Urshela has not only proven to be a solid defender at the hot corner this year but has also been deadly with the bat. What does a third baseman, Urshela, have to do with a first baseman like Voit making the playoffs? In fact, is this an article about baseball or a thesis proving Greedo shot first instead of Han? He recently missed time with a groin strain and was activated off the injured list Sunday. Now, let’s talk about another injured Yankees infielder, third baseman Gio Urshela. However, with Luke Voit now struggling to get his timing back and other decisions looming, the Yankees need to be ready to have him sit out come October. Prospect Mike Ford and MVP candidate DJ LeMahieu handled first base duties with ease. Meanwhile, the Yankees went 21-8 in his absence and it was as though Voit never left. 333 in June but came back down to Earth to hit a respectable. 275 across March and April, then slumped to a. Memories of Shane Spencer came flooding back and I even cautioned Voit could be just that: a solid hitter, but a streaky one. 333 with 14 home runs and 33 RBI as a Yankee, with ten of his homers coming in September. Louis Cardinals last year, and he basically rode a hot month into the starting first baseman’s job. No Yankees fan expected Luke Voit to be the everyday first baseman in 2019.
Given the importance of the playoffs, and barring a sudden hot streak, it’s best if Voit spends the playoffs getting healthy and watching from the bench. 222 since his return, with no home runs or RBI. Voit recently returned to the lineup on Aug. He was one of over 20 players New York sent to the injured list this season.
Voit suffered a sports hernia over the summer and missed a month of action. With the Yankees at 93-50, second only behind the Houston Astros for the best record in baseball, all signs should point to Voit being on the postseason roster.Īt least, this was the plan earlier in the summer. The burly first baseman has 19 home runs and 54 RBI to go with a slash line of. Moreover, Voit has been a decent contributor in 2019. A team is allowed 25 active players at one time, rosters expand to as many as 40 in September (at least for this year), and the number shrinks back to 25 for the playoffs. After all, the rules of baseball are pretty simple. This is an odd statement, at least at face value. The New York Yankees have too many players. Bet.The New York Yankees need to make the hard decision to keep Luke Voit inactive for the upcoming playoff season. We’ll be better in Spring than we are now.ĭrag losing tonight. But the winter is when GM’s improve their clubs. Yanks could do nothing & just run it back & they’d win 90 games. Yanks won 90+ games & made the playoffs in the best division in MLB in a year where lots & lots went wrong. In the actual Real Baseball World.Ī SS & Starling Marte (as a chaos causing leadoff event) would make this a formidable offense again. But whom – & I need an actual name here not “a gold glove, LH, contact hitting” mythical catcher but one with an actual link to BR. Some Yankee fans will probably suggest the ole Revenge DFA. But that’s about the easiest position in MLB to buttress.Įveryone with the “jettison Gary” takes, man. Either way, Yanks probably want to fortify 1B. He is a gold glove caliber outfielder who runs an OPS >. Other notable absences include Jordan Montgomery, Corey Kluber and Jameson Taillon, but they can be added for the ALDS if the Yankees make it past the Sox.īecause of his batting average? Nah. LeMahieu’s injury removes him as a possibility for both the Wild Card game and for a potential American League Division Series, but he could potentially return by the ALCS, should the Yankees advance. Notably absent is DJ LeMahieu, whom the Yankees placed on the 10-day injured list due to a sports hernia over the weekend. Neither pitcher was likely to see action tonight, so the Yanks clearly decided to fortify their bench with additions of Brantly and Allen. In all, he appeared in just 2 games and tossed 3 innings. He spent 18 days on the roster, then was recalled for Sunday’s finale. The former Halo has put up a career 4.45 FIP, but struggled to a 6.93 mark since being traded on July 30.ĭrafted in 2015, the 27-year-old Koerner was a career Yankee farmhand until being called up August 3.
The Yanks acquired Heaney from the Angels in a deadline deal, but he couldn’t match even his pedestrian historical output when he arrived in the Bronx. Leaving both Heaney and Koerner off the playoff roster comes as no surprise, though for different reasons. Gerrit Cole will be on the bump opposite Nathan Eovaldi, and here’s how the overall roster will look:
The Bombers designated pitchers Andrew Heaney and Brody Koerner, and added catcher Rob Brantly and outfielder Greg Allen. Heading into tonight’s Wild Card elimination game against division rival Boston, the Yankees made several adjustments to their roster.
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