Miguel Andujar was as soon as one of many Yankees’ high prospects and performed effectively sufficient to complete second to Shohei Ohtani for AL Rookie of the Yr Award in 2018.
That looks like a very long time in the past. Andujar was sidetracked by a shoulder harm the next season and his profession went downhill after that.
His profession hit a brand new low on Thursday, when the Yankees designated the 27-year-old for task as a way to open up a 40-man roster spot for the return of reliever Zack Britton. Andujar had been optioned to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Wednesday to make room for Luis Severino on the lively roster.
Andujar was on the 40-man roster, so the Yankees can’t commerce him, as a result of the Aug. 2 commerce deadline has come and gone, however he might nonetheless clear waivers and return to the Yankees’ system.
A number of scouts in attendance at Yankee Stadium on Thursday evening consider Andujar would get picked up. However his time with the Yankees seems to be over.
“It’s robust,’’ Aaron Boone mentioned after the Yankees’ 5-4, 10-inning win over Boston. “He’s an excellent child who labored actually exhausting to be a top quality left fielder. He’s nonetheless actually gifted. You by no means know when it will probably nonetheless click on for a man.”
Andujar misplaced his beginning job at third base to Gio Urshela following his 2019 harm and tried to come back again as a utility participant, studying first base and left subject.
He by no means got here near duplicating his 2018 outcomes on the plate, so he couldn’t make up for his defensive shortcomings.
Andujar performed 27 video games with the Yankees this season and went simply 22-for-96 (.229) in 100 plate appearances. Worse, he completed with three extra-base hits, three walks and 22 strikeouts and a .531 OPS, a far cry from the 47 doubles, 27 homers and .855 OPS he compiled in 2018.
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