The Yankees announced that they have placed catcher Jose Trevino on the 10-day injured list with a left hamstring strain. Fellow backstop Ben Rortvedt has been recalled to take his place on the active roster.
Trevino, 30, had spent the 2018-2021 seasons as a part-time catcher with the Rangers before the Yankees acquired him going into 2022. He already had a reputation as a glove-first backstop, tallying eight Defensive Runs Saved with Texas in 2021. He took that part of his game to new heights with the Yanks last year, accruing 21 DRS for the season, winning a Gold Glove and a Fielding Bible award. He also hit 11 home runs and slashed .248/.283/.388 for a wRC+ of 91.
He hasn’t quite been able to maintain that pace so far this year, as he’s hitting just .219/.265/.333 and his defense has been around league average. Nonetheless, it’s a frustrating development for the Yankees, for whom injuries have become an ongoing concern. Trevino joins Josh Donaldson, Oswald Peraza, Giancarlo Stanton, Carlos Rodon, Luis Severino, Frankie Montas, Luis Gil, Scott Effross, Ian Hamilton, Tommy Kahnle, Jonathan Loáisiga and Lou Trivino, who are all currently on the injured list, while they’ve also seen Aaron Judge and Harrison Bader miss some time. Despite all of those absences, the club is still hanging tough with a 25-20 record so far, but continually shuffling the deck chairs could become a growing concern over a long season unless the health situation improves.
As for Rortvedt, he was also acquired prior to the 2022 season, coming over from the Twins alongside Donaldson and Isiah Kiner-Falefa, but has yet to appear in a game as a Yankee mostly due to injuries. He suffered an oblique injury in the spring of 2022 then underwent arthroscopic knee surgery in April. He was eventually activated in August but was optioned to the minors. He did get recalled to the big league club in September but was optioned three days later without getting into a game. This year, Rortvedt underwent surgery in February on an aneurysm near the posterior in his left shoulder that was affecting his circulation. He began the year on the injured list and was activated a week ago but optioned to the minors again.
Given all of those hurdles, a running joke has developed among some Yankee fans that Rortvedt doesn’t even exist, but it now seems inevitable he will make his team debut at some point in the near future. He’ll likely be in the backup role in support of Kyle Higashioka, who had been backing up Trevino until now. Rortvedt has 39 games of MLB experience, which came with the Twins back 2021. He hit just .169/.229/.281 but earned 5 DRS in that short time and has positive framing metrics.
The Yankees also announced that Kahnle will begin a rehab assignment today with Single-A Tampa. The 33-year-old was signed in the offseason to a two-year, $11.5MM deal but has been on the IL all year so far due to biceps tendinitis. He was eventually transferred to the 60-day IL, meaning he won’t be eligible to return until next week but will likely need some time to get into game shape anyway. He has a career 3.78 ERA and 29.3% strikeout rate but has only thrown 13 2/3 innings since the end of 2019 due to various injuries.
Jose Trevino got hurt, because Nestor Cortes speeded up his treadmill, causing him to hurt his left leg.
Sped, great comment otherwise
Nestor the treadmill adjuster
What if Sanchez opts out of the Mets deal and almost immediately signs a major league contract with the Yankees? Lol.
At this point, Gary Sanchez is a LOCK for the Hall Of Fame……at his old High school, back in Trenton New Jersey. I understand they’re retiring his old number as well.
Good luck to the Mets who have acquired him
Holy moly Rortvedt will actually make an appearance.
The invisible Man will make an appearance, I still don’t believe it. Hopefully his hitting is not invisible as well
Seems a bit coincidental with Rortvedt coming back recently and performing well in the minors
He did great at AAA… do they have a really good system of stealing signs at AAA? Scoreboard guy relays the sign in…
One random glance in the whole season and that constitutes a sign-stealing program? Sounds like hater deperation to me.
Just saw on MLB Network that Donaldson had a setback. Something about a sliced thumb
twitter.com/BryanHoch/status/1659304598677467136
That explains why Aaron Boone has been packing a knife lately.
Every time I think the comments can’t get any more childish or shallow, there’s always people on here to drain a little bit more out of the pool. What a bunch of maroons! Ahahahaha!
Lol. “putting together something at home”. He can’t even make a sandwich without getting hurt.
Sounds more like he was attempting to put together something from IKEA and cut his thumb. Guy can’t even read instructions without getting hurt.
Not a bad way to earn $25 million this year.
Ellsbury Treatment
Sad for Trevino, but I’m excited to see what Rortvedt can do at the Major League level after hitting very well in Scranton
OKbaseballfan,
I am with you all the way. Can’t wait to see Rortvedt in action. MIGHT be the left handed catcher that need. Time will tell, supposedly a very good defensive catcher as well.
The Yankees have petitioned major league baseball to allow them to have a second base coach whose box will be directly behind second base. Stay tuned for further developments.
Everyone try’s to steal signs. The solution is don’t be stupid enough to tip your pitches
I can’t believe you’re still crying about the best hitter in the league taking a journeyman reliever deep two days later
Try to pay attention here because it’s not legal to be outside the coaching boxes so you can see the pitcher’s hands and pick up on what the pitch is going to be. That is cheating. The Yankees cheated. It’s maybe too simple for you to understand. They cheated. Get it? Cheated.
Losers.
Base coaches stand outside of the boxes all the time. Even the Blue Jays base boxes have been standing outside the boxes throughout this series. If the umpires aren’t enforcing it, it’s not breaking a rule. If it was any other team you and everyone else wouldn’t bat an eye but like most Yankee haters, you hate them more than you like your own team
Holy smokes. You think that the Yankees are good enough to glance over at a base coach that is standing out of the box that has stolen a pitch by looking into a pitcher’s glove that is using pitch com then process and react to the given sign from the base coach and hit dingers?? I wish!! They probably would have used this superpower to win a World Series sometime between now and 2009.
Does it state in the baseball rulebook that coaches have to remain in the coaches box or is that just baseball tradition ? Are the actual dimensions of a 1st base and 3rd base coaches box actually measured out out in the rule book or is it just baseball tradition??
wjyhayzee
You have no proof of that. It’s pure speculation. You just can’t pass up any opportunity to insult the Yankees because you spent over half your life in RS futility.
When an organization has a long history of employing law breakers, rewarding PED users, and having fans who heave their garbage onto the field at the slightest provocation, you tend to start to believe that there is something seriously wrong with the entire organization. Sure, it’s speculation, but it’s based on decades of observation. And it is much more excessive than any other organization, by far. So, if you want to say that it’s my frustration, you’re right. The fact that MLB has consistently shown favor towards the team and literally helped them win, is equally despicable. But other than that, everything’s great.
Is the Yankees’ history of “employing law breakers” more extensive than most other teams? Are the Yankees the only team to ever have players use PEDS? Are they the only team who’s fans have ever gone a little overboard? I’d safely say the answer to all of those questions is no.
You’re the worst type of fan. The kind that can’t view sports objectively and whines constantly about the team(s) you don’t like. It really comes off as being childish
You have a long history of bloviating like a babbling baboon.
It sounds more like whyhayzee is describing his beloved Red Sox.
There is no such player as Ben Rordvedt.
He is a similar fantasy existence as Sidd Finch.
The Yankees are just trying to upstage the Mets.
He does exist, he is an AI entity
Actually, childishness is saying the something wrong is ok because someone else does it to. That’s how 2 year olds act.
A simple perusal of the internet will inform you that the Yankees have the most championships but also the most baggage. It’s a fact and I’m not the one saying so. It’s common knowledge.
27 Championships. 40 pennants.
Lick that baggage.
That is not the point I was making at all. There were a ton of players using PEDs in the late 90s and early 2000s. To single out the Yankees for it is asinine. Did you conveniently forget that the Red Sox employed David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez?
The Yankees don’t have any more baggage than any other team. Morons like you just create this nonsense in your heads
The Yankees should check on the availability of Grandal. The Chisox are likely sellers. The Yankees need to improve thier lineup and replacing an automatic out with Grandal would be a nice boost.
Sounds like that Donaldson insurance kicked in lol.