Relaxed Teixeira to see his surgeon

ST. LOUIS — Mark Teixeira was describing the soreness in the surgically repaired right wrist Tuesday afternoon hours before the Yankees’ 60 loss to the Cardinals in which he wouldn’t start for the second straight day.

Always the optimist, Teixeira said not playing Monday and a talk with his doctor had him feeling better about the severity of his situation.

“I am not worried that this is, I talked to my surgeon again [Tuesday] and, I talked to him twice a day, actually and he, I am going to see him Thursday, he is 99 percent sure this is inflammation and overuse and completely expected,’’ said Teixeira, who started 30 of the first 31 games since coming off the DL (adductor strain) April 20. “He was surprised I didn’t have more flareups. It’s been pretty good all season.’’

As for taking a look at the wrist, Teixeira said an ultrasound test would be the av enue Dr. Keith Raskin would take Thursday.

Looking back, Teixeira said the smart move might have been to mention the wrist was bothering him last Thursday in Chicago after Wednesday’s marathon against the Cubs in which he went 1for6.

“[Raskin] said listen to your body, and we don’t really do that,’’ said Teixeira who has three hits in the last 21 atbats. “You play until it hurts so bad you can’t play anymore. He said the next time it flares up and you keep pushing through it, instead of taking two days off or three days off, take one versus the two or three. We will see how it goes.’’

Having not played Monday or Tuesday and because Thursday is an off day, it might be wise to sit Teixeira Wednesday but manager Joe Girardi wasn’t automatically thinking that way.

“It’s something he will go through for a while. We will reevaluate him [Wednesday],’’ said Girardi.