CHICAGO — The Yankees usually are not distant from getting certainly one of their commerce deadline additions again within the fold.
Austin Slater started a rehab project Friday night time with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, going 2-for-3 throughout 5 innings in left area as he comes again from a hamstring pressure that he suffered Aug. 4.
The outfielder is anticipated to play once more Sunday and sure get a 3rd sport underneath his belt Tuesday earlier than the Yankees think about activating him.
“We’ll see over the subsequent few days what makes probably the most sense,” supervisor Aaron Boone mentioned Friday at Price Subject earlier than a 10-2 win over the White Sox.
The Yankees acquired Slater for his capacity to hit left-handed pitchers, towards whom he has a .814 OPS this season and .795 for his profession.
With rosters increasing to twenty-eight on Monday, the Yankees won’t need to ship out any of their present gamers to make room for Slater’s return.
However because it doesn’t sound just like the Yankees can be able to activate him Tuesday after they open a collection towards the Astros, they may name up catcher J.C. Escarra within the interim to present them additional flexibility on the bench for days when each Ben Rice and Austin Wells are within the lineup.
Some followers have been clamoring for Spencer Jones to be one of many Yankees’ Sept. 1 call-ups, however that won’t occur with out a clear lane for him to play, which doesn’t presently exist.
As it’s, groups solely get one additional place participant and one additional pitcher, in comparison with the outdated days of limitless September call-ups so long as gamers have been on the 40-man roster.
“I feel it’s most likely the fitting factor, simply from a contest standpoint,” Boone mentioned. “It’s a really totally different sport, the best way it was once. One staff could be enjoying with 33, the opposite staff could be enjoying with 27. From a contest standpoint, that’s most likely not the fitting option to go. In order a lot as I’d like to have a pair extra guys up right here, personally and from a staff standpoint, I feel it’s the fitting factor.”
As soon as once more, Aaron Choose performed catch and threw to second base and a cutoff man earlier than Friday’s sport, persevering with to undergo his development from a flexor pressure with none clear date for when he may play proper area once more.
Within the meantime, Giancarlo Stanton began a second straight sport in proper area, although he’s not anticipated to play the sector in all 4 video games right here.
Jazz Chisholm Jr. stole his twenty fifth base of the season Friday, making him the sixth Yankee to have a 25-homer, 25-steal season, becoming a member of Bobby Bonds, Rickey Henderson, Alfonso Soriano, Alex Rodriguez and Curtis Granderson.
Chisholm is 15-for-15 in steals over his previous 27 video games after going 0-for-2 in 39 video games from June 11-July 29. The distinction, he mentioned, is being wholesome after he performed by way of a groin problem that he sustained in a June 11 sport in Kansas Metropolis.
“Lastly obtained my legs again after all of the stuff through the center of the season,” he mentioned. “Now I really feel ok to run each time I get on the market.”
