Surgery has seemed like a strong possibility for Yankees first baseman Luke Voit since he landed on the injured list with a sports hernia on July 31. Fortunately for New York, however, Voit’s “very optimistic” he’ll be able to avoid going under the knife, Lindsey Adler of The Athletic tweets. Voit will hit Tuesday for the first time he went to the IL.
Core problems have derailed Voit’s season dating back to the start of July, when an abdominal strain forced him to the shelf. This has nonetheless been a strong season for the 28-year-old Voit, who has slashed .278/.392/.493 with 19 home runs in 416 plate appearances. Voit has been one of the top offensive performers in a New York offense that has survived one major injury after another this year en route to a first-place tie for the American League’s best record. With him and DH/first baseman Edwin Encarnacion currently among wounded Yankees, the club has been deploying a combination of utilityman extraordinaire DJ LeMahieu and Mike Ford at 1B. A large cast, including Ford, has been sharing DH duties of late.
Like New York’s offense, its pitching staff has faced notable injuries throughout 2019. The Yankees’ top starter, Luis Severino, and their No. 1 setup man, Dellin Betances, haven’t pitched at all because of shoulder and lat problems. But both right-handers got through their bullpen sessions Monday without issues, per Meredith Marakovits of the YES Network (Twitter links). Expectations are that Severino will throw one more bullpen before he graduates to facing live hitters. There’s optimism he’ll be able to help the Yankees’ rotation by mid-September, David Lennon of Newsday observes. Betances will toss another bullpen Wednesday.
Meanwhile, left-hander CC Sabathia is progressing in his recovery from right knee inflammation and could rejoin the Yankees’ rotation for their series against Cleveland this weekend, per Bryan Hoch of MLB.com. Sabathia has been on the IL since July 28.
The Yankees are a great team this year but they are just too injured to win it all. Houston will represent the AL in the World Series this year.
Is that still a thing?
NY has a tremendous offense, tho u might be right. Just enough of it’s offense may be on the shelf to not be able to overcome the outstanding rotation of houston in a short term series which Houston has and NY cannot come close to matching. That may be the difference, but that rotation would have to be really on it’s game even with Voight and Stanton away.
they have been winning all season despite the injuries, no reason to think it will stop. this team has its mojo working and if they can get sevy and betancers back, along with home field throughout the playoffs, I like their chances.
Let’s give the yanks credit for their power and the ability to play small ball and beat a pitching staff with a barrage of base hits.
They are criticized for the lack of depth in starting pitching, yet their dominant bullpen is ignored by the same people. And in the post season teams often only use 3 starters.
For all of the injuries; missing our best starting pitcher and reliever all year couples with Stanton’s injuries and long absences to so many players we have the best record in the AL.
October is promising.
Kind of depends on who’s injured in October, don’t you think? Injuries from the first few months of the season won’t have any impact — and these injuries have revealed a broad range of options (Tachmann, Urshela, Maybin) to fill the holes that do remain.
Doing fine without Stanton, Ellsbury, and Andujar (and of course Bird). Would be nice to get Voit back and ready to contribute. A lot will end up depending on Severino and Betances – if they can be effective in October the Yanks should match up well with anybody..
Not to say Houston is not the favorite — they are and deserve to be — just that if Houston wins the pennant it won’t be because of the Yankees injuries this season — it might be because of new injuries in October or it might simply be because they have assembled a fabulous rotation. But remember, rotation means a little less October and bullpen depth matters more than ever..
Could you tell me the lotto numbers with your crystal ball? Anything can happen: for all anyone knows the injury bug bites Houston late.
Houston got injured at the wrong time last year. All their best hitters and a starting pitcher were injured. They said they played through pain but it did affect their game
Houston isn’t as strong as they appear.
Lol has
unfortunately, you are probably right.. Sabathia back for Cleveland series to throw batting practice.
No update on Greg Bird? And when I say Greg Bird I mean Ellsbury.
I thought you meant Stanton.
He was recently spotted at a Chipotle in Lagos, Nigeria with D.B. Cooper, Richey Edwards, and Yoenis Céspedes.
That’s a great post. Richey Edwards. If you know who that is, have you heard of Jim Sullivan. Similar story, but weirder.
Who are they? It sounds interesting.
It’s management team of the island retirement village community of Bobby Bonilla’s that the Mets built.
Ellsbury has started full workouts, Bird is done for the year and Stanton will be ready for the late season run.
Tell CC retired or better yet slap him on the 60 day. Anything at this point is better
Lol this guy is such a hoot.
Why would you want Sabathia back?
Oh, I’m not suggesting that Sabathia is a vital part of the rotation in the playoffs by any means, though he could be a valuable innings eater down the stretch when the yanks will be trying to conserve their bullpen for the postseason.
I’m just laughing at mr. beans’ classic bombastic inanity about retirement or false 60 day dl stints. He’s a real, uhh, thinker that one.
Funny how you just cannot see he’s not going to be a huge help. You rather call me a hoot when I’m 1005 right. Funny isn’t it?
Yankees will or would be a better then without Cc and Happ
Oh, beans. Sometimes I’m concerned I’m laughing at a scarecrow with only half a brain.
Probably not wrong here though. CC’s 4.78 ERA/5.92 FIP is probably not helping you in October. I wonder if they’d legitimately consider leaving him off the postseason roster? Probably not considering Happ hasn’t been any better. Makes the decision not to get another arm of some sort look highly questionable though.
CC has pitched pretty damn well this year
So the Yankee starting pitching is in shambles….if only they could have foreseen this months ago. Sure Loaisiga and Severino have been on the 60 day IL and are still not back, but who could have predicted that…besides everyone.
I guess what the Yankees were willing to offer for Zach Wheeler looks a little different now. They still have a solid BP, but who is going to pitch the first 5-7 innings of each playoff game? I’d be surprised if they Yankees win their opening playoff series, let alone compete with the Astros. Is having a shot at the playoffs this year was worth the risk of not getting a clear upgrade to their starting pitching.
Could have got Nova and Colome @ TD from my Sox for a dozen base balls ( didn’t have to be new)
With the exception of Greinke, no one out there was a clear upgrade with a Severino return looming. The Yankees just rolled off an 8-game winning streak recently. It’s offense or bust this year and it’s been working out well. Getting past the Astros doesn’t look promising but late innings damage against their BP is what I’m hoping for. It wasn’t worth the asking price for a #3/#2 SP out there this year.
Who cares about the asking price if it gets them a championship. Besides Severino is way past a sure thing to be effective.
Betting on Severino is a huge gamble bc it’s unclear if he will even come back this season. I hope he does, as I enjoy watching him pitch (even as a Mets fan), but they really needed to pick up 1-2 guys to help the backend of the rotation so they can keep the BP fresh for the playoffs. BOS is fading, so the AL East is basically a done deal, but there are a ton of innings that need to be eaten between now and Oct 1st. Even if they get Severino back, which Severino will show up to the playoffs? His playoff numbers are rough, but he obviously has the talent to be a TOR guy.
My post was somewhat facetious about Wheeler, but if not Wheeler (who the Mets were asking a lot for), it should have been a guy in the Anibal Sanchez mold. He won’t light the world on fire, but he can give 5-6 innings every 5th day and not kill the bullpen and give the team a shot to win. Is Edwin Jackson still around…as he’d be the perfect guy to slot in bc he is basically ageless. and can offer 4.50-5.00, which can work with that lineup.
Don’t forget Jordan Montgomery, Losiaga, Ben Heller is almost all the way back, and I’ll guarantee Devi Garcia gets the call up
Empty the farm for Wheeler… how was your latest Mensa meeting.
Lol the Yanks have the best record in baseball lol. No one is scared of Houston. The Yanks owner them last year and are only getting healthier
Solid bullpen? You mean they literally have 4 closers you get it to the 5th, game over. Britton, Ottavino, Betances, then Chapman. Lol it’s going to be smooth sailing into LA to face the Dodgers
Please for the love of g-d no more CC. Give him one last start at home at the end of the season when seeding is done. make it a huge thank you bash, show the video, bring out the good guys from the 09′ team, charge 15 bucks for a bud light with no corn syrup and move on.
The guy was great, key word was. Every start now sees his era balloon bigger than his waist line. Use eh opener, even a can opener, but move on.
3.5 era through his first 8 starts this year, pitched injured cause they needed him too. Lol he will be fine
Stop trolling
I personally would have walked away from CC last year.
Somebody talking about anibal Sanchez giving a team 5-6 innings and give their team a shot to win That’s cc all day The Yankees have a deep rotation they don’t have a true number one. But it’s baseball. And with a deep rotation and a potent offense anything can happen. I like their chances
No word on Betances?
throwing off the mound and is aiming to be back sooner than later.
Let’s remember it’s not always the best team that wins it all, it’s the team playing the best in October.
some time ago the tigers had david price, max scherzer and justin verlander all in their prime and were swept in the alds by wait for it, the baltimore orioles. the yankees starters don’t have to go 6 or 7 innings, that bullpen is deep and nasty, and the offense can score in bunches.
Yanks have been getting a bunch of production out of some minor league vets, but it’s near time Judge and Sanchez start doing their part.. starting pitching doesn’t match up well against anybody not named Baltimore.