Yankees place Wright on DL

Jaret Wright was placed on the 15-day disabled list Sunday with yet another shoulder injury, and the New York Yankees’ right-hander will miss at least four to six weeks.

Wright walked off the mound with one out in the sixth inning of a 10-2 loss to Texas on Saturday because of pain in his right shoulder. This is the eighth time he has been on the disabled list in his nine-year career, and the sixth time because of a problem with the shoulder – he had season-ending surgery in 2000 and 2001.

Tests on Sunday showed torn scar tissue in Wright’s shoulder, and he was relieved by that.

“There wasn’t a whole lot of sleep with everything going through your mind what it could be,” Wright said. “I think tearing scar tissue is better than anything else.”

Wright will have a cortisone shot in four or five days, once the swelling goes down, and then will go to the Yankees’ complex in Tampa, Fla., for a rehabilitation assignment.

Chien-Ming Wang will be called up from Triple-A Columbus to take Wright’s spot in the rotation – Saturday against Toronto. The Yankees recalled right-handed reliever Colter Bean from Columbus as a temporary replacement.