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Yankees manager Aaron Boone is baffled. He can’t understand what’s going on with his team again.
The surprise wasn’t the Yankees’ injured list, which swelled to 17 players on Tuesday when defensive back Trey Ambergey was added. The rookie was knocked out of his second Big League game last Sunday with a hamstring problem, so half of that bad news was to be expected.
What baffled Boone was DJ LeMahieu getting scratched a few minutes before the start of Tuesday night’s game with the Phillies and having to scramble to find his first baseman as rookie Chris Gittens showed up on the field with a painful Achilles injury that made him available only in an emergency.
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Bon’s thoughts at the time?
“What else can you throw at us?”
Boone considered starting catcher Gary Sanchez at first before opting instead for his new spare receiver. Rob Brantley didn’t play a major league game initially, but he has made three top-flight games there this season.
It worked. Brantley contributed two goals to his first major league success since 2017 (and 90th place overall), handling his first base fine other than not making a scoop on a bad throw by Gleyber Torres that was scored on the field and the Yankees finished with a score of 6. 4 winners.
After that, Boone said he was optimistic about making LeMahieu available for Wednesday’s game while unsure of Gittens, whom Achilles “really annoyed”.
Here’s the latest news on the 17 Yankees who are in IL:
Lok Voigt, 1 b
Injuries: left knee osteoarthritis / bone contusion.
Number of missed matches: 4.
Status: List of the wounded for 10 days since 16 July (backward to 13).
Latest: Voit has been recovering quickly and may be allowed to resume baseball activities by Friday.
Expected return: late July.
Update from Boone: “It works just fine…much better (Mon-Tuesday).”
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Darren O’Day, RHP
Injury: left hamstring strain.
Number of missed matches: 10.
Status: List of the wounded for 10 days since 6 July.
The latest: O’Day will undergo season-ending surgery Wednesday in New York and face a six-month recovery period. O’Day, the oldest player on the Yankees at 38, plans to take the next two months to decide whether he wants to play next season or retire. He has until after the World Championships to make up his mind for when he has to exercise his $1.4 million player option for 2022 or let the Yankees choose between the club’s $3.15 million and $700,000 buyout option.
Expected return: 2022.
Update from O’Day: “The (retirement) decision has to be made so soon after the world championships, that it puts me halfway through my rehab. It’s kind of a family decision. I have three kids and my wife. I don’t think we’re going to put it to a vote because I think That the dogs would vote for me to go home, and then they would influence the vote. But we’ll find out when the time comes, some days I get up and say, ‘I’m done playing’, and other days I wake up and (think) you come here (to the playground) and be Nearby guys are part of my favorite aspects of playing the game.”
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Jonathan Luiziga, RHP
Infection: COVID.
Number of missed matches: 6.
Status: List of people infected with the Covid virus since July 10.
The Latest: Loaisiga rejoined the Yankees on Tuesday as a rehab player and long shot. Of the six Yankees currently in IL, he was the first in four days and probably will be the first unless Nestor Curtis beats him.
Expected return: End of this week / early next week.
Update from Boone: “I think the plan is for him to throw a bullseye (Wednesday), then maybe do another bullpup or a live stream (BP), and then hopefully play with us sometime over the weekend.”
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Nestor Curtis, LHB
Infection: COVID.
Number of missed matches: 4.
Status: COVID IL as of July 15.
The latest: Cortes should test negative as the Yankees don’t rule him out getting out of IL and getting comfortable at Fenway Park this weekend.
Expected return: End of this week or early next week.
Update from Boone: “Nestor is ready to join us in Boston sometime.”
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Aaron Judge, RF
Infection: COVID.
Number of missed matches: 4.
Status: The list of people infected with the Covid virus since July 16.
Expected return: Next week.
The latest: Boone predicted all along that the judge and most of the Yankees’ coronavirus-infected players would be on IL for 10 days, and that’s still the case except for Curtis.
Update from Boone: “Other than (Loaisiga and Cortes), I don’t think anyone (returning from COVID IL) is imminent.”
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Kyle Higashuka, C
Infection: COVID.
Number of missed matches: 4.
Status: The list of people infected with the Covid virus since July 16.
Expected return: Next week.
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WANDY PERALTA, LHP
Infection: COVID.
Number of missed matches: 4.
Status: COVID IL as of July 15.
Expected return: Next week.
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Gio Orchila, 3 B
Infection: COVID.
Number of missed matches: 4.
Status: The list of people infected with the Covid virus since July 16.
Expected return: Next week.
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Miguel Andujar, LF
Injuries: left wrist strain
Number of missed matches: 9.
Status: List of the wounded for 10 days since 10 July (back to 7 July).
The latest: Andugar started hitting again on Monday after being locked out for three days because he got a cortisone shot last Friday due to the continued pain.
Expected return: late July.
Update from Boone: “I don’t think he will be back in the next couple of days. We’ll see when he ramps up baseball activities how he responds.”
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Clint Freezer, OF
Injury: eye problems.
Number of missed matches: 13.
Status: List of the wounded for 10 days since 2 July (retroactive to 1 July).
The latest: Frasier continues to undergo vision tests while doctors search for a treatment for his dizziness.
Expected return: Unknown.
Update from Boone: “We’re really focusing on some of the elements of vision with how his eyes move and how that affects his vision. I know they play with the contacts, in and out of those. I think they found some things through how his eyes move and how that affects how we process things. Various, but some of the bigger and more dangerous things (such as vertigo) have been left out.”
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Michael King, RHP
Injury: a bruise on the right middle finger.
Number of missed matches: 10.
Status: List of the wounded for 10 days since July 7 (back to July 5).
The latter: King may be acquitted later this week to resume throwing after being closed for more than a week.
Expected return: August.
Update from Boone: “He’s still not throwing because he (was) still a little upset when he’s going to throw (as of last Sunday), so it’ll be some time before he comes back) because he’s going to have to rebuild.”
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Cory Klopper, RHP
Injury: strain in the right shoulder.
Number of missed matches: 45.
Status: 60 day hit list. Eligible to activate on July 25th.
The latest: Kluber may be about to take a big step as Boone recently stated that a return to the hill could be by clicking “Friday-ish”.
Expected return: September.
Update from Boone: “It’s obviously going to be a big move (getting out of the hill) and we’ll see how it goes. I know he feels good and he feels good about the direction he’s moving. He’s out at 120 feet (a long toss) and he’s been responding to that really well. At least I’m a fan. Although it was a long process, by design, this throwing program I can tell is going really well.”
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Luis Severino, RHP
Injuries: Tommy John surgery Feb 27, 2020; Class II left thigh strain on June 13, 2021.
Number of missed matches: 93.
Status: 60 days hit list since Feb 23.
The most recent: Severino threw a 30-court simulation game last Sunday at Yankee Stadium. He’ll be throwing another Sim this weekend, maybe bumping up his pitches by a few, then probably heading to the minors to throw the first two or three rehab starts.
Expected return: Late August or early September.
Update from Boone: “I thought he threw the ball really well (on Sunday). She looks strong and healthy, and I think it goes with everything. He’s in really good physical shape, and it shows. He’s been really shaky all the court. Good move for him.”
Trey Amburg, OF
Injuries: strain the right hamstring.
Missed matches: 1.
Status: List of the wounded for 10 days since 20 July (back to 19 July).
The latest: The Yankees have yet to indicate how intense the pressure will be.
Expected return: August.
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Tim Lucastro, OF
Injuries: Rupture of the right cruciate ligament.
Missed matches: 2.
Status: List of the wounded for 10 days since July 18.
The latest: Locastro will have surgery at the end of the season on Wednesday in New York after he injured his knee during the first half of last Saturday’s game against Boston while making a gentle jump near the left stands.
Expected return: 2022.
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Clark Schmidt, RHP
Injury: joint strain in right elbow.
Number of missed matches: 93.
Status: The list of infected people is 60 days since March 27.
The latest: Schmidt has been throwing BP straight to the hitters for a few weeks and they may be allowed to start playing in rehab games over the next week or two.
Expected return: Minor Leagues in August, Yankees in 2022.
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Aaron Hicks, CF
Injury: A torn sheath holds the left wrist tendon in place.
Number of missed matches: 57.
Status: List of infected people for 10 days (back to May 13).
The most recent: Hicks underwent season-ending surgery in late May. He will likely be allowed to resume baseball activities in September or October.
Expected return: Spring 2022 training.
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