DJ LeMahieu was nonetheless not assured a spot on the Yankees’ playoff roster as of Monday, when the group held its remaining exercise earlier than opening the postseason in opposition to the Guardians in Sport 1 of the ALDS on Tuesday in The Bronx.
Requested previous to the exercise about LeMahieu’s availability, supervisor Aaron Boone mentioned, “We’ll see.”
LeMahieu spent a lot of the exercise at third base, the place he may begin over Josh Donaldson, who has been wonderful defensively, however a disappointment on the plate since his arrival within the spring coaching commerce that despatched Gary Sanchez and Gio Urshela to Minnesota.
LeMahieu has been impacted by proper toe irritation all through the second half of the season and has been considerably restricted for the reason that harm acquired worse throughout an August collection in Boston.
Since Aug. 13, he's 13-for-81 with six walks, 15 strikeouts and an OPS of .376. His final extra-base hit got here on Aug. 7.
In a five-game audition after coming off the injured listing simply earlier than the tip of the common season, LeMahieu went 4-for-16 with two walks and a strikeout.
“I feel it’s getting his swing,’’ Boone mentioned of what must occur to get LeMahieu again. “I really feel like he was nonetheless compromised [at the end of the regular season]. That’s what I used to be seeing.”
Boone mentioned the Yankees would finalize the ALDS roster Monday evening, with 14 place gamers and 12 pitchers.
LeMahieu was among the many gamers taking dwell batting follow in opposition to Yankees minor leaguers after the common exercise, together with Matt Carpenter, who is predicted to be on the roster after lacking two months with a fractured left foot.
Giancarlo Stanton, Oswaldo Cabrera and Aaron Hicks additionally took dwell BP.
The Yankees will want Stanton’s bat to win a title, however they’d moderately not depend on his glove. After opening the door to probably utilizing Stanton within the outfield in an effort to get Carpenter within the lineup as a DH, Boone made clear Monday that Stanton wouldn't be used within the spacious left subject at Yankee Stadium.
“We’ll see [what happens] as this factor unfolds,’’ Boone mentioned. “Giancarlo goes to … form of work in direction of that and possibly sooner or later within the postseason, it will likely be an possibility, however we’ll see.”
On the plate, Boone mentioned he feels “Giancarlo is trending in the best path over the past week or 10 days.”
Stanton went 4-for-9 with three homers, three walks and simply two strikeouts over his final three video games.
Gleyber Torres hasn’t performed since Oct. 1 resulting from flu signs. He didn’t take batting follow on the sphere, however the Yankees mentioned he was OK bodily and so they’re relying on the second baseman to select up the place he left off earlier than being sidelined with the sickness.
“Gleyber has swung the bat rather well for us down the stretch,” Boone mentioned of Torres, who was 27-for-69 with six doubles, 5 homers and an OPS of 1.137 over his remaining 17 video games.
Oswald Peraza was “underneath the climate” Monday, in keeping with Boone, however must be fantastic if he’s on the roster.
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