Whereas the Yankees beat the Mariners 11-5 Monday evening, 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 trying to attain on a sac fly because of an ankle harm and finally needed to be loaded onto a stretcher so an ambulance may take him off the sphere and transport him to an area hospital.
On Tuesday, the Yankees introduced that Cabrera has been positioned on the 10-day injured record with a left ankle fracture. DJ LeMahieu has been reinstated from the IL because the corresponding transfer.
“I believe everybody understands it was a fairly critical state of affairs,” supervisor Aaron Boone mentioned of the harm, as relayed by Joyce. “Simply praying for our man Cabby tonight and hoping for the perfect. Belief that he’s in good fingers as he goes via the evening. Clearly an awesome recreation in loads of methods, however loads of guys feeling for his or her teammate, who’s the perfect of them.”
LeMahieu was beforehand anticipated to get common taking part in time at second base in the meanwhile, but it surely’s attainable that Cabrera’s harm shifts that expectation. Whereas he hit simply .204/.269/.259 in his age-35 marketing campaign final 12 months, LeMahieu gives a prolonged observe report as an average-or-better hitter within the majors and hit fairly properly throughout his rehab project on the minor league stage. That’s seemingly sufficient to make him the Yankees’ high infielder after Anthony Volpe and Paul Goldschmidt because of the slim pickings. Jorbit Vivas is presently 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 properly, 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 presently within the lively roster combine, the pickings are slim. Braden Shewmake gives a left-handed various 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 below 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 seemingly be comparatively low-impact choices.
