The Yankees introduced that infielder DJ LeMahieu is headed to the 10-day injured record, retroactive to September 5, with toe irritation on his proper foot. Miguel Andújar has been recalled from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to take his spot on the lively roster. New York additionally reinstated starter Nestor Cortes from the IL after optioning out Deivi García following final night time’s ballgame.
LeMahieu has been out of motion since Sunday coping with the toe discomfort. He’s battled the problem on and off for a couple of weeks, and he’ll want no less than one other week off to get well. It definitely seems as if the discomfort has had an impact on LeMahieu’s efficiency, as he’s struggled mightily of late. Going again to the beginning of August 1, he’s hitting .187/.254/.243 by means of 119 journeys to the plate. That’s clearly nowhere near the .285/.389/.424 line he carried by means of the tip of July. Exactly when LeMahieu began hurting isn’t clear, however he’s seemingly been working at lower than full power.
The group hasn’t supplied a selected timetable for his return, though the truth that they’ve waited a couple of days to place him on the IL may counsel they don’t anticipate it being a long-term absence. New York additionally simply misplaced Anthony Rizzo to the IL, although, leaving them notably short-handed on the infield. They known as up former Ranger first baseman Ronald Guzmán this week, and he began one of many membership’s video games of their doubleheader in opposition to the Twins yesterday. Utilityman Marwin González acquired the nod there within the nightcap, and he’s again within the lineup at first tonight. Gleyber Torres, Josh Donaldson (who’s presently on paternity go away), Isiah Kiner-Falefa, rookie Oswald Peraza and Andújar spherical out the wholesome infield combine in the mean time.
The silver lining of as we speak’s information is that the Yankees welcome Cortes again from his personal IL stint. He solely missed a bit greater than two weeks with a groin difficulty. The southpaw owns a 2.68 ERA by means of 131 innings on the season. He’ll make his twenty fourth begin of the yr tonight in opposition to Minnesota.
The Yankees enter play Thursday holding a five-game lead over the Rays within the AL East. They’re 5 video games again of the Astros for the highest report within the Junior Circuit, seemingly setting themselves as much as safe the #2 seed within the postseason. A second-half swoon has knocked the membership off its once-historic tempo, however they’ve nonetheless acquired a robust probability of securing a first-round bye.
