The Yankees have selected the contract of right-hander Brody Koerner and optioned him to Triple-A, per a team announcement. To make room on the 40-man roster, first baseman Luke Voit was transferred from the 10-day IL to the 60-day IL.
For Voit, this officially ends his season and eliminates any chance of him returning to the club at some point during the postseason. Overall, it was a disappointing campaign for the slugger, as he was hampered by injuries, with multiple trips to the IL, primarily due to his knee. He managed to get into 68 games at the MLB level and hit .239/.328/.437. That production was still 11% better than league average as measured by wRC+. However, that’s a big drop-off from the wRC+ of 153 that he put up during the shortened 2020 campaign and the 126 he had over 118 games in 2019.
It was perhaps because of Voit’s continued struggles to stay healthy that the Yankees acquired a replacement first baseman at the deadline in the form of Anthony Rizzo. However, Rizzo is a free agent at the end of this season, meaning that the Yankees could let Voit take over as the regular first baseman again in 2022. Though that will probably depend on how his health progresses over the coming months and through the winter. Voit reached arbitration for the first time last winter as a Super Two player. He and the Yankees agreed to a $4.7MM salary for 2021. He would be in line for a modest raise for 2022.
Koerner was previously selected to the roster in early August and lasted about three weeks before being outrighted back to Triple-A. In that time, he only got into two games, logging three innings with two hits, two walks, one earned run and one strikeout. In Triple-A this year, he’s logged 75 innings with an ERA of 3.48 and 60 strikeouts. He could potentially be an emergency option for the Yankees during the postseason. Players in the organization but not on the 40-man roster before September 1 can still participate in the playoffs via a petition to the Commissioner’s Office, a fairly common maneuver throughout the league.
He would have qualified as a rule 9 minor league free agent 5 days after the end of the world series. The option won’t count towards his 3 as he’ll only technically be on assignment for 1 day.
Thoughts and prayers for a speedy recovery.
I respect that you as a RSOX fan do this even for Yankees. I don’t think I would do this for a Giants player
Thanks. Inside the uniforms they are all the same, deserving of good health.
And beating the competition only because of injury or illness is a hollow victory, for me anyways. It’s much more rewarding when health is not a factor.
Stupid
Well that sucks.
Been a lost season for Voit. He would have been a nice playoff bench weapon. Alas. Hope he can get that knee right. He has never not hit for us. & the man rocks the hell out of a Yankee jersey.
Agreed Ducky.
On an unfortunate note, of anyone that may be gone from the Yankees next year, the one that is definitely going to be gone is one I hate to see leave. Today is Ken Singleton’s last game. He’s finally retiring for good.
Yeah, he’s a good one, @Joe.
Hoping the Yanks replace him in the booth with Aaron Boone.
It’s unfortunate that Ridings is out for the year. He’d come up instead of Koerner.
LOL. I don’t even want him talking about the Yankees. Hopefully Boone will be calling American radio broadcasts of Korean Minor League games.
Sure is, @Gruber.
He threw 4-seam, 2-seam, & cut fastballs all from 91-100 mph. That’ll play. Pretty cool story too. King has stepped up, but Abreu has struggled.
What do you know about Koerner. I recognize his name but that is about all.
Thanks in advance.
As a 3rd generation big leaguer, the reality is Aaron Boone has forgotten more about baseball than I ever knew. Ya know?
But we haven’t gotten to see that, @Joe.
Sure he’s “allowed input” on the lineups, game plans, etc. My sense is, however, that he basically does what Cash & The Computer Guys tell him to do. This is a problem.
For example: whichever number cruncher is responsible for the Abreu/Luetge shenanigans of the past couple days should be banished to his cubicle forever. Or fired. But an actual baseball manager would have never done that.
True Ducky but the Yankees aren’t fortunate enough to be able to go up against teams managed by you or I. Boone is being taken behind the woodshed by most of the other 29 managers. Cashman needs to realize this or he needs to be gone too.
So there’s that, @Joe.
I really feel Cashman’s deadline acquisitions showed he is willing to admit his mistakes. Gallo & Rizzo are LH bats known for good defense. He dealt Cessa but unlike when he dealt Warren he addressed that via Holmes & Rodríguez. Even trading for Heaney was an admission that we were – indeed – short in the rotation.
That gives me hope that he will do the same thing in the dugout. Le Booner was a mistake. Correct it.
Koerner had a cup of coffee with the Yanks when Riding was up. Koerner: Throws 4 pitches…2 seam sinking fastball, changeup, curve and slider. His best pitch by far is his sinker. This is insignificant but suppose to be smart, graduated from Clemson w/ a degree in accounting in 3 yrs was ACC honor roll 2x.
My man.
Good stuff, @Gruber. I really appreciate/rely on your knowledge of our MiLB system. I’ve no problem with “insignificant” details. Pitching is pretty cerebral. I think being smart is an advantage on the hill.
Ridings only throws 2 pitches, a wicked slider and that gas of a fastball which is why he’s in the pen.
Just looked him up at Savant. According to them, he does throw a 2-seamer (a little more frequently than a 4-seamer). So they are saying both & I thought that was what I remembered.
But you are correct. It’s a slider not a cut FB. I just thought because of how hard he threw it that he was cutting it. Must be that “bullet” slider where the thumb is 90° from the index finger.
Either way, though.
He’s definitely an exciting relief prospect.
Man. Gotta win this game in Fenway. It would be awful to get bounced by the damn sox in the play-in game.
Yanks shelled Eovaldi the last time they saw him so hopefully a deja vu!
That’s right, we did!
Good call, man. Gotta run the AL East gauntlet to get to the LCS. Won’t be easy.
Looks like Koerner was sent down again, he’s name is off active roster.
I fear Voit’s injuries will only progress. He’s a huge, lumbering guy, and he seems to weigh too much for his bad knees to bear right now. Maybe the offseason will help get his body right, but I think he needs to trim down a bit to stay healthy for a full season of he wants to be an everyday 1B.
On another note, I do think consistent at-bats will normalize his hitting, and bring his slash line back up to where it was.
Ducky & Joe: Did you see the presser after German’s hiccups on Friday? Boone still said, “I thought he threw the ball well.” While walking people?! If that didn’t seal his fate I don’t know what would.
C’mon Yankees, spank those Rays!
YC, if they bring Boone back it will only be because he’s Cashman’s guy and it would reflect poorly on Cashman to admit he was wrong. Especially after he didn’t bring Girardi back. I’ve been a Cashman supporter but Boone coming back would change that.
Joe, I’ve been supportive of both, but less patient with Boone because Cash has made some amazing trades, pulling the proverbial rabbit out of his hat in ‘16-‘17.
He’s good at what he does, but I agree with you that there’s a point where Cash cannot outsmart the consequences of certain decisions. I still pine for Bucky S. or someone similar.
@Clip –
I understand standing up for your guys. That’s probably fairly obvious to you guys by now, uh?
But the on-field issues we have had since Joe G wasn’t brought back have completely soured me on the entire experience of Le Booner. I am at the divorce papers-on-the-way stage of my relationship with him. Meaning: everything about him bugs me now.
I know it’s a dead horse. Yet some dead horses deserve a thorough re-beating. & this is one of them: we need a Real Baseball Manager in the dugout next summer.
Big game.
Big start for Taillon. Go Yanks.
Yeah, Ducky, you’re right. The on-field piss poor play and decision-making that fall directly under his purview got me to the point where all the little things stand out now. I mean, even DJL was struggling defensively. It does beg the question, what the hell are they doing in practice?
“Practice? Practice? We’re talking ’bout practice?”
I like Showalter too, he’s old school no none sense kinda manager. He would even let some baby bombers play if deserving. Don’t believe his a dead horse yet@Sir Ducky.
Showalter would be a great choice.
But, yeah. A guy like that. Look at how well the Astros & White Sox have played under Baker & La Russa. Old school baseball *managers*. @Yankee Clipper mentioned Bochy.
A real manager is in order.
Let him pick his own coaches too.
Cash is a pretty good GM. But if the Yanks don’t host any of those high revenue playoff games, that might actually turn up the heat on him a little bit.
Luke V is a terrible 1st baseman- Rizzo saved a ton of outs on “errors” picking throws from IF.
Bye Luke – trade bait with a few others. We need a SS and a #2 starting pitcher.
It’s a beautiful day for baseball. Let’s play 15. There’s nothing like having MLB.TV and being able to watch six crucial games simultaneously.
Why Koerner over Marinaccio? This team defies logic.
I believe Koerner has more stamina thus can eat more innings. He’s also been in the system 2 years longer, therefore has more higher level numbers to crunch for the nerd desk that tells Boone what to do.
This team has defied logic all year. Why start now?
Koerner will not be carried on the 40 come the off season. He’s expendable.
Gio going full Derek Jeter!!!!
Got ’em.
Go Nats!
Nats are pathetic! Yanks swept Sox in Fenway just last week so they can get ‘em. Go Yanks!!!
Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
If Plawecki catches Tuesday, look out Yanks … Eovaldi will be at his best.
What a difference between Gio and Bobby Dalbec.
One runs full speed into the visitor’s dugout to catch a ball.
The other lets two easily catchable popups drop a few feet in front of his own dugout.
Watching the game realizing the Yanks need big time changes. Get some guys who can put it in play rather than relying on the home run. More of the same!
Meanwhile the Yankees win on a single, pinch run a speedster, advance the runner, and a single. That’s what they should have done and also what they need to do instead of always camping out on the home run.
I’m also glad that Chapman didn’t blow it. He blew the lead in 2016, but the Cubs were home. He also was on the mound when the Yankees seasons ended 2 years in a row. Three times is not the charm, it’s concerning…
We’re innnnn!!!!
Mike Scioscia Needs To Manage The Yankees,In 2022.
I love reading all these arm chair gms saying how Boone is to be blamed and Cashman should go too it’s funny to read. They built the team around the home run ball, MLB changes the ball, they built a pitching staff and they ban substances so spin rate is down. I bet all these guys would tell their bosses how to do their job right? Yankee fans complained that the farm system is barren they never hold on to prospects and when they do and they don’t pan out like Jeter or Rivera Cashman’s at fault. I’m a lifelong Yankee fan (I remember the bad old days during the 80s when we had Ed Whitson pitching and Jack Clark hitting) and there’s nothing I hate more than Yankee fans. Let me rephrase that, the entitled, I know more about baseball than actual baseball people and I have an opinion about everything type fan, I’m not sure what’s worse, bandwagon fans, Red Sox fans or these Yankee fans. No wonder other team fans hate Yankee fans.