BALTIMORE — All indicators pointed to Josh Donaldson landing on the injured report Saturday. However the Yankees’ third baseman had agency as Jonathan Loaisiga moreover hit the shelf in a sequence of roster strikes.
Donaldson is on the 10-day IL with correct hamstring tightness, an hurt he sustained in Wednesday’s sport in direction of the Phillies. The veteran was not in Baltimore with the Yankees on Friday.
Loaisiga, within the meantime, is on the 15-day IL with correct elbow irritation. He and Donaldson are retroactive to April 6.
Boone knew one factor was up with the righty reliever earlier to Friday’s sport. The supervisor initially thought it was solely a case of soreness, nevertheless exams revealed swelling in Loaisiga’s joint. The workforce despatched him once more to New York on Friday, the place he had an MRI and seen Dr. Christopher Ahmad sooner than receiving an injection Saturday.
The good news is that Loaisiga’s ligament is structurally sound. Nonetheless, the pitcher gained’t throw for a number of weeks, though Boone is holding out hope for a shorter timeline.
Loaisiga, who had a 2.70 ERA over three appearances, is the Yankees’ latest high-leverage reliever to be positioned on the injured report, turning into a member of Lou Trivino (elbow sprain) and Tommy Kahnle (bicep tendinitis).
“We’ve obtained plenty of good pitchers and it’s simply on everybody to sort of step up,” Boone said of the absences. “This creates extra vital alternatives for extra individuals.”
Kahnle was positioned on the 60-day injured report Saturday, though Boone said the switch was a logistical one and by no means a model new setback. The supervisor added that Kahnle is in the intervening time on monitor for rehab video video games in early or mid-Might.
Trivino, within the meantime, not too way back threw a bullpen.
As for Donaldson, Boone said he’s feeling good after hitting and working in New York.
“I believe it’s fairly minor,” Boone said, together with that he believes Donaldson will solely miss about 10 days. The hope is that he doesn’t need a minor-league rehab job.
The Yankees added outfielder Willie Calhoun to the energetic roster in Donaldson’s place. Jhony Brito, Saturday’s starter, was moreover recalled.
OTHER INJURIES
Shortstop prospect Oswald Peraza has missed a few video video games at Triple-A as a consequence of a superb correct hamstring.
“I don’t suppose it’s an enormous deal,” Boone said.
When requested if a healthful Peraza would have been the switch for Donaldson, Boone smiled and said, “that’s speculative.”
Boone moreover said that he hopes coronary heart fielder Harrison Bader (oblique) can get into some rehab video video games throughout the subsequent week to 10 days.
VOUCHING FOR VOLPE
Anthony Volpe — who gained the Yankees’ shortstop job over Peraza in spring teaching — took a 3-for-21 start to his fundamental league career into Saturday’s sport the place he went 1-for-4 with a triple. Nonetheless, Boone shouldn’t be sweating the 21-year-old’s effectivity and dismissed any concerns regarding the neophyte.
“We imagine within the participant, however as a lot as that, we imagine within the individual,” Boone said. “So anytime a man comes up, you understand the possibility for struggles, and I don’t even wish to name it that. We’ve performed seven freakin’ video games out of 162. So it’s overreaction on overdrive.”
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