The Yankees positioned Albert Abreu on the injured record Sunday morning and known as up Luke Bard to take his spot within the Yankees bullpen. Abreu was positioned on the IL with irritation in his proper elbow.
Bard, the youthful brother of Daniel Bard, final pitched within the majors July 29 with the Rays. In eight appearances with Tampa Bay, together with one in opposition to the Yankees, Bard threw to a 1.93 ERA. He struck out eight in 14 innings pitched.
The Yankees claimed him off waivers on Aug. 5. In the minors this season, Bard has pitched to a 5.02 ERA.
Abreu has allowed 9 earned runs in 25 innings pitched in his time again with the Yankees. They claimed him off waivers after the Royals minimize him. Abreu had been traded to the Rangers in spring coaching to amass Jose Trevino. The Rangers additionally minimize him this season.
STANTON SOONER THAN LATER
Giancarlo Stanton went 0-for-3 with two strikeouts Saturday evening for the Somerset Patriots and the Yankees couldn’t be happier. The slugger received by means of his first minor league rehab recreation with out concern.
“He came through fine. Feels good today,” Boone stated. “He’ll get more at-bats today. I actually just texted with him about 15-20 minutes ago. So yeah, everything went according to plan.”
The plan is for Stanton to get one other day with the Double-A affiliate after which return to New York the place he’s scheduled to face Luis Severino in a dwell batting observe on Tuesday.
Then the Bombers will decide with Stanton about him heading to the West Coast with them for a 10-game street journey.
“He’ll kind of determine that. I mean, the plan right now is another three to five today, kind of depending,” Boone stated. “Then if all goes well there he’ll come work out with us tomorrow and then face (Severino), get a number of at-bats … so he’ll get a handful of at-bats there and hopefully we’ll be in a good spot there. But we’ll kind of determine that as the days unfold, if we feel like that’s enough and he feels like that’s enough and then we’ll go from there.”
In 80 video games this season, Stanton was hitting .228/.309/.498 with an .807 OPS, 24 house runs and 61 RBI. Stanton won’t play the sector in his rehab project and will likely be eased again into it when he returns.
HOLMES HEADING BACK
Clay Holmes, who has been coping with decrease again tightness, nonetheless feels a bit of little bit of the again concern that put him on the injured record, however stated his first time throwing on Saturday went effectively. He was planning to throw a couple of pitches off the mound to check it on Sunday. The Yankees are inspired that he’ll be capable of return from the injured record as quickly as he’s eligible.
“So I mean, we’ll see. Obviously things have to continue to progress,” Boone stated. “He’s going out to throw today and if that goes well and the way he’s feeling this morning, I think we’re going to be in a good spot. He’s gonna get on the mound today actually for probably just like 10 pitches or so. So I feel like we’re moving in a good direction.”
In his first 38 video games this season, Holmes was unhittable. He pitched to a 0.46 ERA strolling six in 39.1 innings pitched. Over his final 11 appearances, he has allowed 11 earned runs and walked 10 in 9.2 innings pitched.
DONALDSON UPDATE
Josh Donaldson, who was scratched from Saturday’s lineup with a abdomen bug, was out of the lineup once more on Sunday.
“He’s good. I haven’t seen him but they just told me is bouncing around. A lot better this morning and in the training room felt a little better when he left last night,” Boone stated. “I talked to him last night and he was feeling a little bit better. But I think he’s doing a lot better today and should be an option for us.”
BACKING OFF BRITTON
Zack Britton confronted hitters once more on Saturday and the stories have been good, however Boone was attempting to decrease expectations about his doable return.
“That’s what I’ve tried to be guarded on,” Boone stated. “As much as I think there’s a chance and we certainly would love to get Zack Britton back in the mix with us, first things first is I want to make sure that he is physically in that really good spot. This is an important time for him. It’s been a really good, I think successful journey from surgery in his rehab. So I’m certainly hopeful, but I don’t want to put any expectations on it. I just want him to get to a point where he’s back and really feeling like he’s ready to impact us. But the biggest thing is getting him all the way back, because it’s been a pretty good timeline for him since that surgery.”
Britton had elbow reconstruction surgical procedure final October.
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