The Yankees have placed rookie phenom Gleyber Torres on the 10-day DL due to a right hip strain. The injury caused Torres to be removed in the fourth inning of today’s game with the Braves, though Torres also didn’t play yesterday due to hip soreness. It isn’t clear when Torres will be back in action, though the Yankees described the injury as “mild” (hat tip to Newsday’s David Lennon). A corresponding move wasn’t immediately announced, and likely won’t be known until before to the Yankees’ next game, which is on Friday against Toronto.
Torres has been nothing less than spectacular in his rookie season, living up to his top prospect billing with a .294/.350/.555 slash line and 15 home runs over his first 241 Major League plate appearances. He has immediately become New York’s everyday second baseman and thus his absence will create a significant hole in the lineup, though the club has several notable second base options on hand to fill the void.
Manager Aaron Boone told reporters (including The Athletic’s Marc Carig) that Neil Walker is the likeliest candidate to play the keystone while Torres is out, plus the Yankees also have Brandon Drury on the bench and Ronald Torreyes and Tyler Wade at Triple-A.
Hurry back
Yanks will probably call up Ryan Goins wannabe Tyler Wade.
Oh don’t say that or people will jump on you for no reason.
What player strives to be Ryan Goins of all people? Really weird comparison.
It’s probably because they have the same skill set and amount of talent
Jackass comment!
It’s kind of true though. Wade has shown throughout both his minor and major league career that he has no bat.
He has shown a bat in the minors, just not the majors
Either way, calling up a defense-only player due to injury is par for the course. I’d prefer Torreyes, but he’s currently on the inactive list.
He has one good season of minor league hitting and one average one. He was crap in the other 4. I don’t know why Yankees fans think he’s anything but a utility player with no bat
Tyler Wade is garbage.
They already have Walker and Drury so they will probably call up Frazier for a better bat.
But then you have no back up ss
They have no backup ss now
Torres was the backup SS. In the event Didi had a problem, he’d slide in at short, and Walker would come in to play 2B. Without Torres, there is no one to back up Didi, meaning the most likely callup will be Torreyes, with Drury, Walker, and Bird platooning between second and first, with Torreyes backing all infield positions (except 1st).
I’m the event DiDi gets hurt, Drury can easily handle short for the rest of the game and they can call up one of those two guys then. As for Wade, he is terrible. He can’t hit major league pitching.
Well you win they just called up Wade. I still think he’s awful though.
either wade or torreyes will get the call up. i see torreyes getting the call up tho. hope this injury is as small as it seems
Oh god please no Wade he’s terrible. Bring up Torreyes
My hope is they bring up Torreyes, and next week, bring up Frazier and send down a pitcher (they’re currently carrying THIRTEEN pitchers, which is insane, but likely because of the young unproven arms occupying the 4th and 5th starter jobs, something that will be less of a concern when Tanaka returns from the DL).
After some looking, it seems Torreyes is currently on the inactive list. He hasn’t played since 6/25 and has been out officially since yesterday to attend to “personal issues” involving his wife.
Do you think any team would want a Wade if the Yankees dealt him in a package for a SP?
No. No. No. And still no. Hot garbage.
Reasons like this is why I was afraid of Boone being named manager. Two days ago Gleyber says his hip hurts so he’s kept out of the line up, just to be put in as a defensive replacement. Then has to be taken out of the next game due to the same pain. Boone should’ve left him on the bench for a few days and see if it healed up with time off. Now he’s out for at least 10 days
Late to the party here, but that is a borderline ludicrous scenario to blame on Aaron Boone. I thought about detailing why, but it’s probably too late for anyone to see this anyway.
I saw it and putting the blame on Boonie is ludicrous. Best winning percentage in the league and this guy posts something like this. I guess it takes all kinds.
Takes all kinds of what. This kid has serious potential and if he says he’s hurting then let him rest. And anyone can manage this team. Even bocephus. Takes all kinds
Do you think that winning percentage is there because of Boone? No way. Anybody can win with that team. I feel like it could be even higher with Girardi as manager
lofl
What is going on with torreyes pls can someone give me full explanation