Whereas the Yankees beat the Mariners 11-5 Monday night time, the first focus within the aftermath of the sport was not on the rating however on the standing of infielder Oswaldo Cabrera. As famous by Greg Joyce of the New York Post, Cabrera went down whereas making an attempt to attain on a sac fly on account of an ankle damage and ultimately needed to be loaded onto a stretcher so an ambulance may take him off the sector and transport him to an area hospital.
On Tuesday, the Yankees introduced that Cabrera has been positioned on the 10-day injured checklist with a left ankle fracture. DJ LeMahieu has been reinstated from the IL because the corresponding transfer.
“I feel everybody understands it was a reasonably severe scenario,” supervisor Aaron Boone mentioned of the damage, as relayed by Joyce. “Simply praying for our man Cabby tonight and hoping for the most effective. Belief that he’s in good arms as he goes via the night time. Clearly an ideal recreation in a number of methods, however a number of guys feeling for his or her teammate, who’s the most effective of them.”
LeMahieu was beforehand anticipated to get common enjoying time at second base in the interim, nevertheless it’s attainable that Cabrera’s damage shifts that expectation. Whereas he hit simply .204/.269/.259 in his age-35 marketing campaign final 12 months, LeMahieu provides a prolonged observe file as an average-or-better hitter within the majors and hit fairly nicely throughout his rehab project on the minor league degree. That’s possible sufficient to make him the Yankees’ prime infielder after Anthony Volpe and Paul Goldschmidt because of the slim pickings. Jorbit Vivas is at present holding issues down at second base however has hit simply .158/.304/.211 in 10 video games on the place. Pablo Reyes and Oswald Peraza are each on the roster as nicely, however Reyes is hitting an much more lackluster .174/.240/.174. Peraza has slashed a extra respectable .204/.278/.388 in 54 plate appearances this 12 months, and might be platooned with the lefty-swinging Vivas at whichever place LeMahieu doesn’t play.
Exterior of the gamers at present within the energetic roster combine, the pickings are slim. Braden Shewmake provides a left-handed different to Vivas and is already on the 40-man roster, however is hitting simply .197 with a 94 wRC+ at Triple-A this 12 months. Andrew Velazquez and Max Burt are each within the group as potential upper-level depth choices, however Velazquez has by no means hit a lot in both the majors or minors whereas Burt has simply 47 video games at Triple-A underneath his belt as a 28-year-old. Maybe the Yankees may search for an exterior addition to their infield, however any gamers out there at this level within the calendar would possible be comparatively low-impact choices.
