Jeter Returning to Yankees" Roster Derek Jeter's rehab assignment with Class AAA Scranton/Wilkes-Barre lasted less than a week. Derek Jeter, the Yankees" captain and shortstop, was added to the team's 25-man roster before Thursday afternoon's game with the Kansas City Royals at Yankee Stadium. He will bat second and be the team's designated hitter, according to the pregame lineup. Jeter's return comes some nine months after he broke his left ankle in October. Another small break was discovered in April, and it took until now for Jeter to come back. Less than a week before the All-Star break, he rejoins a Yankees team that is fourth in the American League East with a 49-42 record, six games behind the first-place Boston Red Sox. The team is still dealing with an abundance of injuries. Jeter may be returning, but Alex Rodriguez, Curtis Granderson, Francisco Cervelli, Kevin Youkilis and Mark Teixeira are still out. In four rehabilitation games, Jeter was 1 for 9 with four walks. He did not play on consecutive days, but the Yankees apparently think his ankle ready. To make room for him, the Yankees designated first baseman Travis Ishikawa for assignment. Ishikawa was selected off waivers Sunday and struck out twice Monday in his only two at-bats with the Yankees. On Wednesday, as Manager Joe Girardi deflected questions about Jeter's return, he also tried to temper the excitement surrounding it. His point was: Jeter is one man; he alone cannot cure the team's inadequate offense. But clearly some excitement had been building. "He just brings so much more than anyone else, as far as that sense of comfort and little things like that," Lyle Overbay said Wednesday, regarding Jeter's return. He added, "Him being the leader and the person that he is, it's going to settle other guys down, relax them a bit."