Life after Derek Jeter: Meet Jayson Nix, Eduardo Nunez

• The Yankees must play the remainder of the 2012 postseason without Derek Jeter
• Jayson Nix and Eduardo Nunez are expected to get much of the playing time
• Nix is a journeyman playing for his fifth team in as many seasons

NEW YORK -- Today marks the first day of life without Derek Jeter for the New York Yankees.

However, Yankees manager Joe Girardi insists that it doesn't mean it's the end of the Yankees' hopes of winning a 28th World Series title.

The shortstop and team captain suffered a broken left ankle Saturday night while the Detroit Tigers were in the midst of putting together their winning rally in the 12th inning of a 6-4 victory over the Yankees in Game 1 of American League Championship Series at Yankee Stadium.

Jeter is done for the rest of the postseason as doctors say it will take three months for the ankle to heal.

Jeter was undergoing tests on the ankle as the Yankees prepared for Game 2.

"Similar to anyone who breaks his ankle, you are going to have an MRI to see if there is ligament damage, if they need to do more than just cast it," Girardi said a little less than two hours before the scheduled 4:07 p.m. ET first pitch. "I don't really have any more information for you at this point.

"It is not a player you want to lose, there is no secret to that. He means a lot to this club and we understand that. There are other guys that we have lost during the course of the season that meant a lot to our club and we found a way."

Most notably, the Yankees lost all-time saves leader Mariano Rivera for the season on May 3 when he tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee while shagging fly balls during batting practice in Kansas City.

"If you want to move on, you have got to find a way," Girardi said. "We talked about that you can't replace Mo but who can argue with the job Soriano did?

Rafael Soriano converted 42 of 46 save opportunities in Rivera's absence but it is hard to image the Yankees' reserve shortstops coming close to replacing Jeter, who led the AL with 216 hits this season while batting .316 with 15 home runs.

Journeyman Jayson Nix was in the starting lineup at shortstop and batting ninth for Game 2 and the Yankees also added infielder Eduardo Nunez to the roster before the game.

Nix, 30 is in his first season with the Yankees, who are his fifth team in five major-league seasons. He was a first-round draft pick of Colorado in 2001 and broke into the big leagues with the Rockies in 2008 before moving on to the Chicago White Sox (2009-10), Cleveland (2010) and Toronto (2011).

Signed as a minor-league free agent last November, Nix hit .243 with four homers and 18 RBIs in 74 games during the regular season and is 2-for-4 in three postseason games.

Nix started at shortstop in Game 4 of the American League Division Series against the Baltimore Orioles after Jeter was limited to designated hitter duty after fouling a ball of his left ankle in Game 3.

"I like Nixey's at-bats and he is a grinder," Girardi said. "He is one of the guys that got us here."

Nunez, 25, spent the majority of the season with Class AAA Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and hit .292 with one homer, 11 RBIs and 11 stolen bases in 38 games with the Yankees. He is considered a defensive liability by many scouts.

Nunez went 1-for-5 with a double in three games in the ALDS and was the DH in Game 2. He was dropped from the roster for the ALCS in favor of right-handed reliever Cody Eppley as the Yankees opted to go with a 12-man pitching staff.

"Nuney can provide some excitement," Girardi said.

Left fielder Ichiro Suzuki will take over Jeter's spot as the leadoff hitter and topped a reshuffled lineup Sunday. Suzuki was followed by second baseman Robinson Cano, first baseman Mark Teixeira, designated hitter Raul Ibanez, catcher Russell Martin, third baseman Alex Rodriguez, center fielder Curtis Granderson, right fielder Nick Swisher and shortstop Jayson Nix.

The most significant changed were Cano moving from cleanup to No. 2, Swisher dropping one spot to No. 8 and Martin moving up from No. 9 to No. 5.

Cano is just 2-for-28 (.071) in the postseason, Swisher is 3-for-23 (.130) and Martin is 5-for-22 (.227).

The Yankees have scored just 20 runs in their six postseason games after finishing second in the major leagues in runs scored during the regular season behind the Texas Rangers.