The Yankees placed Josh Donaldson on the 10-day injured list yesterday afternoon. The club initially announced his injury as a left calf strain, though further testing has apparently revealed a serious injury.
Donaldson met with reporters this evening and said doctors have called his strain anywhere between the Grade 2+ and Grade 3 varieties (relayed by Greg Joyce of the New York Post). That’s enough to diagnose it as a tear. There’s no timetable for his return.
Asked whether he expects to make it back this season, both Donaldson and manager Aaron Boone were noncommittal. Each noted the recovery timetable was variable but the skipper said it’d at least “be a decent amount of time” before Donaldson comes back.
The veteran infielder has had a disastrous 2023 campaign. Donaldson lost a good chunk of the first half with a right hamstring strain. He’s now seemingly in line to miss the bulk of the second half. Around the injuries, he’s hitting only .142/.225/.434 in 33 games. New York is sure to buy him out at year’s end for $6MM rather than trigger their end of a $16MM mutual option regardless of whether he’s able to return this season.
New York recalled top prospect Oswald Peraza to take Donaldson’s roster spot. Peraza is in the lineup at third base tonight against the Angels. Veteran DJ LeMahieu got the nod at the hot corner yesterday.
Well… Bye.
Looks like he saved himself being cut.
Curly Bill!
The Yanks should just give him to the Cubs. Unless your a 4 year vet, you can’t play for Rossy. Morel is the only exception. Amaya is hitting the ball well and plays good defense, he starts behind the plate once a week. Less than Barnhart. Cubs have little power or production from 1B – and their best future prospect for 1B is in Iowa, when he may as well be in Chicago. But Rossy needs Mancini, and before that Hosmer. Whoever is making those determinations needs to pack their bags – be it Ross or Hoyer or maybe BOTH.
So give them Donaldson, he’d fit right in their philosophy.
Why would any team want an old, unproductive third baseman who has a calf tear?
The Mets do. They want a reliever from the Yanks with JD, and then DFA Donaldson
Nobody would, which is why he is still on the Yankees.
although mind altering drugs have great benefits to some people. you are not one of them. I wrote more but I have to think you were being sarcastic because no sane person proposes that.
There’s no giving here. It sounds like he’s going on the 60-day, so he won’t be traded. The Yankees have to pay him through the option buyout regardless unless someone bails them out of the buyout through a trade. I can’t imagine why anyone would. So they’ll probably keep him around in case he’s healthy enough and valuable enough to go on a postseason roster, assuming they make it.
the only way they make it is by adding a legit bat and the bullpen miraculously turning into last year’s version
The Cubs best 1st base prospect in in Tennessee not Iowa. McGeary will be the boss at 1st soon!
Maybe
It’s funny cubs fans are talking about first base prospects. Who the hell makes a team based off a guy who has chit defense and is only expected to hit the ball? Especially when the post is about an old decrepid 3rd baseman?
Hopefully Peraza and DJ share duties for the rest of the season at 3rd base now, unless they get another 3rd baseman at the deadline. Doubt it.
Yes right. According to cashman theyre monitoring the market, they have plenty of time ,no rush only in last place. Reported to be looking at a catcher, outfielder, reliever, starter, etc. etc. etc. Yes I’m sure they will end up with a D grade relief pitcher and call it a day.
Peraza needs to be the everyday 3rd baseman. DJ can split time with Rizzo until one of them figures out how to hit again.
This just in, the Tigers are willing to sweeten the offer. The Yankees get ERod, Casey Mize, and Baez’s contract. The Tigers get back Stanton, Donaldson and Kiner-Felefa.
Cashman, this is your bacon boy moment. Why say no, when it feels so good to say yes?
Tigers are stupid, but I think that’s even too ridiculous for Detroit, although IKF isn’t as bad as he’s been in NY!
Just an incredible player coming to his wire. Josh Donaldson came through the cubs system as a catcher. A’s master of all trades Billy Beane got him from Chicago and turned Josh into a third baseman as Erick Chavez was just leaving on free agency. Josh just developed to be an incredible third baseman. The rest is history… Too bad injuries – other than that overrated age – derailed a otherwise promising late blooming career…
His window was always going to be smaller considering he was older when he finally broke through.
On a side note he did occasionally show a lack of maturity as an A, I always wondered if that contributed to his persistent injury problems.
In his prime, he was so good. I’ve had a grade 2 strain. It felt like somebody threw a baseball at my calf when it happened. It was just a strange pop. When I tried to take a step after that, I almost fell. It was the worst physical pain I’d ever experienced (have had a couple hairline fractures in my hands, so not much to compare it to). I was in my late 20s, and I couldn’t engage the calf muscle at all when I did that. It was a solid 2-3 weeks before I could do so, and then it was another 4ish before I could walk without pain. If he’s a grade 2-3, this should about do it for him this year. With Peraza ready for a real chance though, the Yankees may be in a better overall position at this point.
Can’t wait for this scrub to finally be off the roster and preventing Peraza from playing
Donaldson is definitely not a scrub. His outstanding defense and veteran leadership made him worth keeping around. Donaldson has come a long way from his “Billy Boy” days and will continue to get a shot for another year or two. He will be a cheap veteran option for teams with a lot of good young talent. Who knows maybe he figures it out again.
Hahaha. what are you smoking. I guess you have not watched him or followed him at all. He is a complete waste of a roster spot.
Veteran leadership? You mean his racist behavior and his cringeworthy fauwhawk at 40 years old? Dude is nothing but a clown and can’t hit a baseball anymore if his life depended on it. To make it worse, he gets paid 25m a year to maintain his .177 batting average
Both he and his nemesis Tim Anderson have really fallen apart.
I never believed Tim Anderson ever had the goods. He was proving me wrong for a little while but seems to be turning into exactly what I thought he would be when he was knocking on the door. Hopefully Peraza can find his footing and show why he is the better prospect than Hanley Ramirez 2.0.
Kick back,grab a fat paycheck,give stock and investment tips. That’s how Donaldson will contribute to the Yankees the rest of the year.
Like Roger Dorn?
Hopefully we never see Donaldson on the field for the Yankees again.
This may end up being the end of the line for Donaldson. 37 years old, a horrendous offensively showing and serious injury, all of the writing is on the wall
At least he won’t get booed for a longer amount of time.
The latest is he is a dewshbag
*douchebag. Seriously?
That would be douchebag. Seriously?
The calf injury is like penicillin for the Yankees line up to clear up the STD named Donaldson. They’re lucky he isn’t Herpes his contract is up soon. Just a bad case of the clap.
The only clap he’s received this year.
He needs to stop brushing his teeth as well if he wants to recieve a plaque at season’s end as well.
Perhaps the Minnesota Twins could bring Josh Donaldson back in 2024 on a minor league contract?
They can have them, that’s one way to get them out of contention
$8M buyout not $6M
$2 million was paid out as a bonus for being traded
The guy is done, and all his teammates hate him.
Been like that since High school.
He’s toast. He’s going to get another 6m from the Yankees for the buy out after the season and ride off into the sunset.
Polite way of saying “just go home?”
Even Donaldson himself admitted, if I remember correctly from an earlier article, that he was probably done after this season.
I wonder if Cashman will ever take any responsibility for JD being a flop in New York. Oh I forgot he has dirt on Hal and a GM job for life in New York.
So why haven’t they put him on the 60 IL already? Time to give that roster spot to someone that belongs on a MLB roster.
No reason to add someone to the 40-man in the middle of the season unless you are calling him up. They can shift JD to the 60-day next time they need a slot, like maybe for a player they pick up in a trade the next week or two.
“…doctors have called his strain anywhere between the Grade 2+ and Grade 3 varieties… That’s enough to diagnose it as a tear.”
Doesn’t matter the grade – all strains are tears.
If I strain a muscle I strain it. If a baseball player strains a muscle he tears it. Got it.
Sweet…One less guy to bi%^ch about , only about 7 more to go.
Put out the light
If you look at everywhere he has played, they don’t like him. He’s a cancer. He creates friction and is self absorbed. This should be his swan song.
I dunno he was pretty well liked in Toronto when he was one of the best player in baseball.
He was liked for his numbers, not for being a good teammate. AA liked him in Toronto and Atlanta, but nobody else.
Are you his brother in law? You don’t have the slightest idea what you’re talking about. Unless you’re that downwardly mobile red-arsed Tim Anderson.
Who cares
We all do.
The Yankees have done this before. If you really believe he has a serious injury I can sell you the Brooklyn Bridge too.
When players are stinking it up on the Yankees they conveniently come down with an injury that keeps them out of action until their contract runs out, or the negative fan reaction to their inability subsides as they aren’t on the field for a long period of time. Then the contract lapses or they are quietly let go.
I’ve seen it with Pavano, ellsbury and others. Donaldson is just the next one.
I want to thank Cashman (the best gm in baseball) for his genius of bringing JD to the Boogey Down and giving us that gift.
Addition by subtraction.
Hasta la vista baby! ♂️
Sell sell sell!
Addition by Subtraction.
At least they got 2 other players for taking him, and were able to dump Sanchez.
Okay great so Cashman has his built in excuse for why it didn’t work out with Donaldson which we know is most important so he can save face so let’s flip the freaking page already. Nobody in NY gives a crap if Donaldson ever picks up a baseball again. Bye “bruh”….GTFO of here now.
Doneski
Yanks were silly to sign him in the first place. He has battled hamstring issues since he was traded from the Jays! He is way past his prime and still appears to be a head case. Causing racial tension last year…..ugh! Doesn’t bring enough to the table for all the hassle!
I agree with others that have stated that “hamstring injury” is literally just a nice way of saying “you’ve come up lame for us now get on your iron horse and GTF out of town!”
Time to take the hint n slither outa league, now U can go Home kick the dog n raise Ur family w/all the righteous goodness that overflows in Ur heart, can start on that 24ft fence to keep reality on otherside, JD haters gonna hate n in Ur case ground out weakly to SS that is if the stars R all aligned n u make contact