst? With Yankee injuries, the worst is reality.

At best, Miggy will miss the chance to show the world he can play 3B, where his value is greatest. At worst, he's the second coming of Greg Bird (currently - gulp - just 3-23 for the Rockies, with one HR and one RBI.) If that happens, what a tragedy.

Listen: There's no point in raging at the juju gods. They're bastards; we know this.  To make an omelet, you gotta tweak some gonads. Fortunately -if that's the right word - Andujar was already skewing towards a return to Scranton. If his wrist needs a month, this is the time. If he needs surgery, well... Calgon Bath Oil Beads, take me away! 

But suddenly, our infield is a thinfield. At 3B, Gio Urshela is coming off bone chip surgery. In theory, he should be going slowly. We have reached the halfway point of spring, where injuries in the past have turned into dominos. Whether you're a pretty girl or a Yankee fan, beware the Ides of March. Don't hop inside that car.

Other notes: 

Yesterday, Deivi Garcia threw three innings and gave up one unearned run. That probably won't keep the Yankees from choosing Domingo German, if it comes down to the pair. Garcia has options, and they want to limit his workload. More importantly, Nick Nelson and Lucas Luetge continued to look good. You can feel the Yankees counting on them, almost touting them, even though each remains a longshot for a meaningful role. 

The thing with lottery tickets like Luetge: They're good until they aren't. 

Today, Michael Kay and John Sterling will work together in the TV booth. YES is heavily promoting it, as it should. But to me, it's outrageous that The Master hasn't done more TV, and that Suzyn has been ghosted on YES. In recent years, YES has had such luminaries as Bob Costas call games, which is great, by the way. 

But John and Suzyn are legitimate Yankee icons. I realize that some announcing "purists" don't like them - thinking that homer-hollars and win-warbles are too hokey for the high culture of Gotham. It may just be that only after they're gone will people appreciate the fundamental goodness and humanity that each of them brings to every single game. 

How has YES managed to overlook them?