Update: Brendan Ryan diagnosed with Grade II calf strain

8:41pm: The MRI revealed a Grade II calf strain, the Yankees announced. They did not say anything about a timetable, but a Grade II strain usually takes several weeks to heal.

3:32pm: It’s a right calf strain for Ryan, the Yankees announced. He is heading for an MRI to determine the severity of the injury.

3:03pm: Another infielder has gone down with injury. Brendan Ryan suffered an apparent right calf injury while ranging behind the second base bag from shortstop to field a chopper this afternoon. There was no awkward step or anything like that. Ryan just came up holding his calf and eventually walked off the field very gingerly with assistance from the training staff. He had to be carried down the dugout steps.

Ryan, 33, missed the first few weeks of Spring Training with a mid-back sprain. He doesn’t have any sort of history of leg injuries, so this seems like a freak occurrence, just a pulled muscle while going after the ball. The Yankees haven’t released any information about the injury but we’ll pass it along when they do. Having to get carried off the field suggests Ryan was in a lot of discomfort.

The Yankees are also currently without infielders Didi Gregorius and Jose Pirela. Gregorius is nursing a wrist sprain after landing awkwardly diving for a ball and is day-to-day. Pirela suffered a concussion when he crashed into the outfield wall and there’s no timetable for his return. Joe Girardi has said Stephen Drew won’t play shortstop, so if either Gregorius or Ryan is not healthy come Opening Day, I guess Nick Noonan next in line.