SEATTLE — Matt Carpenter is out indefinitely — and maybe for the season — with the fractured left foot he suffered on a foul ball in Monday’s 9-4 win over the Mariners, so the Yankees will want quite a lot of gamers to make up for the manufacturing the resurgent Carpenter supplied after signing with the staff in Could.
The staff recalled Miguel Andujar from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Tuesday to take Carpenter’s spot on the roster and he was inserted proper into Tuesday’s lineup in opposition to the Mariners at T-Cell Park.
Andujar has hit nicely for SWB this season, however has not had any sustained success within the majors since 2018.
He’s additionally a right-handed hitter, and Carpenter supplied some left-handed energy after regaining his stroke within the offseason and signing a minor league cope with the Rangers following the top of his contract with the Cardinals.
The 36-year-old Carpenter had 15 homers and an OPS of 1.138 in 47 video games earlier than taking place with the damage. The 15 homers are fourth-most on the Yankees and the OPS is second behind solely Aaron Choose.
Andujar has a dozen house runs at Triple-A, however has simply seven homers and an OPS of .583 in 92 video games with the Yankees since 2019.
“Carpenter has had a terrific yr, however I can solely management what I management,” Andujar mentioned by means of an interpreter.
Carpenter was scheduled to see the Seattle Seahawks staff physician Wednesday after which would go to New York when the Yankees fly to Boston after the sport to find out the precise nature and severity of the damage, however fractures usually take six-to-eight weeks to heal.
Atlanta second baseman Ozzie Albies broke his foot in the midst of June and hasn’t began a rehab task, however Chris Taylor of the Dodgers is already again following his fracture suffered somewhat over a month in the past.
With out figuring out the kind of fracture or the place it’s positioned, it’s unattainable to understand how lengthy Carpenter shall be out, in accordance with Dr. Robert Parisien, an orthopaedic sports activities medication surgeon at Mount Sinai.
“If there’s no displacement, it may very well be a comparatively fast restoration of a few month,’’ Parisien mentioned. “All of it is dependent upon the diploma of the fracture and whether or not it’s displaced [and requires surgery].”
The Yankees and Carpenter had been nonetheless ready on that data Monday evening, when Carpenter mentioned he wasn’t prepared for his season to be over.
Neither are the Yankees.
Carpenter made a right away impression on the staff after becoming a member of the Yankees on Could 26, when he was inserted into the lineup at Tampa Bay after not having performed for every week following his launch from Texas.
He homered in his second recreation and continued to contribute all through the following two months.
Carpenter now joins Giancarlo Stanton on the IL, with Anthony Rizzo additionally sidelined for the final 4 video games on account of lower-back tightness.
And time is of the essence for Carpenter and the Yankees, with eight weeks to go within the common season.
Even when Carpenter is wholesome sufficient to return, he received’t have a lot time to get again his timing on the plate — though as he already proved this season, which may not be a problem for him.
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