SEATTLE — Anthony Rizzo didn’t start the Yankees’ assortment opener in Seattle on Monday, as the first baseman is dealing with neck stiffness.
Rizzo left Sunday’s win over the Padres after getting snarled with Fernando Tatis Jr. on a slipshod pickoff play at first. Rizzo spent some time down in ache, and he exited for what the Yankees known as “precautionary causes.”
“Must be nice. Simply one thing we didn’t wish to mess with an excessive amount of. Head-wise, he’s nice,” Aaron Boone talked about. “He’ll get therapy. I might count on him to be obtainable in all probability on some degree tonight off the bench.”
Boone added that Rizzo acquired’t receive additional exams after spending some on Sunday. The supervisor moreover talked about {{that a}} day of rest after a cross-country flight for an prolonged freeway journey wasn’t the worst issue on this planet for Rizzo.
“Hopefully, [it’s] one thing that type of serves him properly,” Boone continued.
With Rizzo out of Monday’s lineup, DJ LeMahieu slotted in at first. Willie Calhoun, within the meantime, hit third.
Boone anticipated Rizzo having fun with on Tuesday, nevertheless the Yankees will see how he feels sooner than making that call.
Rizzo has been one in every of many crew’s biggest and most fixed hitters this season, slashing .304/.376/.505 with 11 residence runs and 32 RBI. He leads the Yankees in widespread and complete bases, and he’s second to Aaron Choose in homers, RBI, on-base proportion, slugging and OPS+.
RODON’S BULLPEN
Carlos Rodon, on the Yankees’ West Coast journey, threw 20 pitches Monday in a high-intensity bullpen. He talked about that the session went correctly and that he didn’t experience any once more factors whereas throwing all of his pitches.
Rodon’s fastball hit 93 mph, which is faster than he reached in spring teaching.
Boone talked about the plan is for Rodon to throw two additional bullpens on this freeway journey. From there, he would switch to dwell courses and a five-day schedule sooner than a rehab process.
The considered coping with hitters rapidly thrilled the left-hander. “I would like it,” Rodon talked about whereas together with that being spherical his teammates over the previous few days has been energizing.
Whereas Rodon is shifting within the appropriate route, he didn’t want to set a snug timeline for his Yankees debut.
“You entice your self whenever you begin pondering that method, to be sincere,” he talked about. “Everybody has an concept of their thoughts, however I attempt to maintain that out of my thoughts. I do know it’s so cliche to say, [but] I simply wish to deal with what comes subsequent.”
DONALDSON AND STANTON
Josh Donaldson will proceed his rehab at Double-A Somerset on Tuesday, per Boone. The skipper moreover talked about it’s attainable that Giancarlo Stanton begins his private rehab process there as correctly on Tuesday, though that’s not definitive.
Each players are on the shelf with hamstring accidents.
Donaldson has already appeared in three rehab video video games at Triple-A on this process. The third baseman is 3-for-9 with a double, a home run and two RBI.
TREVINO’S TIMELINE
Jose Trevino will also be in Seattle with the Yankees. Boone talked about the catcher may be activated sooner than the highest of this assortment.
The plan was for Trevino, who hasn’t carried out since Might 17 ensuing from his private hamstring harm, to bear a full train Monday.
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