Yankees manager Aaron Boone announced after last night’s game that outfielder Clint Frazier will be placed on the 10-day injured list with an ankle injury, as Erik Boland of Newsday was among those to report (Twitter links). He joins a dozen other players on a talent-laden Yankees IL.
It seems that Frazier won’t be sidelined for much longer than the minimum; indeed, Boone suggested that the player himself feels he’s close to being ready to return. With the MRI showing some cause for concern, though, the club elected to take the cautious course and free up the roster spot for a healthy replacement.
Reliever Joe Harvey is being called up to take the roster spot, but that may only be a precursor to another move to get an outfield-capable position player onto the roster. The situation could ultimately force a 40-man roster move — possibly a 60-day IL placement for one of the already-injured players — as the club is otherwise fresh out of options.
It’s possible to imagine some kind of minor trade coming together, or the Yanks might call upon one of the veterans it has stashed at Triple-A on minor-league deals. Brad Miller has limited experience in the outfield but would be a flexible option with an established bat. Cliff Pennington is another infielder who has appeared briefly on the grass, though his chief attribute is his glovework on the dirt. Billy Burns would offer a capable defender but little at the plate.
This should only be a road bump for team and player, though there are still some legitimate concerns. The Yanks have managed to roll through the injuries and win eight of their last ten games, but their only three healthy outfielders at the moment are Brett Gardner, Mike Tauchman, and Tyler Wade. Frazier was finally hitting his stride at the game’s highest level, turning in 73 plate appearances of .324/.342/.632 hitting with six home runs. Now he’s nursing yet another injury.
What about Estevan Flori-oh wait, he’s injured too. Jesus.
He wasn’t close anyway.
Yeah I know. More about highlighting the trickling down of the Yanks injury bug into the minors. Ugh
Though on a positive not re: Yankee injuries, I did see Sanchez play on Monday here in Charleston. And although he went hitless, he looks completely healthy and ready to go.
Yeah, he played last night in Anaheim and took a golden sombrero.
A sure sign he’s in mid-season form.
No errors? What’s up with that?
it’s hard to feel bad for the Yankees, but goodness, this is getting ridiculous with the amount of injuries they have.
In second place and gaining.
It’s a war of attrition.
I just can’t help myself. Must reply. Second place in the weakest division in baseball. That’s like bragging about your son being the backup catcher for his high school junior varsity baseball team.
Anyway it takes to get in the playoff hunt. By the way you’re completely daft if you think the AL East is the “weakest division in baseball”.
the AL Central is the weakest, but the East isn’t too far behind
if you look at the records alone, AL East it’s the weakest
Too early to judge the divisions by standings alone and ignore the talent of the teams. No reason to assume the Red Sox would play .400 ball the rest of the year and the Tigers will be a .522 team just because that’s how the first month went.
Also Fwiw if you were judging by standings alone the AL central has a lower winning percentage anyway.
AL East .488,
AL Central .474.
Even the NL East (which is stronger than Both) has a .475 total right now.
Okay gizmo please enlighten the rest of us on your division rankings. Maybe ask your son the “backup catcher” to help you out.
Fifth best record in MLB.
Pardon me, sixth best.
How could a division with 3 teams coming off 90+ win seasons (and 2 of those teams winning 100+, with 1 winning the World Series even) be remotely close to the weakest division in baseball?
Seems like the AL Central has been beating up on the AL East this year.
Try third worse. Id take the East over the Central, and the Red sox/Yanks/Rays trio is better than Dodgers/Rox/Padres.
I feel the same way. I don’t understand how one team can have so much bad luck. Did they try out some weird new conditioning program this offseason?
Nah, they stopped that with Roger, ARod, Gianni, Pettite, Cano, Melky, Cervelli, Montero, Sheffield, Canseco, Knoblauch, etc…
Yep they stopped taking their ped’s this year.
Shocker the #1 Yankees trolls -Polish Hammer and -todd76 crawled out from under their bridge.
And a troll like Chinnuts is there to point out the trolls…LOL
Steven, a bridge would definitely be a step up for these vermin. I believe they’re Mets fans.
Jumpin Bocephus, a bridge would do you well right now, take a long walk off the short side…
Resigning Gardner isn’t looking like such a bad idea after all. Yanks fans roundly panned that deal when it happened.
Like 70% of them continue to bash the move on the radio up to a few days ago at least. But for many the idea would have been to sign someone better, Harper Brantley etc.
$7 mil for a .230 hitter… what a deal. The “advanced metric” folks with the Yankees didn’t know that Billy Hamilton was a good defensive OFer? I guess they though Garner was better? Hmm…
Hamilton can’t hit or get on base at all. Hell, the guy they just picked up, Cameron Maybin, is probably a better hitter than Hamilton. For a guy with absolutely no power whatsoever, Hailton’s 130 Ks a year and career .299 OBP are abysmal. It’s not surprising he was released by one of the worst teams in the league and then picked up by one of the other worst teams in the league.
Hamilton is better than Garner as a hitter. Much better as a base runner and for defense.
yeah i guess Hamilton is better than Madison Bumgarner as a hitter.
In all seriousness, Hamilton has posted an OPS+ in the 60’s going on 3 years now. Gardner has had an OPS+ of 104 in 2017, 87 in 2018, and 113 so far in 2019. He is a way better hitter than Hamilton and you have just won the award for biggest idiot.
Give to them Begamin. I’m not Gardner’s biggest fan, but to say Hamilton is better truly makes you an imbecile.
This isn’t even hard. Billy Hamilton, career: 245/299/332. Brett Gardner, career: 260/344/393. In the much tougher league. Gardner isn’t as fast as Hamilton, but he rates out as a much better baserunner. Hamilton is a defensive replacement, basically.
I was quite happy they resigned Gardner to be the 4th OF. He still has great defense and knows every inch of the Yankee stadium LF. They signed him cheap and he is a proven leader. Of course I would have preferred McCutchen but we all knew they were going to spend their money on pitching so that wasn’t going to happen. It was a one year deal and I think Gardy has more than earned it.
Better be injured in march/april than sept/oct
They’ll be injured then too. PED usage always catches up to you.
just look what drugs did for you.
Run along troll and take your minions with you.
We will sweep !
I wish I’d read this sooner. I just swept my balcony and walkway.
Yankees need the Orioles medical staff.
I don’t think the orioles owner wanted to pay the money to hire one
I’m waiting for that one guy to comment that they should ban feet first slides now.
they need to ban feet first slides. no room in the sport for that.
run into the base standing up, like a man
Why? They are safer then head first. If anything head first should be banned.
Or you know the sport could you know use a base that isn’t as hard as granite and gets slippery with the smallest amount of rain. 2-3 guys blow their knees out yearly along with who knows how many hamstring injuries those things cause each week.
it’s called sarcasm lowtalker
Ban all kinds of slides… problem solved!
And add “pitchers poison” rules
Should have called up “The Goosh.” Katoh is ripping the cover off the ball at Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.
Maybe will or another OF at Triple-A. Could go with 3 Catchers.
Maybe will or another OF at Triple-A. Could go with 3 Catchers.
It was incredibly stupid to leave Frazier in the game, when he sprained his ankle. Doesn’t anyone have basic injury knowledge on that team? Take him out immediately and treat it is the way to minimize recovery time.
Uuuuuuuugh !!!!!!!!!!
I heard Ralphy from the Christmas Story mistook Frazier for Farkus and beat his a** in the alley. That’s how he really got hurt
In other sports, the term “injury prone” doesn’t usually hold up to scrutiny (largely due to the fluky nature of contact injuries) but in baseball, there does seem to be a bit more consistency to who can and cannot stay healthy.
Yep, in 10 years I have a feeling we will be talking about what might have been in regards to Frazier. All the tools to succeed but can’t seem to stay on the field. He seems destined to be the next Grady Sizemore.
Grady accomplished way more before the injury bug kicked in.
If being on the IL is cool, consider me miles davis
I’m waiting for “Yankees place Brian Cashman on IL” “Cashman was injured while texting another GM about a trade for a spare part. The injury, to his right thumb, is not considered serious, but a precautionary MRI indicates strain in an area that was previously treated in the off-season. The thumb has been placed in a Tweeting Cast, and Cashman expects to be back in action within two weeks”
Who says the Curse of Aroldis Chapman is BS now?
Yo
Who likes Ender Inciarte and Adam Duvall from the Braves for Giancarlo Stanton, Domingo Acevedo and $160 million over ten years.