Slugger Aaron Judge will make his return to the Yankees tonight, as the club announced that Judge has been reinstated from the 10-day injured list. Lefty Luis Avilan, however, has been placed on the 10-day IL (retroactive to August 22) due to inflammation in his throwing shoulder. Miguel Andujar and righty Brooks Kriske have been called up from the Yankees’ alternate training site.
Judge returns after a minimum 10-day absence due to a mild calf strain — one so seemingly minor, in fact, that Judge said he’d been lobbying the team to not place him on the IL whatsoever. Still, the Yankees showed some caution with the star right fielder, and he’ll now add his considerable pop to a lineup that is still missing Giancarlo Stanton, DJ LeMahieu, and Gleyber Torres. Judge has been nothing less than spectacular over his 68 plate appearances this season, hitting .290/.343/.758 with nine home runs.
While Judge is returning, Avilan becomes the latest Yankee to hit the IL. The southpaw has a 4.32 ERA, 9.7 K/9, and 1.80 K/BB rate over 8 1/3 relief innings this season, his first in the pinstripes after inking a minor league deal with New York last winter. It stands to reason that Avilan’s shoulder issue might have been the reason for his struggles in his most recent outing, as he allowed three hits and two earned runs over just one-third of an inning against the Rays last Thursday.
This will be the third separate time that Andujar has been up with the Yankees this season, and he has only a .232 OPS over 22 plate appearances. It will be interesting to see how Andujar will be deployed during this stint on the active roster, as while he has been learning first base and the outfield, he could conceivably return to his old position at third base. That would allow the Yankees some flexibility in potentially moving Gio Urshela to the middle infield with Torres and LeMahieu out, as manager Aaron Boone has indicated that he would be open to using Urshela away from third base on a limited basis.
Kriske is back up with the Yankees for the second time this season. The 26-year-old made his Major League debut this year, and has a 6.75 ERA over his first 1 1/3 innings in the Show.
Not many other viable options.
not thrilled about andujar. he was crap at fielding. error city.
My guess is you’d be thrilled if Andujar was hitting like he did in 2018 regardless of your opinion of his “crap at fielding…error city” comment.
Basically, compared to some of the really good fielding 3rd basemen around the league, yes he would be average to below average but all in all, when he was playing the position regularly, he was pretty much average…couldn’t make the spectacular play, and sometimes booted the easier plays but watch a few games and tell us that you don’t see that with players all around the league.
rocky7, I’m not sure what you are seeing in Andujar. He was AWFUL when he was playing third regularly. He will destroy a team with his glove. He is a DH. Look up his metrics like rField and dWAR… those stats hate his defense.
Andujar is bring showcased for a deadline trade.
I shudder at the thought of Andujar going back to 3B, if only they could convert him into a catcher.
@CrookedAsstros- I guess you got such a great sense of humor from your Astros cheating the past 3 years or longer? Yes, the ‘Stros are definitely the best cheating champions ever. Congratulations!
“Rakoff ordered that a letter sent from commissioner Rob Manfred to the New York Yankees concerning a 2017 investigation into sign-stealing be unsealed, according to Brendan Kuty of NJ.com. On Monday, the Yankees and MLB officially sent an appeal against Judge Rakoff’s order”
If the Yankees and MLB ain’t got nothing to hide……unseal the letter.
@Marvels MAGA Man- if the Yankees were cheating like the ‘Stros and the RedSuks I hope the letter is unsealed. Till then… See the big difference is the ‘Stros & the RedSuks won championships cheating. So obviously they need to have those championships stripped away from them.
Who the heck is Kriske
@driftcat28- Brooks Kriske is a nice right-handed power arm with 3 pitches for the bullpen. Great stuff. Might be a showcase for a trade at the deadline.
Brian Cashman Will Need 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 Kansas City Royals For Josh Staumont & Then Trade Alexander Vizcaino,Zack Granite,Adonis Rosa & Rosell Herrera To The Milwaukee Brewers For Josh Hader,To Give My New York Yankees Another Starter & 2 More Arms In The Bullpen & It Would Cause Jacob DeGrom To Waive His No Trade Clause To Go To The Yankees,For A Chance At More Run Support.
As a Mets fan, I say no thank you to the above trade proposal.