Whereas the Yankees beat the Mariners 11-5 Monday evening, the first focus within the aftermath of the sport was not on the rating however on the standing of infielder Oswaldo Cabrera. As famous by Greg Joyce of the New York Post, Cabrera went down whereas trying to attain on a sac fly on account of an ankle harm and ultimately needed to be loaded onto a stretcher so an ambulance may take him off the sector and transport him to a neighborhood hospital.
On Tuesday, the Yankees introduced that Cabrera has been positioned on the 10-day injured listing with a left ankle fracture. DJ LeMahieu has been reinstated from the IL because the corresponding transfer.
“I believe everybody understands it was a reasonably severe scenario,” supervisor Aaron Boone stated of the harm, as relayed by Joyce. “Simply praying for our man Cabby tonight and hoping for the perfect. Belief that he’s in good arms as he goes by way of the evening. Clearly a terrific recreation in quite a lot of methods, however quite a lot of guys feeling for his or her teammate, who’s the perfect of them.”
LeMahieu was beforehand anticipated to get common enjoying time at second base in the interim, however it’s potential that Cabrera’s harm shifts that expectation. Whereas he hit simply .204/.269/.259 in his age-35 marketing campaign final yr, LeMahieu affords a prolonged observe report as an average-or-better hitter within the majors and hit fairly properly throughout his rehab task on the minor league degree. That’s seemingly sufficient to make him the Yankees’ prime infielder after Anthony Volpe and Paul Goldschmidt because of the slim pickings. Jorbit Vivas is at the moment holding issues down at second base however has hit simply .158/.304/.211 in 10 video games on the place. Pablo Reyes and Oswald Peraza are each on the roster as properly, however Reyes is hitting an much more lackluster .174/.240/.174. Peraza has slashed a extra respectable .204/.278/.388 in 54 plate appearances this yr, and might be platooned with the lefty-swinging Vivas at whichever place LeMahieu doesn’t play.
Exterior of the gamers at the moment within the lively roster combine, the pickings are slim. Braden Shewmake affords a left-handed various to Vivas and is already on the 40-man roster, however is hitting simply .197 with a 94 wRC+ at Triple-A this yr. Andrew Velazquez and Max Burt are each within the group as potential upper-level depth choices, however Velazquez has by no means hit a lot in both the majors or minors whereas Burt has simply 47 video games at Triple-A below his belt as a 28-year-old. Maybe the Yankees may search for an exterior addition to their infield, however any gamers accessible at this level within the calendar would seemingly be comparatively low-impact choices.
