Source: NJ Star-Ledger

TAMPA, Fla. -- Jason Giambi didn't drive the ball well in batting practice yesterday, but said his surgically repaired left wrist is fine.

Giambi hit only two home runs during the second day of full-squad workouts at Legends Field, but there was no concern over the wrist.

"It's fine," Giambi said. "It didn't hurt at all. I just wanted to take it slow."

Before the team took the field yesterday, Giambi met with manager Joe Torre and bench coach Don Mattingly in Torre's office to discuss the wrist and make sure there were no aftereffects from the first workout.

Giambi did not hit a baseball before Tuesday -- he took only "dry" swings before arriving at camp -- but felt so good in tee and soft-toss drills on Tuesday that he also took batting practice on the field.

"You always worry about the next day," he said yesterday. "You can get fired up and ride adrenaline the first day. But it feels good today. No pain."

Hitting coach Kevin Long was satisfied with Giambi's swings yesterday.

"I didn't see any discomfort," Long said. "He was probably a little tired today."

Derek Jeter seems to be the only member of the Yankees who has spoken to Bernie Williams in recent days.

Jeter declined to discuss the conversation with Williams, who is apparently declining a minor-league deal because he wants an assurance he will make the 25-man roster.

"For selfish reasons, I'm disappointed he's not here," the captain said.

"I can't relate. I can't say, 'Well, Bernie should do this, Bernie should do that.' Because nobody's in Bernie's shoes."

Jeter said Williams' unusual status -- not retired, not active, but in limbo because he isn't interested in signing with anyone but the Yankees -- suits his unusual personality.

"Half the time, you don't even know he's here," Jeter said. "Bernie could be in the corner (of the clubhouse) one minute and you see him like a week later in the corner and you don't see him any time in between.

"It is weird. It is typical Bernie in not doing everything by the book. ... It'll set in a little bit more, I think, as the spring goes on."

Raul Chavez yesterday caught and took batting practice for the first time since suffering a broken bone in his left hand in winter ball.

"I can do everything," he said. "I'm not behind."

But Chavez might be hard-pressed to beat out Wil Nieves or Todd Pratt for the No. 2 catcher spot.

"He'd be a long shot at this point in time only because of the injury," Torre said of Chavez. "But he certainly won't be ignored."

Starters will throw about 30-40 pitches today to hitters. The pitchers selected to throw on the main field are the projected rotation -- Chien-Ming Wang, Mike Mussina, Andy Pettitte, Carl Pavano and Kei Igawa -- plus prospects Phil Hughes and Humberto Sanchez....

Steven White, the nonroster right-hander who sat out a couple of days with a strained ligament in his neck, threw 30 pitches yesterday off a half-mound. ... Torre spoke yesterday with Brendan Shanahan, the Rangers forward who suffered a concussion in an NHL game last weekend. ... Guest instructor Goose Gossage arrived yesterday. ... Owner George Steinbrenner spent a little more than an hour chatting with members of his staff in the employee lunch room before being escorted out and shielded from the media by security guards.