4:00pm: Sanchez has a Grade 1 strain and is expected to miss three to four weeks of action, manager Aaron Boone tells reporters (Twitter link via Bryan Hoch of MLB.com).
June 25, 2:20pm: The Yankees did indeed place Sanchez on the disabled list today due to a right groin strain, the team announced. Higashioka is up from Triple-A to replace him on the roster. New York also announced that Clint Frazier has been optioned to Triple-A in favor of right-hander Giovanny Gallegos.
June 24: The Yankees will likely place catcher Gary Sanchez on the disabled list because of a right hip/groin problem, manager Aaron Boone told Marc Carig of The Athletic and other reporters Sunday.
The Yankees fell to the Rays on Sunday, thus dropping three in a row in Tampa Bay, and Sanchez contributed to their defeat with an 0-for-4 performance. Sanchez then suffered an injury on the base paths in the top of the 10th inning, forcing him to exit the game in favor of backup Austin Romine.
At 50-25, the Yankees have gotten off to a great start this season, though Sanchez hasn’t been at his best. After establishing himself as one of the elite catchers in the game from 2016-17, Sanchez has opened this season with a .190/.291/.433 line in 265 plate appearances. That’s good enough for a 97 wRC+, which is respectable for a catcher, but it pales in comparison to his lifetime mark (131). Sanchez has still smacked 14 home runs and posted a .242 ISO, to his credit, and he has encountered significant batted-ball misfortune. The 25-year-old ranks fourth in the majors in average exit velocity on fly balls and line drives (99 mph) and 11th in barrels per plate appearance, per Statcast. He also entered Sunday with a terrific xwOBA (.372), easily eclipsing his actual wOBA (.313).
Behind the plate, the cannon-armed Sanchez has thrown out 28 percent of would-be base stealers – just beating out the 27 percent league average – and performed well as a pitch framer, according to Baseball Prospectus. BP has also approved of Romine’s framing work, and the longtime backup has seemingly found another gear at the plate. Romine, 29, has hit .305/.370/.524 with four homers in 92 PAs, also putting up a Sanchez-like xwOBA (.366).
With the Yankees tied atop the AL East with the Red Sox, they’ll hope Romine can continue his apparent breakout in a larger role for however much time Sanchez misses. Fellow backstop Kyle Higashioka will likely come up from Triple-A Scranton to back up Romine, Boone said (via Carig).
acarneglia
Should also put Chasen Shreve out to pasture. He sucks!
xabial
Shreve’s the only lefty in the bullpen, excl. Chapman, so like all lefties, he has 9 lives.
xabial
In 2017, Shreve posted a 3.77 ERA, 1.32 WHIP and 58/25 K/BB ratio across 45 1/3 Innings, but always seems to burn out, as the season goes on.
So far 2018, Shreve posted a 4.85 ERA, 1.62 WHIP and 33/15 K/BB ratio across 26 Innings. Never fall in love with LOOGY’s folks! Still MLB’s best bullpen
bigkempin
Shreve isn’t a LOOGY though….he’s had reverse splits over his career.
xabial
The results say he isn’t LOOGY due to incompetence… One can make the argument, Shreve’s been used that way in the past. Excluding closer, Shreve’s been the only LHP in NYY bullpen longer than 2018..
NYY tried signing guys like LeBlanc, (glad killing it w/ SEA), Oliver Perez to minor league deals to make roster as another lhp in bullpen but both were released to pursue better opportunities, never made NYY roster.
This isn’t a new phenomenon. Shreve’s been the only non-Chapman Lefty in the bullpen long as I can remember.. Since Girardi days.
jacks81x
It doesn’t appear that Shreve is that good against lefty batters anyway. His out pitch is a splitter, which is actually more effective against righty batters. In a close game, non-save situation against a tough lefty hitter, I rather take my chances with Green, Betances, or Robertson than to use Shreve.
slider32
Shreve’s day are numbered, no need for him. All of the righty’s can get lefty’s out.
rediceten
Boone Logan is about to be released. Can him wearing pinstripes again be far behind?
kenneth cole
Who knew Banuelos for David Carpenter and Shreve would have the throw in become most of value. Shreve was really good to start! He had his moments. He has another option (I think it’s his last option year) plus reverse platoon splits so I’d imagine once Kahnle works his way back from AAA he’ll be sent down.
Russianblue
Shreve is out of options. Yanks should just dump him. They have Kahnle and Cody Carroll in the minors who are better options
kenneth cole
I thought Axisa said he had one left. Oops! Then yeah Kahnle eventually will be back regardless
eileenyanks
That Shreve is the worst excuse for a pitcher. ACARN, and he should get out with Bye Bye Birdie!!
iverbure
Why do new fans and this goes for every franchise, the new fans who lack knowledge all hate the left handed RP. They expect them all to perform like Andrew Miller or they suck! If that’s the case there would be like 5 lrp in baseball.
Russianblue
Have you seen Shreve pitch? He’s homer prone, can’t get out lefties, doesn’t throw hard. Not good qualities for a relief pitcher. Why don’t you explain to the class what makes Shreve so useful?
iverbure
He’s left handed… someone misssd my point entirely
Adam6710
Nobody hates the LHRP. They hate Shreve, who has been awful in 2018, and should have been DFA’d weeks ago. He’s a lefty who can’t get out lefties.
xabial
You’re content with mediocrity, and NYY fans are the ones who are unappreciative cuz they expect Shreve to be Miller?
26 IP, 4.85 ERA, 1.62 WHIP and 33/15 K/BB ratio. Shreve’s stats. No NYY fan puts Chasen “burnout” Shreve in the same sentence as Miller. That’s you.
Shreve’s epitome of “flash in the pan”
First half: He’s amazing.
Second half: DFA-worthy, Barely good enough to make playoff roster. Jekyll Hyde w/ Shreve. NYY fans are sick of it.
kenneth cole
Sorry it posted twice
kenneth cole
My app is being glitchy sorry!!!
joemoes
You are not forgiven this apology doesn’t seem sincere. How dare you
SlPkNtJP
We are fortunate enough that our lineup is stacked …. his defense sucks. My Grandmother who’s in a wheelchair can play better defense than him. Still 14 homers are 14 homers. Hoping for a speedy recovery. Go Yanks!
eileenyanks
lolololol. good one!!!
simschifan
I’ll say it all year, Yankees are one decent pitcher away from beating Houston in the Alcs. World Series is easily the American League this year. In any case it’s probably gonna be a 7 game series to beat Houston
jdgoat
That’s not true. Baseball is the sport where you need to be the hottest team at the right time. It’s really a crapshoot
jakec77
How is this down rated, it couldn’t be more true. If the Astos played the Marlins in a best of 7, the Astros maybe win 80% of the time. Baseball just isn’t conducive to playoff series, no other sport’s post season is as radically different as it’s post season.
jdgoat
There’s people on here who don’t understand or want to talk baseball and hide behind a downvote instead. I’m on the app anyways so I don’t know or care how many there are.
User 4245925809
It is true. ONLY reason Rockies went to the WS was an incredible 21 of the final 22 games. Not the best team in the NL. and they were crushed in the WS..
same can be said of Tampa Bay, who was crushed the next season by Philly.
Ry.the.Stunner
And yet, for the first time in many years, the AL is losing in interleague play this year.
Cam
That’s an indicator of depth, not top end quality.
eileenyanks
Now, lol, we Yankees Fans can look forward to Luis Cesser, help us God! Another Beaut!
How many years has it been since he has tried to get better??
Cubby
I know Sanchez doesn’t give a crap about my fantasy team, but how does he expect me to replace his 0-4 every night?
eileenyanks
cubby, lolol yup, correct
Ruben_Tomorrow 2
Sometimes Sanchez doesn’t looks like he cares about how he does in the actual game, let alone a fantasy one.
Bob Knob
Where the heck is my favorite … Eric Kratz now ?
Damn – should’ve kept him !
poor leo
I can’t believe we don’t have a better left handed option in the minors…never been a Shreve fan
How bout we give the Mets
Sanchez, Bird..Shreve..couple minors for DeGrom…Sanchez is a year or two from DHing…Pitchers don’t want to throw to him-no one
thegreatcerealfamine
“How bout we give the Mets Sanchez, Bird..Shreveport..couple minors for DeGrom” WTF!!! Thanks for playing I’m a Yankees fan but you’re evidently not.
thegreatcerealfamine
*Shreve
lasershow45
I mean…. as a Red Sox fan I approve of this trade proposal. That should tell him how bad of an idea it really is.
bobtillman
The only question is whether the Sox get deGrom for Swihart, or the Yanks get him for Refsnyder……
Chewbacca
Refsnyder isnt a Yankee
eileenyanks
Poor Leo
yeah, yeah..wish we could, from your mouth to God’s ears
thegreatcerealfamine
Is this sarcasm?
majorflaw
It’s definitely something, tgcf. Something is afoot but I don’t know what yet.
Tommy917
When are we cutting ties with Walker? He has done absolutely nothing, and bring up Druary already!!
poor leo
I can’t believe we don’t have a better left handed option for the bullpen, somewhere…How bout
we send Sanchez ,Bird,Shreve, and prospect(s) to Mets for DeGrom
Ruben_Tomorrow 2
That’s a good pacakage, but I think it would be a great one if you added Walker. Then the Mets may actually be too tempted not to turn it down.
poor leo
Mets aren’t taking Walker…5 mil…other guys make 1/2 mil/year and Sanchez and Bird have options
poor leo
Gotta send a couple prospects with that trio
poor leo
Also…maybe it is time to start grooming Drury at 1st base…Bird is 200 lifetime hitter in majors(400 AB)…and every time I turn the TV on ,,he is striking out…..But he has a BEAUTIFUL swing for yankee stadium-OMFG
thegreatcerealfamine
Please just stop trolling.
eileenyanks
POOR LEO
you are a pissa, you are killing me, lmao, you made my day!!!
you are so right with every post, especially Bird
Ruben_Tomorrow 2
Clearly the sarcasm went right over your head.
Steven Chinwood
You want to be juvenile try Nickelodeon.com
thegreatcerealfamine
Good package. You’re as looney as this guy. Jesus H Christ!
poor leo
LOL
Begamin
Sanchez has been very unlucky as of late. Hard contact with nothing to show for it game after game and now this injury. Hopefully he is not gone too long. Romine is a great backup catcher but idk who would be after Romine on the depth chart. I know Kyle Higashioka is not having a great season down in AAA
poor leo
Sanchez has been extremely unlucky as of late with his defensive skills….worst catcher in baseball…although he does have a GUN….
thegreatcerealfamine
Say goodnight troll…
concerned
This Yankee team is not as good as we want it to be or imagine it to be. Clutch hitting is non-existent, swinging at balls off the plate or in the dirt is an awful problem, failure to sacrifice bunt, failure to bunt for a base hit, and out-of-shape pitchers and catchers are just some of the Yankee maladies. There seems to be a lack of desire to slap hits to the opposite field, make bat/ball contact to avoid striking out, and an inability to advance runners into scoring position. by bunting or other strategies.. There are too many dead spots offensively in the Yankees lineup. Gardner, Sanchez, Bird, and Walker are at the top of this list. The lineup looks lethargic and in a hitting daze much too often. Yankee batters take perfect strikes and then swing at pitches out of the zone. Gardner is the best example of this. It is time to move some players (Gardner, Walker, Bird, Sanchez, and others) and get some life in the offense. Talking about knocking out Boston and Houston is just pure silliness at this point with so many pitching and offensive weaknesses.
thegreatcerealfamine
What is with you guys today?
Begamin
I know right? They literally scored 6 runs today but apparently they cant hit. They mustve forgotten about all the comeback wins this season has offered as well.
poor leo
AGREED
koz16
Name one American league team that plays consistent small ball. Heck, name one National league team that plays small ball.
The game has changed.
eileenyanks
Leo, can you get us Joey Votto please for 1st base??
xabial
(Joey Votto) contract is likely a future albatross.
Votto was also adamant, won’t waive NTC, wants play for the Reds his whole career. I wouldn’t touch any part of whatever’s remaining from 10-year $225M extension. You are stuck paying a 34 y.o (35 in 3 months) $25MM+ annually through 2023.
Steven Chinwood
xabial, these guys are trolling big time and amusing each other.
xabial
Thanks for the heads up! wish I knew that lol
Steven Chinwood
Look at the STUPID stuff this guy #poor Leo has been posting. I think cereal got pretty irked about it. I was under the impression this person you answered was legit from past posts, but I guess you never know. Real mature stuff huh.
eileenyanks
I know X. I was just playing.
Just as King Felix wants to stay 4ever as a Mariner..
Ken In Sac
Oh no. A Yankee got hurt running the bases. What rule are we going to change for their players lack of proper conditioning? I know, Let’s implement a pinch running from home-plate.
Bob Knob
Where did this idiocy come from ?
Steven Chinwood
Hey Cereal another Troll.
xabial
Here’s what trolls are doing to this thread
youtu.be/D9g2szHsoz0?t=51s
Lol
Bocephus
Good one xabial. How about a link to the Sesame Street theme song.
xabial
If you’re talking about the trolls, that’s stooping to their level. Rise above it. I Like my selection. It had 133,333,500 views. You can try and make a joke that ties Sesame Street theme to trolling.. I already made my mark.
Steven Chinwood
Let’s all just rise above. Hate it when they say things like “guess no one got the sarcasm”, who can actually tell anymore. Sad that one of our most valuable players is gonna be put on the DL and this stuff clogged the thread.
PopeMarley
Hey Ken you certainly are a sack of, and everyone knows what of.
rit2940
Shreve must have some compromising pictures of Cashman. How else would he still be part of this team .
tonysdog01
And now a bidding war between Houston and Cleveland for DeGrom!!! Can’t let Houston get him.
redsfan48
Why would Cleveland want/need DeGrom?
mlb1225
Why would Houston want DeGroom? They have the best rotation in the MLB, and have no need for Jake.
yukongold
So that 28% is actually above average. 1% above average. He is an above average defensive catcher.
wiggysf
Pitch framing? Passed balls? Errors? Pitch calling? There’s more to catcher defense than throwing out runners.
Russianblue
Have you seen Shreve pitch? He’s homer prone, can’t get out lefties, doesn’t throw hard. Not good qualities for a relief pitcher. Why don’t you explain to the class what makes Shreve so useful?
edreed20
How was schreve not cut in all these moves?
sufferforsnakes
I’ve watched him behind the dish. Color me not impressed.
jdgoat
He has the huge arm but that’s about it.
Steven Chinwood
And a huge bat.
jdgoat
I’m taking about defensively. But for some reason the bats been pretty bad this year anyways.
yukongold
The Joey Gallo of catchers.
sufferforsnakes
Okay, I’m hurting from laughing so hard. That was funny!
thegreatcerealfamine
“I’m hurting from laughing so hard” I bet you were hurting worse from crying when Sanchez helped put your Indians out of the playoffs last year.
sufferforsnakes
Unlike many others, I just don’t take it overboard like that. They lost, season over. It’s that simple. There’s way more important stuff going on in my life.
Carrington Spensor
Yes, Sanchez’s defense is bad at blocking balls in the dirt, although his arm is sensational.
What can’t be measured are a Catchers 2 most important attributes:
o Calling a game.
o Handling a pitching staff.
Sanchez is totally in sync with Larry Rothschild. Over the past few years they have brought along Severino, Green, Warren; recently fixed Betances; transformed CC; are currently fixing Gray; bringing along German and Loaisiga; and have turned Holder into a superior set-up man. Sanchez is a rock to those pitchers. The kid above that said pitchers don’t like throwing to him could not be more wrong.
Bocephus
Only thing I’d differ with you on is Gray, because Romine catches him. Absolutely loved you nailing it on “The kid above that said pitchers don’t like throwing to him could not be more wrong”.
thegreatcerealfamine
Hey T show where that’s even close to being accurate.
yukongold
fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=bat&…
Guess that k% is a little higher. But everything else is the same.
thegreatcerealfamine
Yea let’s go by half a year, xabial said it all. Have you even been watching baseball the last three years? Yankees haters always gotta try and spin something.
yukongold
Half a year is more than enough time to assess Gleyber and Andujar as future hall of Famers though, isn’t it?
thegreatcerealfamine
And who is talking about “Gleyber and Andujar”? That wouldn’t prove the point you were trying to make anyway. Keep on grasping though.
xabial
Sanchez plays most valuable (C) that often sacrifices offense for D. That’s how difficult Catcher is to play. Sanchez set record: Most HR hit by NYY C (33) No NYY Catcher hit more. He’s not Gallo. He’s Gary Sanchez, the Kraken, unlike Gallo, Sanchez’s HR’s mean something..
1) Snapped an 0-for-19 with 2 single gave NYY one run lead, game NYY went on win HOU 5-3
2) His first first career walk-off HR in April.
3) Hit 3 run HR, in game Yanks won 4-0. (Giles punched his own face after giving up HR to Gary)
4) Hit HR in game Yanks won 2-1 (Finale. First LAA-sweep by NYY, since 2013)
5) And more !!!
Right now NYY is tied with BOS AL East, would not be possible w/o Sanchez’s contributions. Real NYY fans know NYY wouldn’t be where they are without Sanchez. Hope he gets better.
Steven Chinwood
Damn they update an article, and more trolls crawl out.
jdgoat
Idk Xabial. Sanchez is only on pace to put up about 2-2.7 WAR this year which is pretty average. I don’t know if his at will heat up when he returns, but they definitely can do better behind the plate. Had they been getting more production from their catcher, they might be a couple games ahead. But of course, you could do this with every team at almost every position.
K3vin
DOWN goes Frazier
JoeyPankake
For a much hype as there has been around this guy for the last few years he sure can’t seam to stick on the roster for more than about a week at a time. Gotta figure that hurts his trade value to some degree.
Begamin
Its not because of his talent level, its because there is no room for him. When you have an OF of Judge, Hicks, Stanton, and Gardner theres no where to squeeze an unproven rookie, even if he has a lot of hype. You cant disrespect producing veterans like that. There is a much larger chance for Clint to be the starting LF by next season as Gardner contracts runs out after this year with a team option for the 2019 season.
I wouldnt expect Frazier to be traded, even though most people here put him in their wild trade packages.
majorflaw
“Gotta figure that hurts his trade value to some degree.”
Frazier is a right handed-hitting corner OFer. He belongs to a team which already employs Judge and Stanton. He has played well in the minors and hasn’t embarrassed himself in MLB. Gotta believe that other teams wouldn’t hold the fact that he ranks below Judge and Stanton in the Yanquis pecking order agin’ him.
thegreatcerealfamine
Eitherthes people are overwhelmingly misinformed or purposely overlooking the obvious, I think it’s the latter.
thegreatcerealfamine
*Either these
majorflaw
“ . . . or purposely overlooking the obvious.”
aka “trolling.”
“I think it’s the latter.”
I tend to agree. Lotta stuff going on in this thread. Gotta wonder whether the ‘happy couple’ is actually an individual using a sock?
mbrunette48
Have to give Frazier credit for the way he’s handled this season, he deserves to be in the bigs and definitely shows he belongs, but he hasn’t complained when he’s been stuck at triple a. It’s a little surprising Judge or Stanton didn’t get reps at 1B in the spring, sliding one of them over to 1B versus a lefty would open a spot for Frazier. He deserves it right now more than Bird.
yanks02026
Gallo has a career average under 200, Gary has a average of 260. So they’re not even close to similar, also Gary doesn’t strikeout as much as Gallo
Begamin
Yes. Its been an unlucky year for Gary so far. Not a good start to the season, but he’s been hitting the ball really hard and has drawn a lot of walks. Not much more you can do if your Gary other than praying for a bit more luck
SippingthatHaderade
BLESSED BE THE BASEBALL GODS!
Darye davis
I was wondering if any catcher in history has ever been promoted
to the big leagues when hitting .190. This is awful, not respectable
for even a catcher.
Bocephus
This ain’t the minors genius.
koz16
He was talking about Kyle Higashioka who was hitting .191 in Scranton, genius.
Steven Chinwood
Then he should have said that..Genius x2. This thread is mainly about Sanchez so if someone is gonna post then they should include the name of the player they’re referring to.
Bocephus
Kinda hard to tell with you guys sometimes.
jdgoat
If you can’t figure out what the poster was talking about, that’s on you, not him. It was obviously about a player being promoted.
koz16
Sorry that you find the thread too difficult to follow.
Bob Knob
Too bad they traded Eric Kratz …probably a better option AND would give Kyle Higashioka a bit more time to Un-Mendoza at Scranton ….
yamsi1912
Guys sorta overrated.
Cardinals17
Lordy….If the Yankees don’t have room on their 25 man roster, I’m sure the Cardinals would love to have Clint Frazier!!