9:30pm: While the team announced Stanton’s injury as a calf strain, Boone told reporters tonight that the former NL MVP is actually dealing with ankle inflammation (via Lindsey Adler of the Athletic). The hope is that Stanton can return after a minimal IL stay.
5:47pm: The Yankees announced a series of moves before tonight’s matchup with the Orioles. Most notably, designated hitter/right fielder Giancarlo Stanton is headed to the 10-day injured list because of a right calf strain. New York also placed reliever Jonathan Loáisiga on the 15-day IL and designated catcher Rob Brantly for assignment. In corresponding moves, the Yankees welcomed Joey Gallo back from the COVID-19 injured list. They also recalled relievers JP Sears and David McKay from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.
Stanton has been one of the best hitters for the AL-leading Yankees. He’s mashing at a .285/.339/.523 clip, and his 11 home runs tie him for fifth in MLB. The big slugger has a personal-low 8.3% walk rate, but he’s doing more than enough damage on contact to offset the corresponding drop in his on-base percentage. Stanton has been an instrumental piece of a lineup that has been among the league’s best. Aaron Judge is playing at an MVP-type pace through the season’s first month and a half, with Stanton and Anthony Rizzo also offering middle-of-the-order caliber production.
Unfortunately, Stanton is also no stranger to the injured list. He’s landed on the IL because of leg issues in each of the past four years. Stanton missed a significant chunk of the 2019 campaign because of a right knee sprain, then lost more than half of the shortened 2020 season with a left hamstring strain. The 32-year-old had a more minor IL stint due to a left quad strain last year, and he’ll obviously miss some time with his current malady. A timetable remains unclear, but manager Aaron Boone informed reporters last night (via Joel Sherman of the New York Post) that he was headed for an MRI after leaving yesterday’s game with calf tightness.
The Yankees have been hit hard by injuries in recent days. New York lost pitchers Chad Green and Luis Gil to Tommy John procedures over the weekend. Closer Aroldis Chapman hit the IL with Achilles tendinitis yesterday, and Boone told reporters this afternoon that Loáisiga was going on the IL with shoulder discomfort. The team’s official diagnosis for Loáisiga is shoulder inflammation.
New York welcomes Gallo back to the lineup a few days after he landed on the virus list. The power-hitting outfielder hit the IL on Sunday as part of a trio of Yankees suffering flu-like symptoms, but he and Kyle Higashioka have returned quickly. Gallo is capable of suiting up in either corner outfield spot but is struggling this season, owning just a .176/.294/.333 line through 119 plate appearances.
Brantly was selected onto the 40-man roster once Higashioka went out to offer some catching depth behind Jose Trevino. With Higahioka now back, Brantly loses his roster spot after appearing in one game. The 32-year-old has seen brief action at the big league level in each of the last four years, but he’s not tallied more than 40 MLB plate appearances in a season since 2013. He’ll have the right to refuse an outright assignment in favor of minor league free agency if he passes through waivers unclaimed.
It’s bound to happen I guess. Hopefully it doesn’t keep him out longer than 10 days.
Hope not, he’s badly needed.
He’s gone but don’t worry, we got Gallo back. Hitting.170 and half the homers of Stanton is exactly what we need.
Who’d a thunk it?
One half of the brittle brothers
That guy just can’t stay Healthy!!!
I’m guessing a lot of Yankee fans are cringing just now, wondering if this is the beginning of another difficult streak for Stanton.
I’m thinking DJ is next
His MRI came back good.
It wouldn’t be a real season if he wasn’t on the IL at least once. Judge should be there soon. No I am not wishing anyone hurt just seems those two are on at least once.
This past week has not been ideal to say the least. Hopefully Stanton, and several others, just have minimum IL stints
Can’t spell Giancarlo without IL
or “logic” . . . or “grain” . . . or “clan” . . . or “narc” . . . or “crag” . . . or “cargo” . . . or “clog” . . . or “roan” . . . or “rain” . . . or “gin” . . . or “garlic” . . . or “nail” . . . or “nil” . . . or “car” . . . or “can” . . . or “rail” . . . or “lair” . . . or “loan” . . . or “goal” . . . or “lion” . . . or “ion” . . . or “orca” . . . or “Carl” . . . or “Arlo” . . . or “Ian” . . . or . . .
Why did you have to start this?!?
Gallo the “K” machine is back!
Mark Reynolds 2.0 with less homers and less durability
And less usefulness.
Gallo reminds me of a better defensive Rob Deer.
Rob Deere was better!!!
Rob Deer wasn’t horrible on defense. However, if there was a way to strike out 5 times in 3 at bats, Deer would have found it!
But man, the dude could launch them moonshots!
Reynolds had much higher average. Was around 200
If he could stay healthy he could set some K records.
I bring up Rob Deer cause he led baseball 4 times in strikeouts and Gallo already has 3 seasons of more strikeouts than Deer’s career high.
Deer hot at least 200
Good point, but according to baseball pundits, strike outs & batting average make no never mind. I miss baseball, not this crap
Swing & a miss, swing & a miss, swing & a miss, swing &….oh wait, innings over. They want to speed up baseball? They’re doing a damn good job.. Stolen bases are slowly coming back, how about bunts? A good way of getting on base INSTEAD of striking out. Many teams are losing games by 1 run, how about some strategy?
Well said.
Yeah, Curly, what the stat nerds seem to miss is that you can’t drive over, or in, any runs with a strikeout. What you CAN do, is kill a rally, leave RISP, & lose a game when it otherwise could’ve been tied or won.
shocked pikachu face
Surprised it took him this long as he almost made it to Memorial Day before getting hurt. Believe that’s a personal record for Stanton
Hopefully he heals early in the season and stays healthy the rest of the way. The Yankee lineup has been very good with him there in the middle of it. Short term they’l be ok. Longer term….. not so sure.
I’m shocked that Mr. Glass landed on the IL.
I’m shocked it took this long. Memorial day. Impressive.
Watered down Spring Training….probably at the normal AB total before Stanton’s first injury. This man is a professional at missing work watch him miss 6 weeks just for laughs
It seems like another trolling Wednesday. Maybe these guys can go wash the dishes for their wives or something.
Only things trolls are doing for their wives are inflating them.
is inflating them? are inflating them? english am hard..my apologies.
you’d use are because wives is plural. if they directed the comment singularity and said you should help your wife…. you’d use is
It is “is inflating” “is” is refers to “them” which in this case is a singular collective.
The confusion came in when you used the plural “things” instead of the singular “thing.”
Inflating their blow-up wives is a single action, so you’d use a singular noun to refer to it; i.e., thing.
“Only thing trolls are doing for their wives is inflating them.”
Aww Wankee fans crying about being trolled! So cute! Taste of own medicine. Deal with it.
Yep, out in 1st place overall in the league at 31-13. We’re “crying” tears of joy up here, mind you.
@mrnotsoniceguy- it must be nice to have a name that suits you to a tee? Expected no less from you.
Yup it’s great.
You’re all children. I’m honestly embarrassed for you
Nobody will laugh more then me if Gallo goes on on a tear right now. All those Yankee haters out there, can’t just follow they’re own boring teams. Smh
I would be elated if he did. I’m a Gallo fan. Constantly pull for the guy. He frustrates me because he can make one change to his swing and probably change his entire career.
If he went on one of his epic hot streaks and lit up the stage, that would be okay too right now.
Still waiting. Guy has 7 rbis for the entire year and .3 war. Not great.
@Yankee Clipper- just keep staring at that record in the AL East that nobody was really expecting my friend, not even die hards like us. Hopefully it continues. Let’s keep it going as we play those 4 in Tampa at the “crap”
Captain – I’m not a hater, but I have always felt that Gallo is extremely overrated. It has been said a gazillion times about his strikeouts and inability to really hit. I would be more apt to breathe a sigh of relief instead of laugh if he could possibly break the Mendoza line in a Yankee uniform.
Jerry, I think your point is valid, but I think it’s also applicable on a greater scale than just Gallo, to ALL TTO guys. They’re simply overrated stat darlings.
I do believe with Gallo’s discipline & size, a key adjustment to his swing mechanics could turn him into an actual offensive threat.
@JerryBird- your absolutely right about Gallo being overrated. Let’s face it he’s never going to win a batting title. The Yankees knew that when they acquired him last year. They traded for him because he could hit homers, this is likely his last season in pinstripes. And that’s fine.
Good luck with that.
His contact skills are league bottom.
He’s just not a good hitter.
He won’t.
Judge just lost his protection in the lineup.
Without looking at his stats, now entering his 13th season, other than his otherworldly 2017 in which he hit 59 bombs, how many other seasons did Stanton hit 40 or more home runs?
A) 4 or more
B) 3
C) 2
D) 1
E) 0
27
How many other players in MLB currently have done either, let alone both?
But he hasn’t done both …
Interesting that his 162 game average is 43.
B-Ref explains the process:
162-Game Average
‘This is an attempt to condense each batter’s career into a single season’s worth of stats. With batters this is easy. Just take their career games played and divide by 162, and then divide their career totals by that factor.’
Do that, and you’ll arrive at 42.51906158357771, which, rounded up, is 43.
Another way to look at it: How many players have more than Stanton’s 358 home runs since his 2010 debut?
One. Nelson Cruz. In 1,046 more plate appearances.
Or you can look at it this way: How many players have hit more than Stanton’s 91 home runs since he joined the Yankees?
Forty-four.
Perfectly stated, Fink.
I recently realized that without Stanton’s injuries and the COVID-shortened 2020 season, he’d possibly be shooting for 500 homers this season at 32.
I think he still gets to 500 easily if he can stay on the field long enough to do it. Unreal power. Dude basically flicks baseballs out of the yard.
The calf strain…. Such a minor injury, but some guys have been out for months dealing with them. Hopefully his isn’t too bad because he’s desperately needed in this lineup. The NY lead could dissipate quickly if they don’t maintain.
Gallo & Hicks: Please stop sucking. Or, go to the IL, get your nails done, whatever.
You do realize Boone will only play him part time, 3 or 4 games a week, for the next 5 weeks after he returns in order to avoid him getting hurt again to save him for the playoffs. And since Boone is such a “great” manager the Yankees will miss the playoffs
The Yankees have never failed to make the playoffs under Boone’s management.
JayHeck: Although I’m one of Boone’s most ardent critics, I must say, his average of 95 wins per season, coupled with the Yankees perennial appearance in the postseason (no doubt as a mandatory contribution to Bank of Steinbrenner), I sincerely doubt the Yankees miss the playoffs.
If there’s one thing the Yankees will not do, it’s miss the playoffs – the WC game is essentially a losing season for us.
But, Booner has made improvements this year with his management, the Yankees roster is better overall (still not where it should be), and because of the aforementioned, they will persevere.
Ditto Clipper.Or just retire. Never thought I be hoping for the return of Gardner ha ha.
“……Return of Gardy” Probably the most repeated line by Yankees fans this year.
The problem, imo, is that they did what was necessary, not what they could because they could to dominate. Again, they should’ve acquired a top-tier SS, IKF should’ve been a bench/UTL guy, a true CF was also necessary, & we had DJL as the other bench role.
But, this team may just work out if it can get healthy and stay that way. I still don’t get their plan with Florial – not trading him, not bringing him up, just playing a lackluster Hicks. I mean, goodness, what is the plan?
the biggest hurt is he is very much less likely to play in the OF much at all rest of the season. Calf is so easy to re-injure. this loses the DH for the semi day offs we’ve been able to utilize.
Gleyber’s lousy defense is killing Sears tonight.
Yeah, he was performing well, like really well, on defense prior to tonight. Tonight, he reminds me of Gleyber. Just plain ol’ dropping baseballs all over the field, Gleyber.
Just like old times. I hope it’s a one-off bad night.
Clip ,at least he’s having one of his best offensive seasons in years.so far.
Yeah, Doc, the power is what’s telling. He’s connecting his base to the ground again and staying strong on his front side. He looks good now that he’s been focused on going the other way – then when he gets a good pitch, he got everything moving forward, not pulling off the ball in an attempt to pull.
Plus, he’s keeping his head/hands back and it’s stopped his head from moving during his swing.
Gleyber has potential for sure, and he’s still really young.
Yearly trip to the IL. No surprise there.
Giancarlo played in 139 games last year, enough to make him a qualified player. He spent only 15 days on the IL in 2021, not bad for him, and he was very productive.
Miguel Andjuar is going to help this offense. Now that he has the opportunity. Been couple of years since he’s break out season. He still has much to prove and chips on his shoulder. He’s no stanton or judge. But hope to see him produce.
The cash cow has a calf strain and is being moved to the back 40. Stop Stanton, it’s pasture bedtime.
If I were to find enjoyment in injuries to athletes, I wouldn’t be eager to share such a mean, ignoble attitude publicly. Evidently, you are.
He’s a closet Yankees fan.
40 years ago, I was in a head-on collision with a car while riding my bike. I woke up at the hospital with no memory of it. Three days later, I went running. Four weeks later, I ran a 10K PR. One of my friends joked that I shouldn’t try to stop a car with my face. I still have the scars.
If you think I am joking about injuries, you’re wrong. But I am making light of them. And further, Dr. Boonedoggle can’t even get it right. It’s not the calf at all. What a rube.
After 42 years of running over 68,000 miles, I can barely get up the stairs. Three viruses, two parasites, immune compromised and arthritic hips that both need replacement. I am taking dozens of pills. But I will make light of it every day. I don’t take myself seriously.
Like Stanton, I’ll be back. And maybe I’ll run my 24th marathon, if they’ll wait that long for me to finish. I am now slower than slow. The days of qualifying for Boston are way behind me.
Sorry to hear about all your afflictions.
“And further, Dr. Boonedoggle can’t even get it right.”
He’s a baseball manager, not a doctor. He reported what he was told. How is that his fault?
Well, there’s kind of an obvious difference between calf and ankle. One’s here (points) and the other’s here ( points). And I just like to call him Doctor Boonedoggle.
He’s made of glass.
Can you strain glass?
In other news, water is wet. Yankee fans sure have been quiet this week after their typical obnoxious behavior.
Weak your trolling game is, padawan.
Your attempt at humor on Pink Flloyd is much much weaker
“Flloyd”? An extra letter inserted you did, Padawan.
It isnt sweetie, so easy to backtrack now like you normally do.
What you’re talking about, I know not, Padawan. That much at least we have in common — suppose, do you, Padawan?
Little poet nerd are ya
Get the feeling I do, that familiar with Yoda you are not.
Aaron Hicks tonight is contributing less than Stanton on the IL. Absolutely awful contract handed to him by Cashman.
Hilarious because Yankee fans praised Cashman on a “genius” contract for Hicks .. pinky
Wrong Troll…..Yankee fans have always been very skeptical of why Cash gave that contract to Hicks…..just goes to show how much you Trolls actually know about the fans you all criticize the most!
Wrong kiddo. So easy to backtrack like you normally do but that’s not what you clowns said when he was extended. Cry
That never happened. Your knowledge of the Yankees and their fan base is evidently meager.
Very well informed actually. Bunch of clowns.
Ankle inflammation is a better diagnosis. The initial diagnosis of a calf injury was concerning as they can linger. Decent chance he may be able return after his 10 days on the IL
Likely he won’t need a rehab assignment too and can hit once the inflammation starts subsiding.
Shoot that baby up with cortisone and send him back out there!!!! I think the limit is…..50 injections per week – perhaps I’m a bit off.
I guess ankle inflammation is better than a calf strain. He can still do light leg workouts. Glad to see the new guys really step up tonight!
I’ve said more than a few times that the Yankees have a good MLB bullpen in Scranton in case injuries hit the big league club. I didn’t expect they’d have to fully depend on them, but we’re now there with Green, Chapman and Loaisiga out, not to mention Gil who was one of the arms who I thought could step in. Marinaccio has the stuff to be a major impact reliever, and Sears and Schmidt both have nasty pitches to be quality relievers out of the pen, or starters in a pinch. There’s several more arms in AAA who can step in if needed too.
Really hoping Andujar goes on a nice run. He was sent to the minors as a bad defensive 3B’man; he’s returned as a quality defensive LFer. We know he can hit.
Andujar does look better in LF. His routes are better & his fielding has improved…. He almost looks…somewhat natural.
Nice rangy catch he made to his right tonight. Impressive. He’s credited with 1 Defensive Run Saved, and I think Fangraphs’ stats probably don’t reflect tonight’s game yet. They’re kinda slow over there.
Which stat system are you primarily using Fink? I tend to think Fielding Bible supports my ultra-reliable eye test the most… OOA is good, but I think they’re missing a bit on the data entry side to make it as comprehensive as it could be, so it artificially inflates certain player’s stats.
I find Baseball Prospectus is the best for catcher stats.
DRS is a Fielding Bible metric, and I used to rely on it a lot; but now I refer to OAA more often. I really don’t know how they compare in terms of reliability. The gap between the two is sometimes wide, and it seems to me that both can’t be right when that’s the case. Fielding Bible stats are compiled by humans watching plays on computers. My vague understanding of Statcast’s OAA is that computers read the data tracked by cameras.
In his MLB article on OAA, Mike Petriello adds these caveats:
‘Worth noting, #1: A runner’s average sprint speed is used in the calculation, rather than “on that play,” because a fielder has to plan for a runner’s best, even if on some plays a runner jogs, trips, etc. For new players with no data, a league-average (27 ft/sec) score is used; once the player qualifies for the leaderboard, all of his previous plays are re-run.
‘Worth noting, #2: Only plays tracked by the system are included. Fortunately, most of the untracked plays are high popups or weak grounders, which are low-probability plays, and there is little to no bias between home ballparks. This is about getting the model into place, with the intention that future hardware updates will collect more data. Numbers may be expected to increase or decrease by approximately 20% for full-time players if all plays are tracked.’
mlb.com/news/statcast-introduces-outs-above-averag…
I don’t expect that any defensive metrics are 100% reliable. I think the best I can do is scan them all when appraising a player to get a general read on how good he probably is; or, when the range of the different ratings is all over the place, how tentative my conclusions should be.
I think the act of fielding a ball is more resistant to quantification than hitting or pitching because of its complexity. I think there are too many potentially impactful factors to account for all of them. If you can watch the plays yourself, I think your subjective impressions are good enough, provided you see a player often enough. The metrics are useful when they’re all that you have because you rarely see a guy play.
Excellent summation, bro. I like your perspective on how fielding the ball is much more complex due to the variables involved, thus more difficult to accurately assess compared to hitting/pitching.
I’m a longtime follower of defensive metrics. It’s a love-hate relationship. I can’t resist them. I believe they’ve improved over the decades, but are still incomplete. I also think people have too much faith in them. To quote Twain (even though he didn’t say it), there are lies, damned lies and statistics. Fans will find one statistic to support their claim about a player, while ignoring 10 other stats showing the opposite. One thing I am sure of is no defensive metric has properly captured the value of a good defensive 1B’man. One day, someone will, and the industry will collectively decide that I guess we shouldn’t have been putting bad defensive 1B’man out there all these years.
L99: That’s an apt description for me as well. As unreliable as they are, I still check them….frequently. It’s weird (I’m weird). Love the Twain/not Twain quote btw…lol.
Anyway, the 1B stat is one to which I was referring, and here’s why: defensively, Rizzo is doing poorly according to the metrics, but watching him in every game, listening to those watching him play, & hear broadcasters describe his play all indicate Rizzo performs above average defensively.
On the other hand, watching some others play,(insert name), they are clearly not as defensively sound yet metrics favor them incredibly well…..almost too well.
I think what bothers me most is I like to know why. With defensive metrics, it’s doesn’t necessarily make sense.
Taillon had an ankle injury and that took surgery and time off.
A scrape on my elbow is an arm injury. So is my arm breaking into 5 pieces. Every injury is unique, even if they give it the same description.
I am still awaiting the return of Banuelos, one of the killer b’s.
Me too. Who would’ve thought that Man Ban would have the longest career. Not sure what Betances is up to in LA.
He’s been absolutely un-hittable too. Bring in The Banuelos!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Injuries starting to pile up in the Bronx
Yeah, all in a 5-day period too!
Death, taxes, and a Stanton injury
Gallo. Meh. The game hasn’t started and I predict multiple strike outs. The guy swings at everything.
Good thing the Yanks front-loaded their season record. It’s likely to be an uphill climb from here. The fact that the injury bug didn’t bite until recently, is short of a miracle.
You said it… miracles do happen. Keep praying your team’s.
What Is The Best Case Scenario For Giancarlo Stanton?
Cashman finds someone dumber than he is to take the remainder of his contract?
What Can They Do To Correct Joey Gallo,So That He Starts Hitting With The Rest Of The Lineup?
Nothing, honestly. Joey Gallo is the only one who can give Joey Gallo a shot at fixing himself and he doesn’t want to be fixed. His uppercut swing it too angled. He’s missing balls middle-middle. When you can’t hit one square down the middle, and you say, “that’s just who I am,” there’s probably not much hope, unfortunately.
If he were to alter his swing approach to more of a line drive, gap-to-gap style (center of the field), I believe his chances of contact would go way up, particularly in the center area of the zone. He’s so big & strong he would still have great HR power too. But he would strike out nearly as much.
Trade him, or release him. He just can’t do it in NY
The team will really miss him.