The Yankees will send just-acquired lefty J.A. Happ to the 10-day disabled list, per George A. King III of the New York Post (via Twitter). He has been dealing with a bout of hand, foot and mouth disease, which likely explains the placement.
Happ had been scheduled to start on Saturday in a showdown with the division-rival Red Sox. The Boston organization will be throwing their own recent deadline acquisition, Nathan Eovaldi, though it’s also missing a lefty for the series after placing Chris Sale on the DL recently.
At the moment, it seems there’s little reason to fear that Happ will miss significant action. That’s obviously the hope in the Bronx, given that the organization just made the southpaw its major rotation addition in advance of the trade deadline. Happ’s first outing was a promising one, as he spun six frames of three-hit, one-run ball.
In his absence, the Yanks could conceivably turn to any of their three extra 40-man starters — Domingo German, Jonathan Loaisiga, and Luis Cessa — though it seems it’ll be Cessa. DJ Eberle of the Times Leader tweeted last night that the righty will be promoted along with recently acquired first baseman Luke Voit.
There’s been no word on loaisiga has there? Would much rather see him in there but he’s still hurt apparently
Yeah, Loaisiga looked great in his few starts. Can’t imagine why they wouldn’t want him pitching, unless it’s an injury.
Both he and German are still on the minor league DL.
Loaisigi was moved to major league DL
That’s too bad. I, for one, was hoping to see the Red Sox tee off on him in a NYY uniform.
JA Happ in 2018 vs BOS: 10.2IP 1ER
JA Happ in 2017 vs BOS: 23.2IP 5ER
JA Happ in 2016 vs BOS: 19.1IP 5ER
Anything can happen, he could certainly have had a bad start vs the Sox this weekend, but it’s just plain stupid to pretend like it was a foregone conclusion.
In fact, I believe he was targeted by Cashman BECAUSE of his success against the Red Sox.
Mookie Betts would disagree with this.
Betts never gets that chance if Toronto had just average D in that inning (side note: the bomb Betts hit was pretty awesome)
Nothing to disagree with. Those are cold hard statistics. And while Betts does have 2HR off Happ, he is just 6-36 off of him (good for a .188 BA).
It would really help if people would actually look up stats before making comments like this.
And if Mookie swung his bat 1/2 an inch higher, he hits it for a grand slam. We can play this a ton of ways.
The line for 2018 is a little misleading. Got tagged for 5 unearned runs in 3.2 IP (98 pitches) in his last start at Fenway, and while the fielding error behind him did extend the inning and let one player reach, his wild pitch, walk, and then home run ball to Betts are really on him. So 2-3 of those were pretty much entirely on him, ultimately.
A wild pitch, a walk, and a home run all in one inning certainly doesn’t do much to diminish his strong line vs the Sox.
But keep avoiding the point: Happ folding vs the Sox is not something that could be counted on. OP acted as if it was a foregone conclusion like a Sonny Gray start or something.
Karkat, Dewey, Bruin, and a few others are fairly knowledgeable Sox fans, you on the other hand.
The 2018 Red Sox lineup is a pretty different entity than the last couple seasons, so it does compromise the integrity of the already-small sample size to a degree.
What it boils down to for me: he had one good start and one not so good start against the Sox this year. I’m sure the next one will be interesting, whenever it is now (I’m kind of bummed, I wanted the cool narrative that came with the Eovaldi/Happ matchup that was scheduled for Saturday :c)
I mean, the point that “Happ folding vs the Sox is not something that could be counted on.” is perfectly valid, I just don’t think it’s as one-sided in the other direction as the presented numbers were being used to suggest.
When did I claim to be a knowledgeable Sox fan? I’m just pointing out stupidity where it clearly is just sitting there in the sun waiting to rot.
You on the other hand…
FYI, my reply was to Ken. Who you are knowledgeable of never crossed my mind.
“I, for one” maybe get some friends.
I, for one is a phrase used for emphasizing what you believe or think, even if other people disagree, like yankee fans in this instance.
Maybe learn what a phrase means before commenting.
D’oh, if you can’t recognize something then move along.
I for one, knew what you meant
Exactly. Follow your own advice.
Invitation only Kenny-roo…
Hey Ken M., love the pic with you and your kid.
I see what you did there.
Nothing wrong with hope.
qbass enjoy your red sox this year, because i have a feeling that the 21st century will be repeating the 20th century. red sox win a couple early then go 80+ years of misery. 2018, just like 1918, might be the last for awhile, especially with what cashman has done with intl signings.
Good thing that they actually play the games rather than just go by feelings, eh ?
Well injuries seem to mounting with both teams.
It seems like this is the second or third case of hand foot and mouth disease this season?
Thor, too.
Takeaway: kids are gross.
Yep, the Red Sox are going to run away with this.
Something is in the water in New York it seems.
What about Lance Lynn?
He pitched yesterday.
Yikes, this disease is brutal and can last for quite awhile in adults. Keep him away from the clubhouse so no one else gets it, it would be pretty hard to swing a bat or throw a baseball if you get the blisters all over your hands
Post-trade-deadline mlb news: Fans of 29 teams enjoy relief and/or schadenfreud at seeing the other team’s deadline aquisition put on the dl
That didn’t take long
I’m about as confident with Cessa starting as I would be gray. Sucks
The Yankees don’t use Lance Lynn as a SP?
Pay attention. He just pitched 3+ innings in relief of Gray yesterday (oER, by the way).
Serves the greedy Yanks right, trying to buy every player on the market. Haha.
lol what
Exactly. I saw that and just thought to myself….hmmmm….You sure can’t pin that one on the Yanks anymore. Name one ‘bought’ player in that lineup. Just one.
Even if they were, it’s a professional league where the players get paid for their services. I have always thought that complaint to be the whiniest thing I ever heard.
“trying to buy every player on the market” give us your list of players on the current Yankees that were bought. Put daddy’s IPad away young man, then go outside and play with your action figures.
Awww, has the Yankees been beating the crap out of your team and you just can’t stand it any longer?
And how does that serve them right? Or Happ? Btw- your statement is pretty inaccurate as well as insensitive to Happ. Name one player in the Yankee lineup that was bought? Most were acquired by trade and the rest were developed in MILB.
I think the poster just meant bought as in trades for.
Were not gonna go down that road again, are we?
Trades=the exchange of players or Cash considerations.
Bought=the signing of free agents
“I think the poster just meant bought as in trades for” he was both technically and wholeheartedly wrong.
Did anyone else see how Sonny Gray reacted when he was pulled from the game? He smiled as he was coming off the mound after giving up 6 runs in 2 innings to the worst team in Major League Baseball. No one has seemed to mention that.
everyone talked about it, are you kidding me? michael kay even brought it up later in the game.
also, have you never smiled at yourself in disbelief? even during a bad/embarrassing moment? people laugh when they are uncomfortable or nervous sometimes. im sure it was something just like that. nothing more.
Yeah I wasn’t watching the Yankees feed, I was on the highlight shows so they didn’t get into the commentary about it. Just wondering if there was any negative buzz about it, I’m glad that there wasn’t. But we all know how people can over-react to things like that, like Begamin said; sometimes all you can do is smile and just throw your hands up, I get it.
I, for one, have no problem with it. Sometimes you’re just in such disbelief of your own failure that all you can do is laugh.
The photo of the 11-month old with hand, foot and mouth disease on Wikipedia almost made me gag.
Happ decease is better than Sale TJ for sure!!