Gleyber Torres has had a resurgence. After two years of struggles, the second baseman has returned to the place the place he appears extra comfy and has rediscovered a swing that works for him. So watching him go away Sunday’s recreation with a turned ankle was clearly regarding.
Aaron Boone was optimistic after the sport. The Yankees supervisor stated he thought they “dodged a bullet with the ankle. Monday afternoon, nonetheless, Boone revealed that Torres has been coping with a sore proper wrist for a pair weeks and so they determined now can be a superb time for him to get a cortisone shot. He will almost definitely be out Monday and Tuesday.
“Gleyber’s ankle is doing well,” Boone stated earlier than Monday night time’s collection opener in opposition to the A’s on the Stadium. “He rolled a little bit, but not such a big deal but he did have an MRI on his wrist that’s kind of just been bugging him a little bit lately. Came back structurally good. Had a little inflammation in there so he actually got a cortisone shot today so that’ll knock him out for today and tomorrow swinging the bat wise anyway, but he’s fine.”
The Yankees, who’ve had an additional infielder all season, are nicely ready for these items. DJ LeMahieu, who was taking part in second base Monday, is a pure second baseman and clearly doesn’t change the lineup a lot. He has been taking part in a whole lot of third base to relaxation the 36-year previous Josh Donaldson. Monday night time was his nineteenth begin at second. He additionally had eight begins at first base. Matt Carpenter has in depth expertise at third base to assist hold the Donaldson rotation — which is 2 video games within the discipline after which a day as a chosen hitter — and Marwin Gonzalez also can play third or second base.
It’s onerous to think about if you happen to simply watched the final two years, however Torres lacking video games is successful to the Yankees’ offense. After two years of struggles on the plate, what the Yankees would miss is Torres’ bat. He’s hitting .250/.302/.487 with 13 homers and 32 RBI.
So the wrist, which he had wrapped a few weeks in the past and has been icing after video games, has probably not bothered him that a lot.
“It’s been the last couple of weeks. I think he had it taped up a couple of weeks ago so it just been kind of lingering, nothing that’s kept them out of lineup obviously,” Boone stated. “But I think with him rolling in the ankle last night is like alright, let’s get an image and see if we can knock this out and don’t expect to be anything that lingers too much.”
Torres was embarrassed by his final two seasons. He confirmed up on the Yankees’ participant improvement complicated about two weeks after they misplaced within the American League Wild Card Game and requested then minor league hitting coordinator Dillon Lawson to assist him rediscover the swing that made him a Rookie of the Year candidate in 2018. The two labored collectively for simply over a month earlier than the lockout. He spent virtually each weekday understanding at a highschool discipline in Tampa. The result’s a drastic distinction to the final two years.
In 2020, the Yankees — and to be truthful different groups’ expertise evaluators — felt that Torres was simply hindered by the very fact he confirmed up after the COVID-19 spring coaching shutdown off form and that resulted in a leg harm.
Last season, nonetheless, in 127 video games, Torres had simply 9 homers and 51 RBI. He slashed .259/.331/.366 with a .697 OPS. He additionally had a career-high 14 stolen bases.
It was after a stolen base that Torres received damage Sunday. With one out and the sport tied at 3-3 within the ninth inning, Torres stole second base, and catcher Martin Maldonado’s throw went into heart discipline. Torres moved to 3rd on the error.
“He caught a spike and kind of rolled it there at third,” Boone stated.
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