SEPT. 18: Yastrzemski has a mild calf strain and is now day-to-day, Crowley tweets. He’s not going on the IL.
SEPT. 17, 7:29pm: Yastrzemski will undergo an MRI on Friday, Andrew Baggarly of The Athletic tweets.
4:29pm: Giants outfielder Mike Yastrzemski left the team’s game against the Mariners on Thursday for what was then an undisclosed reason. It turns out he’s dealing with a tight right calf, Kerry Crowley of the Bay Area News Group was among those to report.
There’s no word on the severity of Yastrzemski’s injury. However, calf troubles have been known to lead to IL stints (the Yankees’ Aaron Judge is among those capable of attesting to that), which would be a difficult late-season development for the Giants. They surprisingly entered play Thursday with a 24-24 record and a playoff spot in the National League, and their success has come thanks in no small part to Yastrzemski. The 30-year-old has been one of the NL’s most valuable players thus far, having slashed .285/.391/.553 with nine home runs and 2.3 fWAR in 209 plate appearances.
As a tremendous offensive player who can line up all over the outfielder, Yastrzemski has been the Giants’ MVP, so there wouldn’t be a realistic way to replace him if he does need to go on the IL. They subbed in Luis Basabe on Thursday, but he has just two MLB plate appearances to his name.
Losing Yaz for any amount of time would be a big blow to this team that needs to keep firing on all cylinders to make the playoffs.
While true, the Giants do have a lot of offensive guys off their bench. The defense probably takes a hit though.
Just to get swept in the final four games of the season ?
The Giants. Lol
^^^ this guy ^^^
Look at the Giants with a playoff spot!
What a great story Yastrzemski is, man. Fangraphs believes in him (for the most part), too. Hope he can get through this & back on the field to help his squad.
It does my aging, sentimental heart good to see Yaz II doing well. A poster of his grandfather was the first I ever hung on my wall when I was a young boy, and I had the pleasure of meeting him twice over the course of time. I was 9 or 10 the first time, and he was the first famous human I ever shook hands with. I walked on air for a month!
Ah. The poster. Yup.
As a right handed kid growing up, I can still picture myself holding a West Haven Yankees’ 28 oz bat day bat straight up I. My lefty Yaz imitation stance, listening to Ned Martin and Jim Woods on the radio. Thanks for bringing back the memories Hubcap and whyhayzee.
Ya know, I actually saw him play at The Stadium.
My grandfather told me he was a, “good player”. My grandfather was – also – a huge Yankee fan.
So.
I now realize he was a *great* player. Ya know?
My best friend was a yankee fan and we used to argue over Munson and Fisk and every other possible thing. His nephew is a Red Sox fan but had no idea who Yaz was. *Sigh* Growing up, whiffle ball was great for imitating stances from both sides of the plate. When I played baseball in my 30’s, I tried to imitate Wade Boggs. Needless to say, that didn’t go so well. When I batted righty, I imitated Dean Chance. Look it up, he was terrible. BTW, I was a pitcher, so thankfully I didn’t bat very often.
How can a red sox fan not know who Yaz is!?
I grew up in the Bronx but spent a lot of time “wicked fah down east Maine”. I had a few Munson Vs Fisk, Reggie Vs Rice, etc debates.
I “pitched” (uh?), too. But I definitely imitated different stances, as well. Man…we had all these different football and baseball games you could play that would incorporate any number of players.
My go to lefty stance was Oscar Gamble! Man…thank you. I haven’t thought about that in decades, serious.
It’s bothersome that since I started “talking” with the fellas here I’ve found that most of those horrible red sox fans are…man… pretty interesting and classy dudes.
This is upsetting to my previous world view.
:)
Munson is another who clearly belongs in the hall. Old school winner in every category except for getting along with the press. I had the pleasure of speaking with Diana on the radio just prior to COVID. She was amazed that I remember vividly where I was when ESPN announced his passing. As a Sox fan I explained to her how I realized my hatred for him as a player was in reality respect. Otherwise I would not still remember it so well.
That’s bc fans just came around. It’s like a dodger fan born after 1989 claiming all these rings.. the same can be said about raider fans
Oscar Gamble? You haven’t thought about that in decades. Me? It’s been decades since I could get down to imitate that stance…
I had that iconic poster too!
Nice to see all the replies! Here’s a little more to my “first time meeting Yaz” experience. I was living in Rochester, NY at the time. The Red Wings back then were the AAA club of a pretty consistently good Orioles team, so I got to see a lot of great players just before they hit it big. The Orioles would come down in the middle of summer every year to play an exhibition against the Red Wings; for whatever reason, they were unable to that year, and the Red Sox came down instead. Of course, I was pretty happy that I’d just be in the same ballpark with Yaz. My uncle, who took me to the game, encouraged me to head down closer to the field to try to get an autograph. He went with me, and Yaz was signing, and when I got to the front of the “line,” my uncle said, “You’re his favorite player, Yaz. He has your poster on his wall.” Yaz made like it was a big deal. “Oh yeah? Wow, that’s really nice! Thank you, young man!” and with that big smile of his, stuck his hand out to shake mine. I was so delighted that I forgot to get an autograph…
…but in the long run, it really didn’t matter. I was already in love with baseball, and that just sealed it.
Nice story! Such memories of yours and others along with activation of mine inside my brain have helped me more than watching the Sox miserably perform in 2020 to try to momentarily escape politics, the sick deaths and of course the pandemic that have occurred this week. And to me, that’s what sports is supposed to be about. No one wants to go see a current pandemic themed movie today yet down the road one will likely win major awards (after the disease is behind us). Just my take.
Another memory that I have, not so pleasant to remember but a memory with my dad and uncle having passed many years ago is we and my uncle’s son (my cousin) drove from New Haven to Yankee Stadium (about a 90 minute drive then) to a Yankee-Red Sox game. My dad and I being Sox fans, the others Yankee. Such was typical of growing up in CT, family divisions usually based on parentage. Anyway, the Sox were winning throughout and I’m giving it to my cousin the entire time, reminding him of the comic books I was buying with his money after he paid off his losing bets. Dad drove and decided to beat the traffic by leaving at the start of the ninth. We got to the car for the bottom of the inning only for me to hear I think Frank Messer to call Chris Chambliss’s game winning three run homer off Tom House. I can still hear “Good Ole Uncle Morty” laugh as I asked dad for my dollar allowance to pay off MY losing bet to my cousin.
*this year.
Note to Steve Adams and Connor Byrne: why not allow posters at least a few minutes to correct errors?
a Hoskins for a Yaz
Bring me John Bowker!
I wonder if he’s related to Carl?
Carl? Never heard of her.
I didn’t realize he was a cattle rancher. Back in the day that would have been pointed out on his baseball card.
An MRI for Yastrzemski’s Calf !!
Any Tests/Exams for the rest of his herd of cattle?
His grandfather did grow up on a Long Island farm (potato).
Now THAT is great news! Yaz is the heart and soul of these Never Say Die Giants.
Glad to see him doing good,my first little league team was the Red Sox and I had his grandfather’s uniform number
Has Keith Law changed his tune on Yaz? Last season Law was writing him off as a fourth outfielder at best.
Opinions are exactly that. Created simply to start, further or end discussions. Yours, mine and others are equally valid when not meant to troll. As much as Law knows, sees and reads, there usually is more to the story. Personally, as a Sox fan, I had no idea who Pedroia was when he came up and his first month was brutal to watch. Although the Internet existed then, it was not like it is today sand I don’t recall reading about him in the minors. His determination and grit were unknown. Anyone project then that he would be a ROTY and then MVP the next season?
Can anyone explain what fascination Kapler has with Selman? The guy does not have big league stuff, yet he consistently throws him out there, SMH
I made it to Fenway Park last fall, to see Mike Yastrzemski in person, it was a afternoon game, and we found good seats behind S.F. dugout. A beautiful day in Boston. Although he didn’t start,,he did pinch hit late in game,,and S.F. won the game. I sat behind his mother for a few minutes and asked her a few questions, before I was asked to move, by usher. Lol. She was very nice. And it brought back memories of seeing Carl “YAZ” there many times as a kid. I check Mike’s stats everyday,,and hope he recoup s from his injury soon. Would LOVE to see him in BOSOX uniform,,,SOON ! Keep it going. YAZ,,,,he’s a late bloomer,,,,GUARANTEED!