New York Yankees reliever Scott Effross will be sidelined for an extended period with a Grade 2 left hamstring strain, manager Aaron Boone said Thursday.The right-hander's latest injury is "going t

Scott Effross is battling a Grade-2 hamstring strain, per manager Aaron Boone. The Indiana native has only appeared in three games in the last two seasons.

New York Yankees right-hander Scott Effross has a grade two hamstring strain, manager Aaron Boone told reporters Thursday, the latest setback for the injury-plagued reliever. Effross, 31, left his second spring training appearance after just one pitch Tuesday.

After all that the Yankees pitcher did to come back from Tommy John and back surgeries, he is now hamstrung once again.