New York Yankees third baseman Josh Donaldson mentioned Sunday that he could also be within the ultimate few months of his profession.
The 2007 first-round draft choose of the Chicago Cubs was traded from the Minnesota Twins to the Yankees in March 2022 in a deal that additionally included slugging catcher Gary Sanchez going to the Twins.
Donaldson’s keep in New York has been largely unsuccessful and marred by accidents, particularly this season.
He completed the 2022 marketing campaign with profession lows in batting common (.222), slugging share (.374) and OPS (.682), whereas recording simply 15 residence runs and 62 RBI throughout 478 at-bats in 132 video games. Donaldson missed almost two months in the beginning of this season and has been restricted to 53 at-bats overlaying 17 video games this spring as a result of a strained proper hamstring.
When requested if he’ll proceed enjoying subsequent season, the three-time All-Star and 2015 AL MVP advised Brendan Kuty of The Athletic, “I do not know.”
“It type of simply is determined by how I really feel going by means of this yr and this season and all of that and speaking to my household. However that’s actually — I get requested that from not simply you, however from different folks,” Donaldson added.
With reigning AL MVP Aaron Choose nonetheless on the injured checklist with a toe challenge, extra stress has been placed on veteran Yankee sluggers like Donaldson, Anthony Rizzo and Giancarlo Stanton. To this point, the trio and different members of New York’s lineup have not stepped up sufficient.
After Sunday’s doubleheader pair of losses towards the rival Boston Pink Sox, the Yankees at the moment are 9-14 with out Choose within the lineup, whereas they’re 30-19 with him in play.
New York has misplaced three of its 4 sequence since Choose went down, with a two-game cut up towards the New York Mets as nicely. General, the Yankees have misplaced 4 in a row and eight of their final 11 to fall to 39-33, good for third in the AL East at 10.5 video games behind the division-leading Tampa Bay Rays (51-24).
