Yankees right-hander Scott Effross is going on the 15-day injured list with a shoulder strain, according to manager Aaron Boone, courtesy Lindsey Adler of The Athletic. Boone characterizes the strain as minor but says that Effross will be shut down from throwing for 7-10 days, per Chris Kirschner of The Athletic. Fellow righty Clarke Schmidt will take his place on the active roster.
It’s yet another blow to a Yankee relief corps that has seen its fair share of them this year. Earlier in the campaign, they lost Chad Green to Tommy John surgery. In July, Michael King suffered a season-ending elbow fracture. That month also saw Miguel Castro land on the shelf due to a shoulder strain. Here in August, the club has seen Clay Holmes and Albert Abreu go on the IL due to back spasms and elbow inflammation, respectively.
Effross, 28, was acquired from the Cubs prior to the trade deadline and immediately jumped into the mix for high leverage work in the Bronx. He recorded a hold in his second appearance with the club, later tallying a save as well. Unfortunately, the club will now have to get by without him as an option, at least for a few weeks. He’s thrown 52 1/3 innings this year between Chicago and New York, registering a 2.75 ERA with a 27.5% strikeout rate, 6.2% walk rate and 43.1% ground ball rate.
While the loss of Effross is certainly bad news, the Yankees got good news about their bullpen elsewhere. Holmes has started throwing bullpens without physical issues, per Meredith Marakovits of the YES Network, meaning he’s on track to return soon. Miguel Castro has started throwing as well, per Marly Rivera of ESPN, and could progress to throwing a bullpen by Friday. And in non-bullpen news, Boone tells Rivera that the plan for slugger Giancarlo Stanton is to be activated from his rehab assignment on Thursday.
The beat goes on…
The return of Stanton will be huge, the biggest problem this month has been the offense.
I fully expect the Yanks to soon go on a run. I said the same thing a year ago, and everyone mocked me, but I turned out to be right.
And trading a quality starter and trading for another that is bombing.
Montgomery looks like a steal for the Cardinals right now. Bader will the Yankees next season but doubtful he contributes much this season if he makes it back.
Montas is another issue entirely and one they should have seen coming
@Rsox- you might be right in regards to Monty and Bader, but its way to early to start judging the Frankie Montas trade. We don’t really know yet what’s going to happen yet. He’s made 2 starts. We’ll see.
Everyone can say oh but Bader is a gold glove CF they don’t come cheap. How about injured gold glove CF that don’t play? I guess the going rate for those is good left handed starting pitchers in their prime years. That trade along with the Montas trade are jokes. Those two trades cancelled each other out and left New York no better off than they were before they made those moves. In fact they’re in worse shape. They’re putting a lot of stock in German pitching well and Severino making it back to his previous form this season. I’m not sold on either of those scenarios playing out. When they choke the division away that will be the final blow to Cashman’s time in NY and I’m a Cashman guy but he botched up this whole season in a matter of two days.
there is no way the yankees would have made that trade if bader wasn’t going to contribute this year
Monty won today, complete game 1 hitter. He is now 7-3 and 4-0 with Cardinals
Montgomery: 1 ER allowed in 25.2 innings since the trade
Montas: 14 ER allowed in 14 innings since the trade
Damn they can’t catch a break. Hopefully Britton can come back and be effective. They are falling apart at the wrong time
Lets hope so, we needed him before, more now
Minor. Sure. Just like staton being sore.
‘Tis but a scratch.
Schmidt should of been on this roster long ago. (Kid gloves)
Cohen already made the Mets the best team in NY. Just imagine when he is 5 years in. We will be the better version of what the dodgers were.
@TheREALMetsFan22- What’d you got a crystal ball, dummy?
He’s been waiting 25 years to comment this. Let him have his 15 minutes.
25? More like 35.
Im a yankees fan for decades, but unfortunately he might be right. Cashman aversion to procuring top free agents, or trades because of cost, is preventing team from getting to the next level, or of even being competitive lately.
DR is on the right track. Castillo is in Seattle because Cashman believes Anthony Volpe will be the Yankees shortstop in 2024.
Think about the cost of that decision when the Yankees couldn’t beat the Mariners — whose rotation is beefed up by Castillo while Sonny Gray Jr (Montas) has failed in pinstripes.
Not trading for Castillo, not offering Verlander an extra year option, trading Monty… it’s all easy to say in hindsight. I’ll let the season play out. The team isn’t this bad.
Always wants to try the bargain basement first or the scrap heap. That’s the difference from when the old man was around !!
Maybe so but it’s the reality now.
Maybe so, but he is right!!!
DR2020- It’s so nice that you probably agree with him. At this point why don’t you just become a Met’s fan? That sounds so exciting! Smh.
Will you be a met fan if Judge moves over this off-season?
@ctyank7- DR is on the right track? Seriously when did Cashman ever say that Anthony Volpe was going to be the starting shortstop in 2024? Exactly, he never said that. Luis Castillo should of been acquired last season but nobody wanted him then, remember? That would of been the best time to trade for him. Castillo looked great pitching against the minor league AAA A’s yesterday didn’t he? Smh
He is right?
@Mets698622- I’m not going to the Mets, Period. Mets fan? Are you crazy or something? Smh
scherzer was the one that got away. a pitcher like that hits free agency maybe once a decade. if you’re not going to exercise your competitive advantage for him then something’s wrong
I agree YBC. Let’s see what happens. It takes a year or even years in some cases to judge a trade. As an example, remember when the Yankees traded Gallegos for Voit? Everyone thought the Yankees stole that trade, but in the final analysis it was the Cards who won the trade. In NFL terminology it’s the 4th quarter.
@Mickey777 I don’t like to view trades as a zero-sum game. One team’s current needs are different from another’s at any given time.
The poster is a shrill……but he’s correct.
The Mets are taking over NYC baseball. It’s not just the team on the field or the money spent on payroll this year. It’s the organization that Mr. Cohen is building top to bottom, assuring quality payers will be coming up to the ML roster constantly.
The Yankees FO has been lost for years now. Jumping at this theory and that one. Ruining their players careers by pulling them instead of straightening them out, Replacing them with overpaid, over the hill, old guys that get injured a lot.
Yankees are (and have been) joining with the Knicks and NY football Giants – every year their delusional fans and media think they’ve got the guys this year to win a championship, only to see the team fizzle out for one reason or another.
@Samuel- The Royal King has spoken! Quiet everyone!
Would Samuel rather have the Yankees end up like FC Barcelona or Manchester United? Barcelona have to sell players in order to have new signings eligible for league play.
All Rise99;
Better than reading Yankee fans that know so little about baseball that it’s embarrassing to read the posts……..
Like yours.
Name calling and insults are all you kids got.
So speaks the all knowing Samuel…….
1. New York baseball isn’t being taken over by the Mets….who are building a nice team in Queens and have a terrific manager, their owner didn’t become a $$$ Billionaire by spending….rich people are the ones who pick up a penny on the street while the rest of us walk by……the Yankees still rule most NY publications and on line news but that will change as the Mets continue to have success.
2. That Yankees front office being lost for years now….which other ML team has made the playoffs (albeit only with one WS win) over the last 20 years????? waiting,…waiting….waiting…..
3. Which players are you referring to as “over the hill” overpaid (when almost every player who’s had success isn’t) that the Yankees have traded for?
4. And as far as “delusional fans” guess God made you the expert on everything because you sure post like it……every team rightfully goes overboard with praise as well as criticism for their team as well as competitors within their division/league..
Bottom line…..you don’;t know Snit about the Yankees or their fans even though you talk like it!
@Samuel- your embarrassing each and everyday. Your posts definitely have much to do with that, since you define troll. So your off your meds now not muting everyone in creation? Good for you!
All Rise99
Golly!
I’ve never read comments like that on an Internet chatroom before. Did you think that up yourself, or did you get it from your 7 year-old sister?
Wanna go back 6-7 years and list all the Yankees can’t miss / future star prospects?
@ChuckyNJ- Oh just leave the Royal King Samuel alone! He’s a big boy now! Your question is way too much for him to comprehend, trust me on this one.
@Samuel- Can you name the Royals top 5 prospects without looking? Doubt it. What a diehard fan you are. You and your comments are a joke. All you do is troll the Yankees and their fans, because you continue to have nothing. Even the Royals hate you and feel sorry for you. It’s impossible not to. Smh
They’ve won so many titles since 1986 I’ve lost count.
Yankees lose a couple more games in the standings and mass panicking will begin.
And if the Braves take over the lead in the NL East, panic will set in among Mets fans.
No it won’t. Winning over a hundred games and finishing second is not blowing a lead but good luck with your torrid pace in the second half.
Yeah, it will. But I wouldn’t expect you to admit it. I’ve read your troll posts about the Braves on other threads.
Are the Mets struggling? Are the Yankees? I don’t think we are in the same stratosphere with worries about our teams right now.
Last time I looked, the Yankees had an 8-game lead in their division and the Mets had a 4-game lead in theirs, and when the Mets played Atlanta just last week, the Bravos won three out of four.
Well your lead is only 7 in the loss column and I think you have been losing to everyone and not just the Braves. The Mets lost their first series vs the NL east all year but that was a real good comeback.
If shifting your awareness to the Yankees helps you deal with anxiety about the Braves, I guess that’s one way to deal with it.
I have zero anxiety at all. I’m just enjoying the season. On pace for 105 wins, good shot in playoffs with Degrom back. Beating all of our rivals. It’s been a fun year no matter what happens now.
You didn’t answer my question below: are you saying today marks the first time you’ve posted on this site?
Not at all. I’ve posted since may or so. What’s your point?
No point. Just wanted to know what you meant when you said: “First time I’ve ever been on genius.” Taking you at your literal word, that would mean you never posted before, right?
You said I switched names. Only name I’ve ever had. Literally just answered the question you asked.
Right. I forgot about that. Accept my apologies for making a false assumption.
No worries.
Why are Mets fans always obsessed with the Yankees? If the Mets are so “elite” (as their fans believe) then why waste time worrying about a team in another league as opposed to the Braves or Phillies?
Must be hitting home when the response is to tell us to pick on someone else. Newsflash the Yankees and Mets play today and not the Braves and Mets.
Little brother syndrome
Reminds me of Clippers v Lakers
Are you saying the Yankees are the lakers? The Lakers were really bad last year.
And the Mets were really bad last year. It’s good to see them having a few good months, but maybe have your first winning season in a few years before beating your chest. Mets just went 6-5 and lost 3 games to the Braves.
Who was beating their chest? You yankee fans are soft.
Struck a nerve. You said above “on pace for 105 wins…beating all of our rivals”. You’re beating your chest after 2 awful seasons and you just lost 3 of 4 to your rival.
its becoming entertaining how bad the deadline/second half of the season is going for the yankees
And of course Gallo is thriving in LA now too. Big oof.
@CravenMoorehead- Good for Gallo in LA. He was never going to ever thrive here in NY. Good riddance Gallo!
Damn… Can Stanton pitch?
I guess Effross landed on the IL, because he was ineffective according to all the dopes on here? Smh
This team is cursed
Yes.
Stanton get hurst as soon have 3 base hit game
I think this invites some scrutiny into the Yankees’ training and conditioning regimens, particularly in regard to the pitchers.
Nintendo forgot how to hit
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Do you follow the games at all?
Benintendi has 12 hits and an .811 OPS in his last 13 games.
12 hits in 13 games. Is that the New Yankee goal?
What was your screen name before this most recent revision? I recall another Mets troll whose knowledge of the game was such that he’d not understand the value of an .811 OPS.
First time I’ve ever been on genius. You do know there is way more then one Met fan out there. I do know the value of a .690 OPS since he went to New York.
Today marks the first time you’ve ever posted on this site? Is that what you’re saying?
Effross, 28, was acquired from the Cubs prior to the trade deadline and immediately jumped into the mix for high leverage work in the Bronx.
And there it is.
Effross was pitching high-leverage innings for the Cubs before the trade. He had 13 holds with the Cubs.
The Cubs are not playing in any high leverage situations. They are out of it. So throwing him into the fire of what is rapidly becoming a race because you’ve already burned out half your staff in high leverage situations that are often created by the high pressure environment of trying to win every game, I know this is a terrible sentence, but they are blowing it and blowing out pitcher’s arms.
Will Schmidt start? They could move German to the pen.
And there it….what? Don’t let the fact that Effross was having a great year with the Cubs get in your way.
Effross is fine. I hope we’re not judging him and Abreu for getting injured now? That would definitely be a classic for sure.
It’s sad that it took three relievers going to the IL for Schmidt to get called back up. He should be in the rotation now and German moved to the bullpen. Hopefully all of these guys going down with injury are ready to go for the postseason
I’ve been calling for a trade of German for years, but I don’t mind admitting I was wrong, at least judging by his recent outings. He’s been better than I expected this year. For one thing, he hasn’t been victimized by long balls, which used to be his Achilles heel. Pitting him against Scherzer looks like a gruesome mismatch, but maybe he’ll rise to the occasion.
I’m not a big fan of German in any capacity, but he could at least be useful out of the pen down the stretch. He seems to look sharp for 3-4 innings then quickly tail off. I’m not looking forward to this quick set with the Mets but at least they’re not facing deGrom anymore
Well, German gave up a long ball, but other than that, he was terrific. Beating Scherzer is no mean feat. I don’t think a lot of people saw that coming.
I’m genuinely shocked and glad to have been wrong. Hopefully they catch Walker on an off day tomorrow
@Ronk325, Agree completely. German is generally effective once through the lineup. In a perfect world he is the multiple inning reliever VERY roughly taking King’s role. Of course, NO One can fill King’s role. The melt down in the Yankees BP began when King got injured.
That’s the biggest issue with German – one outing he can look lights out, and then the next three outings, he looks inconsistent while giving up the long ball too much.
I like Schmidt so much more than German for a variety of reasons, both personal and professional, so I’m glad he’s back. I hope he proves his effectiveness as a starter and takes the fifth spot.
Johnny Lasagna looked really good too. His velo is back to peak output and he was right on the edges with that wicked two-seamer again. That’s great news, if he’s not overused and burned out prior to October.
Clip,
A lot of positive from last night’s win.
Perhaps none bigger than Johnny Lasagna impressive outing. PERHAPS more than any other team the fate of the Yankees depends on their health. How about Severino, Stanton, Bader, Holmes, and Britton all ready for the post season!! If I’m really going to dream throw in the Carpenter as well. Realistically, we’re probably not getting all of these guys back, would settle for Severino, Stanton, and Holmes.
This team was “eerily” healthy for the most part during the first half of the season and this was bound to happen sooner or later given their recent history of injury woes. The question is, will Judge remain healthy? He has only 4 home runs in the month of August so hopefully it’s just a slump and not a nagging injury.
Or expecting him to hit 10+ homers a month is not realistic.
He’s already averaging 10 HR a month.
Is trolling your clandestine way of soliciting an education in baseball?
No doubt Judge is the best player in the game this year. Just saying you all are expecting a little much from an already historic year.
Well, I appreciate that. And, dispensing with my little game of Whack-a-Troll, I’ll concede that the Yankees do have reason to be anxious, obviously. On the brighter side, my peace of mind doesn’t hinge on their fortunes. If it ain’t fun, it ain’t worth it.
If it should happen that the Mets end up in the World Series facing the Astros, my cheer will be “Let’s go, Mets!”
Yeah excellent point. I would love to just see Mets fans faces when the Trashtros find another way to start cheating again! Lmao!
The issue isn’t setting the expectations from Judge, in reality, because he’s already surpassing them on nearly every level. The issue for Judge is setting expectations for the rest of the lineup (like getting/staying healthy & productive) so they can offer Judge some lineup protection and opposing pitchers actually pitch to him, imho. If he gets pitches in the zone, as he was getting in the first half, hitting 61 will be an easy day for him.
Also, *if* he does hit 62, he will be the definitive single-season HR champion, imo. First one to pass Maris without PEDs.
A healthy player could carry a slumpy team,,,but,,,Who ?,,,,Cole almost pitch 9 scorless inning and not supported
Wow, the dumpires are giving German a 23 inch wide home plate. He’s not pitching a shutout, he’s being given a shutout. Pathetic, but not unexpected, The fix is in.
Whoops, and Scherzer’s plate is about 13 inches wide. What a joke. The fix is in.
Put a giant asterisk on this Yankees win. The dumpires have delivered.
Once again, boys and girls, the fix is in.
Good night.
Don’t blame us if the Mets’ owner is too cheap to pay for some strike calls.
: )
Go take a look at who has the most called strikes outside of the strike zone. That would be Aaron Judge. It ain’t even close. He keeps stepping in and doing damage. No sympathy for you and your incessant whining.
That means he’s used to it and that gives him an advantage. Everything to help the Yankees.
The fix is in.
Why do you persist in ignoring all the evidence provided to you? Has it not occurred to you how bad it looks when a rampant bias causes you to publicly cling to falsehoods?
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The only teams with a higher percentage of strikes called against them than the Yankees are the Pirates and the Guardians:
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With the way the Cubs (and Ross in particular) used and abused him this year, this was bound to happen. I hope this is just a blip for him though.
Effross. And while you’re at, Effhoyer and Effricketts too.
It’s incredible to me that paid sportswriters publish such BS as this from a guy at USA Today:
“In analyzing the Yankees’ recent playoff failures, Montgomery represented more of the same – a contact-friendly lefty who provided quality innings from April to September but was far from indomitable come October. They couldn’t beat the Astros in the 2019 ALCS with J.A. Happ and James Paxton taking the ball, and stumbled in the 2020 ALDS with Happ and Montgomery himself hen-pecked by the Rays.”
How lazy does a professional sportswriter have to be to not bother to consult the record?
Montgomery has pitched exactly one — 1 — postseason game. He lasted 4 innings before being replaced by Green in the fifth, and he gave up only three hits and one run for a 2.25 ERA. Where does this writer get his information, from Twitter discussions? “Hen-pecked by the Rays”?
Also, the Yankees won the game Monty pitched, 5-1. Green got the win, even though the Yankees had a lead when Monty was taken out, because Monty wasn’t allowed to go five innings.
Yankees bullpen just can’t have nice things this season lol.
Cashman – the Ninja.
“Montgomery (7-3) retired 27 of the 28 hitters he faced. He struck out seven and didn’t walk a batter. He needed just 99 pitches — 65 of which were strikes — to stifle the Cubs and qualify for a Maddux (shutout with less than 100 pitches).”
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That was Monty’s fourth win in a row for the Cardinals. This is his ERA in Cardinals red: 0.35. This is his WHIP: 0.62. This is his opponent average: .149.
Who needs that, right?
Fink, the 4 games before Gumby was traded to StL: 13 runs in 18.2 innings, a 6.26 ERA. 2 recent games for him were against the Cubs and Rockies. I’m a fan of Monty, but he’s not this Monty you’re seeing. Was he a real solid 4 starter? Yes, yes he was. Can he maintain a .35 ERA? No effing way. Can Montas be a 3 or maybe a 2? Yes, that’s in there, but he’s not showing it…yet.
Does Montas have a history of taking PED’s and therefore cheating? Yes. Does Monty? No. That’s why they made the change. They can’t win without cheaters. Never have, never will.
The fix is in.
If Monty were still a Yankee it would be just like you to accuse him of taking PEDs if he pitched four games for the Yankees like the four he’s pitched for the Cardinals.
49thyanks, the Rockies are 9th in the majors in runs scored. In the last two weeks, the Rockies are 6th in runs and the Cubs are 7th. Both teams were hitting when Monty faced them.
Fink, CR is 9th, but that’s due to 376 runs at Coors versus 180 away. Can you believe that discrepancy?! Monty faced them in Busch.
Busch has the 3rd lowest park factor for runs scored. It’s a good spot to pitch and I hope Monty continues to do well.
Cubs are more balanced in where they score, but they’re still 22nd in RS/G.
Good points. I admit that the issue of Colorado’s Home/Road splits occurred to me, but I was too lazy to do the legwork. Busch is the hardest park to hit a home run by some analyses I’ve read. I’ve wondered if that’s had a relaxing effect on Monty.
If the Yankees keep sinking the question comes down to who’s going to be responsible?