Another day, one other new reliever.
The Yankees signed Ryan Weber to a significant league contract and chosen him to the energetic roster earlier than Thursday’s collection opener in opposition to the Rays. The crew cleared area on its 40-man roster by transferring Jonathan Loaisiga to the 60-day injured checklist.
Loaisiga just lately underwent surgical procedure to take away a bone spur in his elbow and isn’t anticipated again till not less than August.
While Loaisiga is thought for pumping gasoline, Weber’s fastball velocity ranks within the sixth percentile, per Baseball Savant.
“Not overpowering, but just has a really good feel to pitch,” Boone mentioned of Weber. “Kind of got that slot and sinks the ball and can spin it. Change speeds on it. It’s kind of fun watching him. You don’t see a lot of guys like him anymore.”
Weber, a journeyman right-hander, made a powerful impression on Boone final season when he recorded a 0.84 ERA over 10.2 main league innings for the Yankees. Weber has struggled as a starter at Triple-A this 12 months, tallying a 5.77 ERA over 34.1 innings and 7 begins.
But the Yankees are simply in search of some mop-up size after already rotating Nick Ramirez, Greg Weissert and Deivi Garcia although their bullpen this week.
Weber can present that.
“That’s a guy we feel comfortable with,” Boone mentioned. “If we get in a rough situation, we know he can go out there and eat his way and figure his way out through an outing.”
SEVY’S NEXT STEP
Following a profitable first rehab outing on Wednesday, the plan is for Luis Severino (lat) to throw round 60 pitches in his second rehab begin on Tuesday. Boone didn’t rule out activating the right-hander after that, although that doesn’t imply the Yankees will.
Severino has expressed hope that he’ll solely want two begins earlier than becoming a member of the Yankees’ rotation.
OTHER INJURY UPDATES
Aaron Hicks (hip) had some imaging accomplished earlier than Thursday’s recreation. The Yankees didn’t have outcomes when Boone spoke, however Hicks went by way of his pregame routine.
Tommy Kahnle (bicep tendinitis) threw to hitters Thursday. He might throw one other reside session earlier than beginning his rehab project, per Boone.
The supervisor additionally mentioned he has a obscure goal date in thoughts for Giancarlo Stanton (hamstring) to start a rehab project, however Boone didn’t need to reveal it. “Let’s just see how this week and next week goes,” Boone mentioned. Stanton ran on Thursday.
Boone additionally hopes that Josh Donaldson (hamstring) can begin a rehab project subsequent week.
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Source: www.bostonherald.com