The Yankees announced Thursday that they’ve officially placed shortstop Troy Tulowitzki on the 10-day injured list. Infield prospect Thairo Estrada was recalled to take his place on the 25-man roster (as MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand reported would be the case).
Tulowitzki, 34, is the 11th player the Yankees have placed on the injured list already in 2019. The former All-Star and MVP candidate has been plagued by injuries to his lower half in recent years and missed all of the 2018 season recovering from surgery to remove bone spurs in both of his heels. He’s belted a home run and a double thus far in his 13 plate appearances with the Yankees but didn’t manage to stave off the injury bug for long. The team has yet to comment on how long he’ll be sidelined, though manager Aaron Boone was quick to suggest after yesterday’s game that an IL trip was quite likely.
The injury to Tulo opens the door for Estrada to make his big league debut. Ranked 19th among Yankees farmhands by MLB.com and 26th by Fangraphs, the 23-year-old Estrada has faced a more uphill battle in reaching the bigs than most players. He looked to be progressing toward a potential promotion heading into the 2018 season but was shot in the hip during a robbery attempt in his native Venezuela last offseason, which ultimately required a pair of surgeries. Both MLB.com and Fangraphs peg him as a potential utility infielder. His last full, healthy season in 2017 resulted in a solid .301/.353/.392 slash through 122 games in Double-A ball.
Estrada’s promotion to the Majors doesn’t necessarily lock him into regular at-bats while Tulowitzki is on the shelf. The Yankees have DJ LeMahieu and Gleyber Torres both healthy, and that pairing will surely receive everyday at-bats at present. But with Miguel Andujar also on the injured list, Estrada and Tyler Wade should have ample opportunity for playing time — perhaps in a platoon setting, as Estrada’s right-handed bat complements the left-handed-hitting Wade.
Gunnerson
hello
todd76
Chokees not looking good. Better do a fire sale Marlins style.
deadsy
Never heard of that team…reversal of your lobotomy?
rivera42
Wow, that is so creative. You must be 11.
impapad17
Nope, he’s only 8. Just big for his age.
User 4245925809
I remember making fun of team names when was in like the 1st grade, then figured out how juvenile it was at that young of an age.
What is wrong with all you people that choose to do this?
Al Jab
Using the word like is also juvenile
whitesoxfan24
Put JohnSilver in a body bag!
I Believe We Can Win
Ok who had under 10 games before tulo got hurt?
Joe Kerr
everyone
dimitrios in la
Lot of quality on this team still. They’ll be fine.
jaysfan77
With so many games against the Jays and orioles, that should put them 15 games over .500 right there
sportznut1000
yeah i think under 10 games was a heavy favorite, probably -300
qbass187
Yeah. I had him at 1
Bernie's Dander
I’m amazed he was able to take the field at all. He wasn’t able to do that last year….
fitsiqis65
everyone but cashman. You know b/c he is smarter than everyone else.
Bernie's Dander
This was all part of Cashman’s plan…to have everyone healthy in October.
johnrealtime
He was signed to a league minimum contract. I think basically any team would have taken him at that rate. It’s not like Cashman was implying he is going to have perfect health when he signed him
charlesk
The Jays are paying him to sit on the Yankees DL
HalosHeavenJJ
Who had April 4th in the pool?
Adam6710
The over under in my group was 10 games, I took the under. Won $75.
YelichdaGoat
nobody saw this one coming
coastalcarolinachamps
more fragile than glass!!! GMAFB!!
c ya
I only hope the bat boy doesn’t go down.
Polish Hammer
Not since Wetteland retired….
whitesoxfan24
Hahaha
nymetsking
Who gets hurt tonight? My money’s on Frazier.
$1742854
Down goes Frazier! Down goes Frazier!
allweatherfan
Nice
nymetsking
Indeed
HalosHeavenJJ
Epic.
E munchy
Haha hell yeah
johnrealtime
People in this comment section are way too excited about an injury
DarkSide830
Gardy
mikeyank55
Put your money where your mouth is nymets….since you have such a BIG MOUTH let’s see how much money you will put towards your comment.
It’s time to man up unless what Mrs King has been saying…that you are a little guy
lovableschmuck
The Yankees are the new Angels.Going for new record on the Injured List.
shmeag
They are the new Mets we always get hurt so much I think it’s ludicrous how much the Mets get hurt.
apbadogs
“we”? are you on the 40 man roster?
TheTrotsky
We, as in fans that pay to watch games, buy jerseys, shirts and hats and support the game in many ways. Don’t be a dolt.
dimitrios in la
Should be breakable record; injures list is brand new.
dimitrios in la
*injured
Phanatic 2022
What is the record?
slowcurve
They’ll do it. They are very good at… a-hem… breaking…things… is this thing on?
Perksy
You mean the Angels are the new Mets
mrnatewalter
And to think, we haven’t even seen James Paxton get hurt yet.
jamboot111
That’s it now we know who goes down today!!!
allweatherfan
Shocking. He’s been so durable. Can’t believe he’s out.
yukongold
Waters wet. Politicians lie. Severino playoff collapse. Tulo to the injured list. Nothing out of the ordinary to see here. Move on.
rivera42
You forgot to add “Tanaka post-season stud”.
LMAO @ using such SSS. Tanaka and Sevy can easily flip.
yukongold
You did it. Congrats. Tanaka is a post season stud because he started 5 playoff games. Severino is a victim of small sample size because he started 6 games.
I can’t logic too good…. But when did 5 become greater than 6?
thecoffinnail
That was his whole point. r/woooooooooosh
Tommy Daly
Uhh, he’s only played 5 seasons and 3 were injury-shortened, and 30 playoff innings in 5 years is hardly a “small sample size”…not many pitchers see the playoffs 3 years out of 5. He has a 1.50 ERA in 5 starts, only 4 players in MLB history fared better in 5 or more starts
petfoodfella
Water isn’t wet.
jdgoat
Is Estrada already on the 40 man?
jbigz12
Signed in 2013. He was on the 40 man. Would’ve been scooped up in the rule 5 draft if he wasn’t protected.
Louiebeans
To all the people who said the Yankees didn’t need to upgrade this past off season you were wrong.
1..Bringing back Brett Gardner was a terrible idea. – I was right
2..Not signing another top flight SP P Corbin or VIA trade market. – I was right. Many of you said their SP was fine it’s NOT fine.
3. Not signing Harper who is making 24 million a year was a huge mistake.
4. Not going to the FA market this past off season is biting them in their butts. B ig Mistake.
5. Bour or Admans would have been a good fit for 1b. Yankees are still hung up on G Bird who can’t even cut it in the MLB.
6. Brantley whould have been an upgrade over the .09 hitting Gardner.
I have been alife long Yankee fan (46) years old but the Yankees have left a really bad taste in my mouth. I’m currently watching the Phillies something I would have never thought of doing ever. I’m now watching Phillies games and finding other teams to watch who are young have have owenres who wanna win.
To every poster on the Yesnetwork froums I never seen a bunch of wrong people in my life thanks for the laughs and your suffering now.
All the Yankees have become are a copy and paste patch job.
brewcrewer
All I pulled from this is one less bandwagon fan for the Yankees
srechter
If you’ve been Yankees fan for such an extended period of time, you should be more seasoned in your early-response outrage. We’re six games in, people. Even one month into the season only gives us an initial litmus test for where things are heading. Let’s let the sample sizes grow before we come to any lofty conclusions. Most of the injured fellas should return in fairly short order. To make these bombastic conclusions about the season as a whole is simply silly and reflects the typical overly-reactive nature of the worst of us yankees fans.
thegreatcerealfamine
“most of the injured fellas should return in fairly short order” The players that will return from the IL are less than you think. Hicks back will more than likely linger, Didi won’t be back for quite some time, Andujar let’s face it is done for the year and some of next, Stanton’s injury is probably gonna keep him out until May. Now while I’m not in quite the state of panic as this fellow -Louiebeans I’m not exactly feeling that confident about this team, and haven’t since the Stanton trade.
User 4245925809
Hi cereal, long time no see.
Stanton’s issues there have come and gone if his back is muscle related? Not read what that was exactly? he was seemingly always pulling muscles related to his side/back while in miami and they usually didn’t keep him away all that long.
Have to see what happens as for how the season goes and just the AL East. maybe neither will be as good as advertised (Boston-NY), who knows, it’s early and maybe both will win 100+ again.
As was mentioned above, the 1 I’d watch for is Paxton. It’s no offense intended and always liked seeing the guy when he was with the M’s (a team like to watch). He has (had) a knack for injuries and so far, not staying healthy. maybe to move to NY and different coaching will help fix it, tho will be interesting to see if he can remain on the mound all year.
Begamin
Stantons most recent injury is his shoulder. I wouldnt expect him to be out very long. Maybe a week or two
mikeyank55
Hey Srechter, Beans has too much gas to be spewing smelly sounds. No serious baseball fan would become an armchair GM 6 games in. And under the circumstances the Yankees have not played that bad.
Real fans know that it’s a 162 game season and the most important aspect is not who is on the IL in April, but who is on it in September/October.
We also know that over the past 25 years only two teams have won the WS and lead the major leagues in salary.
So pipe down Louie. If you need meds call your mommy.
Phanatic 2022
After 6 games you anoint yourself more knowledgeable than all including Cashman and Steinbrenner. Which 7-11 do you work in so they can find you to consult before their next move?
Bocephus
You just summed up the meaning of a BANDWAGON FAN..congrats on meeting the standard
Begamin
1. Bringing back OF depth was a bad idea? Are you sure?
2. I dont think a lot of people told you SP was fine. People might have told you Corbin costs too much, and that Keuchel costs a draft pick and didnt have a Spring Training but thats about it. Cash shouldve went hard for Kikuchi after it was known Corbin wanted too much.
3. Its 24 per year million for 12 years. Dont tell me that you foresaw every injury and realized. The last thing the Yankees needed at the time of Harpers signing was another boom or bust power hitting corner OF that cant play good defense.
4. Very general and broad statement, but sure.
5. They have both Bird and Voit, two 1B that have shown some promise and deserve a shot. Dont know why they would make themselves sign someone who would give them the same production. Its not like we’re talking Votto or Goldschmidt.
6. Maybe your only good point.
Your post is nothing but hindsight 20/20. If there were no injuries this Yankees team wouldve done everything right. However, the GM cant just predict that 9 players are gonna get injured before you even play your first road game.
fitsiqis65
you have to be a cash apologist to not see how he misappropriated resources
1. Yanks paid a total of 9.5 for gardner who stinks. could have say adam jones for 3 mil.
2. Happ and CC for 27 mil this year vs 23 for Corbin will be a huge mistake. I know there are 5 more years of corbin, but cash the genius will overpay every year to back fill with garbage
3. maybe but once again he will backfill with overpaid garbage and harper is talented. The others he signed and will sign for “depth” are not
4. we all agree
5. time will tell but bird is looking like a bust and voight might be too
6. i can name many outfielders who produce no worse than Gardner and cost way less. including some of his current and future teammates
thecoffinnail
You have gone from the Yankees to the Phillies because of what has happened in a week? A lifetime for you must be 3-4 years because I would put money on you being a San Francisco Giants fan right around 2014.
Oxford Karma
This is going to be even more difficult when Greg Bird gets hurt in a week or two.
Louiebeans
Should be easy replacing a .188 hitter
chalk73
You can have Bour, he is hitting .056… you said he would be a good fit for the Yankees.
thecoffinnail
His OPS+ is 104 which is a lot more than can be said for Bour -06 OPS+ who you were clamoring for above.
smith_matd
Did I miss it in here or do we not know what sort of injury he has?
nymetsking
It’s Tulo. There’s not an un-injured spot on his body.
YelichdaGoat
This just in, Tulo strains groin reading this article. 6-8 weeks out, maybe season ending.
mikeyank55
Hey NY Mets….with your same logic, there’s no un-injured spot on your
Brain.
Correction: you have no brain.
Yankeepride88
The scary part of the Yankees is that the normally healthy players like Andujar, Severino, Stanton, and Betances are injured. Very worried when the normal injury prone guys like Chapman, Paxton, Bird, and Sanchez hit.
thegreatcerealfamine
How can you call Andujar a normally healthy player when he’s played less than one year in the bigs. You can’t be serious saying Stanton is normally healthy.
SalaryCapMyth
Think you two need to find some middle ground on Stanton. Other than his introduction year, he has only had two seasons where he pit up less than 500 AB’s. That’s not exactlt injury prone.
thegreatcerealfamine
Stanton has averaged 127 games a season in his career, and has had less than 500 PA’s 3 times. He has always been known for multiple injuries, so I don’t know what “middle ground” you speak of.
tgovey
Well that didn’t take long.
One Bite Hotdog
Three things are for certain:
Death, taxes and a Tulo injury
imgman09
Manny was waiting for the yanks, he wouldn’t be hurt right now,Harper was never a fit from a Baseball perspective and would have been foolish from a Business perspective
Louiebeans
Manny & Harper would have been a great pickup. Yankees have become cheap losers signing players in their 40s.
CardsNation5
Welp, that didn’t take long. Tulo should just hang them up. He’s in his mid 30s and his body just won’t hold up. Good career, but it’s time to go, Glass Joe.
Kingman#26
Please trade for Evan Longoria.
YelichdaGoat
Cashman took a fat L on this rotation. CC? Haap? Severino hurt. my god thats not gonna last in the AL east
todd76
Cashman is way over valued. Most of the championship teams from the late 90’s he inherited. He didn’t take over as GM till 1998. It was his core players he inherited doing the winning. Remember they’ve only been world champions once in the last 18 years! That’s all that matters in baseball (World Series championships). Cashman = over rated.
YelichdaGoat
Biggest hole last offseason was the starting pitching. What did they do to fill that void? reisigned mr captain crunch (C.C) and Haap. yeah, they got Paxton, but hes not a number 1.
Bocephus
You post that 18 years crap at least once a week. Do yourself and others a service find a new schtick!
todd76
It’s fact.
dobsonel
You all realize that pitching isn’t their problem right now don’t you? Their starters have been amazing for week one.
Tanaka era 1.46
Paxton era 1.59
German era 0.00
Louisiana era 2.25
Only starter with a poor outing so far was Happ and that was after a 3 hour rain delay and a wet ball.
Yankees suck right now because they can’t hit a breaking ball. Their pitching is not the problem.
thegreatcerealfamine
todd, when’s the last time your favorite team hoisted a flag?
thecoffinnail
Its a fact that any team can win in the post season. Had Rivera not left a couple over the plate in 2001 the Yankees would have had another championship. If Bartman hadn’t interfered in 2003 the Yankees would have played the Cubs and not had to face Beckett or the other Marlins starters and probably would have won another series. In 2004 the Red Sox came back down 3-0 to win it all. Had the Yankees not completely choked they would have been the favorites. That’s just the first 5 years of your 18 year complaint. I can think of maybe 2-3 years in the last 25 when the Yankees didn’t have a very good chance of winning it all. No other team can say that. Heck 2 years ago the Yankees came within 1 game of going to the Series.
todd76
Coulda woulda shoulda.
thegreatcerealfamine
Answer the question todd.
todd answer the question.
Why won’t you answer the question todd?
Keithbw22
New name (DL to Injured List) same result! Poor guy… First 6-8 years in the league he was a “lock” for the hall of fame.
Keithbw22
New name (DL to Injured List) same result! Poor guy… 2007-2014 when he was on the field, he looked like a Hall Of Famer…
Melchez
I could see a Chase Headley return. DJ, Torres and Headley would make for a very solid defensive infield.
mbgutt
So I was upset that pirates didn’t get Troy, guess it isn’t that big of deal since he lacks the greatest ability…… availability!
Fg-3
So we’re 6 games in??? And what the yanks and sox are in trouble?? Lol I mean really?? Let’s all breathe. Because the rays vs Padres sounds as good as the garbage super bowl we just watched
top jimmy
Bring Hechevarria back. He’s better than Wade and Estrada.
Chris
6 games in. Tulo is Tulo. Let’s just hope the players that matter can get back healthy. Keep it in your pants Yankees fans
Dorothy_Mantooth
Is anyone shocked that Stanton strained a bicep muscle? This is why weight lifting and baseball really don’t go well together. Power lifting tightens your muscles while baseball calls for long, lean flexible muscles. With the amount of swing and misses in Stanton’s game, I’m surprised this has never happened before..can probably chalk it up to his young age, but if he continues to bulk up going forward, Yankees fans had better get use to this. Other guys on the IL that are not surprising:
Tulo – Duh
Jacoby – He’s probably done
Didi – Known since the off season
Yankees just didn’t build their roster correctly
STLBaseballFanSince2020
Stanton literally broke his hand swinging the bat..
66TheNumberOfTheBest
I think Josh Bell is at risk of lifting his way out of baseball. Despite his size, he was so limber and able to get the bat on the ball at different angles in his rookie year.
He has yet to show that since then, after bulking up. And it didn’t even turn into more power. It turned into less.
david klein
Can’t believe I once wanted my team to trade for him; what a disaster he’s been since 2015.
Libinski
Most days, when a headline states that a player has been injured, the body of the article will at least mention the nature of the injury. Because, you know, that information is kind of relevant to the story.
But today is not that day.
YelichdaGoat
its tulo, we can just assume its everything
Polish Hammer
With HIPAA I’m surprised we find out as much as we do other than a generic statement that a player was hurt.
BUGZ
Dodgers had a similar injury problem last year and still recovered nicely. Think the main issue will be depth but I don’t pay to much attention to them so I don’t know if f that’s an issue. Early season injuries are a back breaker, main goal should be to stay above water till the reinforcements arrive.
Bocephus
It’s a huge issue, because they’ve exhausted the minor league depth with trades the last couple of years. Brandon Drury come on down..oh wait.
frankf
Man, Yankees players are dropping quicker than scantily clad sorority girls in a low budget slasher flick.
southi
Is anyone surprised that Tulo is injured yet again??
fitsiqis65
just cashman the genius.
SalaryCapMyth
Alright, who let Tulo out of his bubble?
TreyMancini
Estrada is sneaky good in what I’ve seen of him, he’s still raw but with a year or two you guys will have a nice infielder to inevitably trade because he’s blocked by Didi and Gleyber.
Melchez
Sneaky good? Under .200 at AAA is sneaky good? Well, for a Yankee fan maybe.
66TheNumberOfTheBest
I wonder if they had the “Tulowitzski to IL” post written in advance like the obituaries of elderly celebrities.
kiddhoff
Looks like Cliff Pennington has a new gig.
ChiSoxCity
Great depth signing by the Jankees. Tulo’s gotta have a sweet golf game with all the paid rehab. Living that good life.
STLBaseballFanSince2020
Tulo would tear his ACL stepping out of the golf cart.
bravesfan
Literally everyone saw something like this coming. I mean heck! Let’s go guy! Keep it together! That body is falling apart. Time to hang it up in my opinion. Greatest ball player that never quite lived up to his abilities. Normally I would suggest his injuries are tied to the teams performance… but this isn’t the case this year
thomasg2018
Tulo. Surprise Surprise.
Who’s been the biggest waste Tulo or Elsbury over the years.
holecamels35
Sometimes you just have to say that you’re fine, but you’re not really fine
-Brian Cashman 2019
Dok1234
And that’s the last anyone will see of Tulo this year, maybe ever..
axisofhonor25
Two-month Tulo on the shelf again, except this time it didn’t take two months. More like two seconds!
WubbaLubbaDubDub
What’s the injury?
martiny44
Wait, Tulowitzki got shot in the hip? Or he broke a hip? Wears spurs, like a cowboy, rather than spikes? No wonder he’s having difficulty run—oooh NOW I get it. Read that post too quickly
Polish Hammer
It’s easy to rip on the Yankees for this but considering they are only paying him the league minimum and the Blue Jays are all on the hook for everything else I can’t blame them for taking this chance. Obviously a huge if given his injury history, but if he stays somewhat healthy he’s an absolute bargain. This is the sort of guy the smaller market teams like Cleveland takes a chance on because they shop in the scratch and dent section looking for reclamation projects, surprised it was the Yankees to take him on.