He has been taking grounders since last weekend and practice swings with one hand on his bat.
Teixeira expects to start swinging a bat-one handed and fielding grounders after a week of cardio work.
The 13-time All-Star also fielded 45 grounders at short, and threw to first base for the first time.
Girardi said Teixeira (wrist), who is fielding grounders and swinging a bat one-handed, will be re-examined next week.
The Yankees never got a runner to second base off him as he induced a pair of double play grounders.
As he scampered from side to side to field grounders, I noticed that he remained perfectly still above the waist.
After taking 29 grounders hit at him at third, A-Rod took 66 swings, including several long opposite-field homers, during batting practice.
Yankees INF Kevin Youkilis (lumbar spine sprain) has resumed limited on-field work, playing catch and fielding grounders on the infield grass.
After taking 29 grounders hit at him at third base, A-Rod took 66 swings, including several long opposite-field homers, during batting practice.
The 38-year-old fielded 55 grounders on the grass in front of the infield dirt at shortstop at the team's minor league complex.
The shortstop fielded 41 grounders hit directly at him near the left-field fence, hit off a tee in a batting cage and played catch.
Arriving early to spring training is as much about perception as it is about a few extra grounders and swings in the batting cage.
Joe Ortiz, the 22-year-old rookie lefty who is only 5-foot-7, got out of that jam with a pair of grounders and then worked a 1-2-3 seventh.
Similarly, the fact that Pedroia was out there before anyone else already dirty from diving while taking grounders on the game Epstein watched made an impression.
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Teixeira has started fielding grounders and doing one arm drills.
The right-hander needed just nine pitches to record three grounders.
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