Judge making progress, Stanton plays RF as Yankees put Calhoun on injured list
NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Judge is getting nearer to resuming baseball actions, and Giancarlo Stanton is shifting again into the outfield now and again for the New York Yankees.
On the identical day Willie Calhoun grew to become the newest Yankees outfielder to land on the injured listing, the slumping Stanton performed the sphere Thursday night time for the primary time since returning June 1 from a strained left hamstring.
Judge did rehab work within the pool Wednesday and will presumably start throwing and light-weight hitting by the top of this week, supervisor Aaron Boone mentioned. The reigning AL MVP has been sidelined since June 4 with a sprained and bruised proper large toe. There remains to be no timeframe for his return.
“He’s able to do more balancing, strength things. Things he wasn’t really able to do at all four or five days ago, he’s starting to get to those points,” Boone mentioned. “I do feel like, again, he’s turned the corner with the last PRP shot. Still going slowly, but I feel like real progress.”
Judge set an American League document with 62 house runs final 12 months. He is hitting .291 with 19 homers and 40 RBIs this season, and the Yankees had been 10-14 with Judge on the injured listing and 31-19 with him out there.
New York positioned Calhoun on the 10-day injured listing with a left quadriceps pressure and recalled utilityman Oswaldo Cabrera from triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.
Calhoun obtained damage operating out a grounder late in Wednesday night time’s win over the Seattle Mariners. He informed reporters he felt one thing pop in his leg and he was very sore Thursday. He anticipated to obtain a platelet-rich plasma injection and was awaiting MRI outcomes.
Boone mentioned he didn’t know the way lengthy Calhoun will probably be out. He is batting .239 with 5 homers, 16 RBIs and a .712 OPS in 44 video games throughout his first season with the Yankees.
Calhoun has made 26 begins at designated hitter and 10 within the outfield. Judge, Stanton, Harrison Bader and fill-in Greg Allen are among the many New York outfielders to spend important time on the injured listing this 12 months.
Stanton sat out Wednesday night time however was in proper discipline batting cleanup Thursday in opposition to Seattle, his sixth recreation on protection this season and first since April 12. Most of his begins have come at designated hitter, however Boone envisions taking part in Stanton within the outfield from time to time shifting ahead.
“We’ll see. I mean, hopefully it remains in play throughout the year,” Boone mentioned. “It’s kind of something that we’ll tackle week by week and day by day, and kind of the conversations with him, where he’s at.”
Stanton was on the IL from April 16 to June 1, lacking 43 video games. Since coming back from his hamstring harm, the slugger was 5 for 45 (.111) with 17 strikeouts.
“If he goes out and bangs tonight, I know you guys are going to be writing, oh, he’s back in the field! I don’t think it’s that simple,” Boone mentioned. “I feel if he DH’d each recreation the remainder of the best way, he’s going to hit.
“Look, I think there’s a little something to it. Again, I feel like it helps him athletically. I feel like it helps him from an injury standpoint. Probably slightly from an engagement standpoint, being more in the game and playing two parts of the game. But I think whether he plays a couple days a week in the outfield or DHs the rest of the way, I’m confident he’s going to get through it and start really hitting at some point. So, I think it helps a little bit, probably not as much as some of the coincidental stuff that’s happened over the years.”
NOTES: RHP Ian Hamilton (proper groin pressure) is scheduled to get no less than 4 outs Saturday in one other minor league rehab outing after which might rejoin the Yankees on their street journey subsequent week. The reliever has been on the injured listing since May 17.
