Aug. 21, 3:43pm:: The Yankees have placed Paxton on the IL with a Grade 1 flexor strain.
12:53pm: Paxton’s official diagnosis is a flexor strain, Heyman tweets. He’s likely to be placed on the injured list.
12:08pm: MLB Network’s Jon Heyman tweets that Paxton received relatively good news on the MRI. His injury is believed to be muscular in nature, as opposed to a structural issue with a ligament.
Aug. 20: Yankees left-hander James Paxton is dealing with forearm discomfort and will undergo an MRI, Bryan Hoch of MLB.com reports.
Paxton started the Yankees’ loss to the Rays on Thursday and performed decently, throwing five innings of one-hit, three-run ball with eight strikeouts against four walks. In all, though, it certainly hasn’t been a great platform season for the oft-injured 31-year-old, who entered Thursday with a 7.04 ERA and a below-average 4.97 FIP in 15 1/3 innings. And though Paxton did begin his latest start with excellent strikeout and walk numbers (10.57 K/9, 1.76 BB/9), his average fastball has clocked in just under 93 mph – well below the 95-96 area he sat in from 2016-19.
While Paxton clearly hasn’t had a banner season, a long-term absence – which forearm troubles often lead to – would be more unwelcome news for an injury-plagued, starter-needy New York club. Even after a sweep at the hands of the Rays, Yankees are still 16-9 and in wild-card position. However, their only reliable starter to date has been Gerrit Cole, while Masahiro Tanaka and Jordan Montgomery have joined Paxton in failing to provide a front-end complement to Cole. As such, whether or not Paxton’s injury proves to be serious, the Yankees could be in the market for rotation help as the Aug. 31 trade deadline approaches.
Looking for a bridge to jump off about now. Nothing too messy of course.
Heard Manhattan has a few options
DarkSide830- Wow, talk about your dark side
This dude pops up to clown Angels and Yankees fans all day
The Sunshine Skyway Bridge would be appropriate
Relax, there’s a long way to go and I don’t see any team stopping the Evil Empire by the end of season.
Go get Clevinger, Plesac, and Lindor.
Going to cost a lot but farms can be rebuilt with a good scouting department.
If Paxton has to go on the IL, who fills in Deivi? Clarke Schmidt?
All in all the Yankees seem unable to catch a break in regards to the injury bug. Hope nothing is seriously wrong with Paxton, but forearm is never a good sign
Losaiga and Chad Greene.
I want to see what D. Garcia can do
@Larry Bernandez 1324IM- I wanna see Deivi Garcia pitch also. The Yankees might start him off in the bullpen at lst. Then have him start. Clarke Schmidt is slightly ahead of him right now. But that doesn’t mean that can’t change. I have no desire to trade either for Mike Clevinger or Zach Plesac hopefully they stay in Cleveland where they belong. Schmidt and Garcia could both thrive for many years pitching in NY. No reason to trade either one. Their futures both look bright. Don’t believe all the hype of Garcia’s height him being too short(Under 6 feet) since that won’t effect him in the majors at all.
Zak Britton is out too. Man, they are dropping like flies.
@BobGibsonFan- wouldn’t be funny if the Yankees still win the AL East? The Rays are definitely the team to beat, right? smh
i trust NYY’s ability to withstand injuries much more then TB. sure TB develops a lot of talent, but they aren’t the Yanks, who turn any player they pick up into a star. unless the injuries really ramp up for NYY its their division to lose.
Greg Bird would like a word. And Pineda, Sanchez, and Paxton.
Sorry, who have they picked up recently and turned into a star?? Urshela? Short list… about 1 season long, too
Jacoby Ellsbury is on line 2 and wants a word…
Tauchman
Hopefuls Clarke Schmidt gets the call if/when Pax lands on the IL
@driftcat28- that definitely seems like the plan unless they call up Deivi Garcia instead. Thinking Schmidt is a head of Garcia. I wouldn’t even deal Clarke Schmidt for Mike Clevinger straight up. Not wanting him or Zach Plesac on the Yankees.
Ignoring unpleasant facts, fan boy?
Understand – This is two years in a row. A product of too much weight room and not enough conditioning. This is a huge Yankees problem that isn’t being addressed. They can all lift 250 but they are all as fragile as a Prom Queen.
Paxton gets hurt every year.
Didn’t the Yankees make a change to medical and conditioning staffs due to so many injuries ? look at the IL everyday – spring training 2 rushed position players and pitchers. In a normal spring training you don’t see positon players going 9 innings until the last week of camp and then they may go back to back games. Starting pitchers get up to 90 pitches the last start and late inning bullpen pitchers go back to back games for 1 inning the last week. With the summer camp being so short and few exhibition games – intrasquad games not the same – players not ready. Injuries occur after fatigue. Position players leg injuries result of schedule being crammed. Pitchers can do all the side work in the world but they get in shape by pitching in games – see IL daily of arm injuries. Yankees i believe will look for a Pitching Coach who can help Pitchers in game situations. They have a baseball analytic guy who has no idea on how to help a guy during the game. The Yankees will rebound but they have a lot of work to do.
Yankee fans really think they are the only ones lol. When the rays win the division they’ll start blaming missing players like half the league isn’t missing a bunch of players for some time this year.
@MetsFan22- how does it feel being the 3rd best team in NY this season? I notice Met fans always got to talk about the Yankees. That must be because there is nothing to talk about with their own team. How pathetic is that? lol
Torres, Paxton, LeMahieu, Judge (2nd year in a row), Stanton (2nd year in a row), and Severino. Isn’t their IL payroll bigger than the Athletics total payroll?
More concerned about Paxton than Torres. Paxton’s velocity has been down significantly. Loss of velocity is not uncommon before TJS.
TJS!
Next year FA SP class is watching their money burn up in smoke. Paxton, Ray, and Stroman have done nothing but probably hurt their value so far this season.
What’s interesting is that of those 3 it’s possible that Stroman gets the biggest contract since it’s very difficult to significantly tank your value when your not playing. In fact, I wouldn’t be suprised if he ends up with the Yankees. Poor Mets…
If that’s Robbie Ray you’re talking about, he has a great strikeout rate.
The Yankees will likely resign Tanaka and LeMahieu and let Paxton and Happ ( obviously) walk
This trade and the Cano trade. Dipoto owns NY
I Would Be Happy To Trade Miguel Andujar,Clint Frazier,Albert Abreu & Domingo Acevedo To The New York Mets For Jacob DeGrom & Then Trade Estevan Florial,Luis Gil,Everson Pereira & Luis Medina To The Toronto Blue Jays For Ken Giles & Then Trade Alexander Vizcaino,Zack Granite,Adonis Rosa & Rosell Herrera To The San Francisco Giants For Tony Watson,To Give My New York Yankees Another Starter & 2 More Arms In The Bullpen.
I applaud the effort it takes to capitalize every word.
Such a shame, all these Yankees on the IL………
🙂
What Additional Prospect Should I Throw In For Each Of These Trades?
Let the Clarke Schmidt era begin.
No excuses now. Gotta bring him up.
Injuries take away the Yankees season. This has happened last year too.
Paxton reminds me of someone else whose last name begins with Pa: Carl Pavano. If Boras can get $20m a year for 5 years or more in this environment he is a magician.
Pavano was unmotivated to play and lied about an injury. Hard to see a comparison.
It is not been easy I need a new place for good Comments so far it’s been a couple idiots it’s going well this yahoo thing I need to vent my frustration . If I can’t wrote racist stuff online just to piss people off what am I gonna do in my free time
I’d suggest finding a hobby, activity, or interest?
Personal suggestion would be to get a dog (or two!) & a shotgun (or three!) and get out into the woods, the plains, the mountains, or onto water.
Tell ya. A few years ago, I started getting my dogs out a couple hundred times a year for some kind of shooting. Since then, *everyone* is much happier with me (including myself!). My stress level completely evaporated, bro.
And, I’m a co-owner of a good sized construction company and a single parent. So it’s not really a lifestyle conducive to a stress-free existence.
Uh?
Hey, I’m just trying to help.
You can practice not being racist on your free time?