Joey Gallo and Kyle Higashioka had been bodily at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday after staying house on Sunday and Monday as a result of they had been feeling beneath the climate. Higashioka was feeling properly sufficient to get added again to the energetic roster, however he was not within the beginning lineup. Gallo and Josh Donaldson are nonetheless on the COVID-19 listing.
“Joey and Higgy are both here and doing well,” Boone mentioned. “They went through some workouts. They’re doing really well. Josh [Donaldson] is still under the weather so we had him stay home.”
Both Higashioka and Donaldson proceed to check detrimental for COVID. Boone mentioned, to his data, no one else within the Yankee clubhouse is feeling sick. With a wave of gamers hitting the COVID IL once more and gamers needing to be referred to as up from the minor leagues on brief discover, Boone was requested if this reminded him of the hectic nature of the primary two seasons that had been performed in the course of the pandemic.
“Twenty-twenty and 2021 felt like a scramble,” Boone mentioned. “There’s been hours over the past few days where it’s felt like a bit of a scramble, but nothing we can’t handle.”
After Boone spoke to reporters, DJ LeMahieu was additionally scratched from the lineup with “left wrist discomfort.” He was initially penciled into third base and the leadoff spot, however the up to date lineup card confirmed Aaron Hicks hitting first and Marwin Gonzalez on the scorching nook, batting eighth.
LeMahieu was current at Yankee Stadium earlier than the sport and on the sector throughout batting observe.
CHAPMAN GOING ON IL
Aroldis Chapman has not pitched since Sunday, the day he publicly acknowledged that he was having some points together with his left Achilles. On Tuesday, he was formally positioned on the 15-day injured listing with Achilles tendinitis.
Boone referred to as an IL stint a “likely” situation throughout his pregame press convention, which was roughly an hour and a half earlier than the transfer grew to become official. His replace on Chapman was barely sunny, however clearly the clouds haven’t completely dispersed.
“Chappy’s doing a little bit better,” Boone mentioned. “He’s improving.”
The nearer has acquired therapy on the tendon, which Boone mentioned has not included any kind of injection.
RIZZO NOT HITTING
As Aaron Judge units fireplace to all the pieces in his approach, Anthony Rizzo has gone noticeably chilly.
Rizzo’s super begin to the season provides a pleasant coat of paint to his total numbers, however within the month of May, he’s been a .183 hitter. The first baseman’s energy has dried up too, as 9 of his 10 house runs got here in April.
“I feel like it’s a bit of a timing thing,” Aaron Boone mentioned of Rizzo’s current points on the plate. “Sometimes he’s been a little bit late on pitches or just miss-hit some pitches, so that quality of contact hasn’t been the same. I think that consistent quality of contact is probably as simple as a timing thing.”
Plenty of hitters have dangerous months sooner or later throughout a season, and somebody with sufficient expertise as Rizzo usually is aware of the way to get again on monitor. But this streakiness is one thing to observe with the 32-year-old, who has not completely appeared like himself since contracting COVID final August, notably within the slugging division.
A participant with a .481 profession slugging proportion, who owns 5 profession seasons with a slugging proportion north of .500, Rizzo slugged a puzzling .397 down the stretch final season after coming back from the COVID injured listing. His scorching begin to this season is, thus far, the outlier of his Yankee profession.
In April 2022, he slugged .675 with 13 additional base hits and 21 RBI. In May, these numbers are again right down to .310, six and 4. Perhaps June will carry the magic potion again to Rizzo’s bats.
“Hitting can be so fickle, even if you’re really good at it,” Boone plainly put it.
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