"Derek Jeter said he could've played through the soreness in his right middle finger on Monday, but was fine with manager Joe Girardi's decision to keep him out of the lineup. "An extra day would help, but I can play," Jeter said. Girardi anticipated that Jeter would start tonight; Eduardo Nunez replaced him at shortstop for the series opener against the White Sox.

The captain's knuckle was struck by a pitch Sunday from Baltimore's Jake Arrieta, which forced Jeter from the game in the fourth inning. On Saturday, Jeter took a ground ball off the tip of the same finger. "That's what made it worse," Jeter said. "If it was just one or the other, I don't think it would've been a big deal. But to get hit twice in the same finger … that's what made it difficult.""