The Yankees have selected the contract of right-hander Brody Koerner and optioned him to Triple-A, per a team announcement. To make room on the 40-man roster, first baseman Luke Voit was transferred from the 10-day IL to the 60-day IL.
For Voit, this officially ends his season and eliminates any chance of him returning to the club at some point during the postseason. Overall, it was a disappointing campaign for the slugger, as he was hampered by injuries, with multiple trips to the IL, primarily due to his knee. He managed to get into 68 games at the MLB level and hit .239/.328/.437. That production was still 11% better than league average as measured by wRC+. However, that’s a big drop-off from the wRC+ of 153 that he put up during the shortened 2020 campaign and the 126 he had over 118 games in 2019.
It was perhaps because of Voit’s continued struggles to stay healthy that the Yankees acquired a replacement first baseman at the deadline in the form of Anthony Rizzo. However, Rizzo is a free agent at the end of this season, meaning that the Yankees could let Voit take over as the regular first baseman again in 2022. Though that will probably depend on how his health progresses over the coming months and through the winter. Voit reached arbitration for the first time last winter as a Super Two player. He and the Yankees agreed to a $4.7MM salary for 2021. He would be in line for a modest raise for 2022.
Koerner was previously selected to the roster in early August and lasted about three weeks before being outrighted back to Triple-A. In that time, he only got into two games, logging three innings with two hits, two walks, one earned run and one strikeout. In Triple-A this year, he’s logged 75 innings with an ERA of 3.48 and 60 strikeouts. He could potentially be an emergency option for the Yankees during the postseason. Players in the organization but not on the 40-man roster before September 1 can still participate in the playoffs via a petition to the Commissioner’s Office, a fairly common maneuver throughout the league.
He would have qualified as a rule 9 minor league free agent 5 days after the end of the world series. The option won’t count towards his 3 as he’ll only technically be on assignment for 1 day.
Thoughts and prayers for a speedy recovery.
I respect that you as a RSOX fan do this even for Yankees. I don’t think I would do this for a Giants player
Thanks. Inside the uniforms they are all the same, deserving of good health.
And beating the competition only because of injury or illness is a hollow victory, for me anyways. It’s much more rewarding when health is not a factor.
Stupid
Well that sucks.
Been a lost season for Voit. He would have been a nice playoff bench weapon. Alas. Hope he can get that knee right. He has never not hit for us. & the man rocks the hell out of a Yankee jersey.
It’s a beautiful day for baseball. Let’s play 15. There’s nothing like having MLB.TV and being able to watch six crucial games simultaneously.
Why Koerner over Marinaccio? This team defies logic.
I believe Koerner has more stamina thus can eat more innings. He’s also been in the system 2 years longer, therefore has more higher level numbers to crunch for the nerd desk that tells Boone what to do.
This team has defied logic all year. Why start now?
Koerner will not be carried on the 40 come the off season. He’s expendable.
Gio going full Derek Jeter!!!!
Got ’em.
Go Nats!
Nats are pathetic! Yanks swept Sox in Fenway just last week so they can get ‘em. Go Yanks!!!
Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
If Plawecki catches Tuesday, look out Yanks … Eovaldi will be at his best.
What a difference between Gio and Bobby Dalbec.
One runs full speed into the visitor’s dugout to catch a ball.
The other lets two easily catchable popups drop a few feet in front of his own dugout.
Watching the game realizing the Yanks need big time changes. Get some guys who can put it in play rather than relying on the home run. More of the same!
Meanwhile the Yankees win on a single, pinch run a speedster, advance the runner, and a single. That’s what they should have done and also what they need to do instead of always camping out on the home run.
I’m also glad that Chapman didn’t blow it. He blew the lead in 2016, but the Cubs were home. He also was on the mound when the Yankees seasons ended 2 years in a row. Three times is not the charm, it’s concerning…
We’re innnnn!!!!
Mike Scioscia Needs To Manage The Yankees,In 2022.
I love reading all these arm chair gms saying how Boone is to be blamed and Cashman should go too it’s funny to read. They built the team around the home run ball, MLB changes the ball, they built a pitching staff and they ban substances so spin rate is down. I bet all these guys would tell their bosses how to do their job right? Yankee fans complained that the farm system is barren they never hold on to prospects and when they do and they don’t pan out like Jeter or Rivera Cashman’s at fault. I’m a lifelong Yankee fan (I remember the bad old days during the 80s when we had Ed Whitson pitching and Jack Clark hitting) and there’s nothing I hate more than Yankee fans. Let me rephrase that, the entitled, I know more about baseball than actual baseball people and I have an opinion about everything type fan, I’m not sure what’s worse, bandwagon fans, Red Sox fans or these Yankee fans. No wonder other team fans hate Yankee fans.