The Yankees have announced a series of roster moves. Veteran DH Matt Holliday will go on the 10-day DL with an illness, with the club seemingly still working to determine how to treat it, while veteran first baseman Chris Carter has accepted an outright assignment to Triple-A.
New York has also announced that it selected the contract of third baseman Miguel Andujar. (That move was first reported by Craig Mish of Sirius XM, on Twitter.) The 22-year-old had just earned a promotion to the highest level of the minors after hitting a robust .312/.342/.494 to open the year at Double-A.
The 37-year-old Holliday has had a resurgence at the plate with the Yankees thus far, batting a terrific .262/.366/.511 with 15 homers through 276 plate appearances. That puts the longtime Rockies/Cardinals slugger just five homers shy of his total from the 2016 season and just nine shy of the combined 24 homers he swatted with the Cards in 703 PAs from 2015-16.
The opposite held true for the much younger Carter, who signed a one-year deal to spend his age-30 season with the Yankees this past offseason. Though Carter led the National League in homers last year, he was non-tendered by the Brewers and found just a $3.5MM guarantee from the Yankees. Carter never recovered from a slow start to the year and ultimately was hitting just .204/.286/.383 with eight homers but a sky-high 70 strikeouts in 189 plate appearances (37 percent strikeout rate).
Andujar, just 22 years of age, will be making his big league debut for the Yanks and, in many regards, also auditioning for a longer-term role with the club. After tearing through Double-A pitching at a .312/.342/.494 pace to open the season, Andujar didn’t miss a beat during a quick Triple-A stop, where he slashed .308/.379/.462 in seven games prior to this promotion. He currently ranks ninth among Yankees farmhands, per Jim Callis and Jonathan Mayo of MLB.com. ESPN’s Keith Law pegged him 10th headed into the year, while Baseball America rated him 12th and Fangraphs’ Eric Longenhagen had him 11th. Andujar draws praise for above-average defense at the hot corner and strong contact skills.
Excited to see what Andujar brings to the table. Bat looks real good.
That game last night turned from a plus to a minus because of the BP. This bullpen seems to be a far cry from what was expected. With all he injuries and woeful starting pitching this summer seems like it might end up being as expected.
That’s funny. I felt the same exact way as a Sox fan. I was very excited with how Quintana pitched, and then I was thrilled when they were going to lose the game anyways, only to be letdown by Betances.
May be premature, but I would like to see what Domingo Acevedo looks like out of the pen.
funny that some players hit a terrific .262, while others are noted by writers hittng a lackluster.262. which is it? .262 is below holliday’s career average.
I think your looking more at obp and slugging combining for an .877 ops is terrific.
Exactly, it’s not that funny. Most baseball writers by 2017 care more about the final 2/3 of the slash line than the first one
i’m only looking at ba
The Yankees do what the Red Sox won’t. Give their organization a chance to fix itself.
having a top rated farm helps in that regard.