ARLINGTON, Texas — After standing by Alex Verdugo as his left fielder, Aaron Boone got here to Verdugo’s protection once more on Wednesday evening for not working exhausting on a groundout.
Within the fifth inning of the Yankees’ 10-6 loss to the Rangers — which they trailed 5-0 on the time — Verdugo hit a grounder to second base and jogged up the road with out a lot urgency. Boone stated he understood the way it appeared, however didn’t take challenge with it.
“He’s OK. He’s beat up. He’s enjoying his ass off,” Boone stated after the Yankees dropped a 3rd straight sequence. “He picks his spots to the place — when he must, he beats out the pressure play, beats out a double play, will get the infield hit.
“Generally I want it will look somewhat higher on sure ones however when he hits the one-hopper to the second baseman and he’s obtained it, I get the look. However I don’t have any challenge with how exhausting he’s enjoying the sport.”
Requested about being “beat up,” Verdugo stated, “I’m nice.”
Boone pulled Gleyber Torres from a sport final month for not hustling on a line drive to left discipline that he thought was a house run, solely to finish up on first base, which ultimately price the Yankees a run.
However the supervisor seen Verdugo’s state of affairs otherwise on Wednesday, not pulling him till taking out your entire beginning outfield within the backside of the eighth inning of the blowout loss.
Verdugo, who ran right into a wall at Nationals Park final week to make a catch, went 1-for-3 Wednesday.
Amid requires Jasson Dominguez to be referred to as up and substitute him, Verdugo is batting 14-for-41 with two extra-base hits over his final 11 video games.
There was sufficient concern about Austin Wells’ sore proper hand/wrist on Tuesday that the Yankees at one level thought of flying in one other catcher in time for Wednesday’s sequence finale towards the Rangers.
However by the point they left Globe Life Discipline on Tuesday evening, Wells had proven sufficient enchancment that they held off on that call, they usually continued to be inspired on Wednesday.
Wells nonetheless remained out of the lineup for a second straight sport, after getting hit with a 95 mph fastball in Monday’s sport, however he was capable of swing a bat on Wednesday and Boone expects him to start out Friday’s sequence opener towards the Cubs at Wrigley Discipline.
Wells obtained an X-ray and CT scan on Tuesday to rule out any type of a fracture.
Each checks got here again unfavourable, which the catcher stated gave him some assurance. He stated swinging on Wednesday “felt fairly good.”
After lacking three months with a lat pressure, Clarke Schmidt is champing on the bit to get again on a giant league mound, which he’ll do on Saturday in Chicago.
“Pumped, for positive,” Schmidt stated Wednesday. “It’s been an extended journey. Feeling actually good bodily and simply actually excited to get again out right here.”
The proper-hander is hoping he can choose up proper the place he left off in Could, which was pitching to a 2.52 ERA by way of his first 11 begins.
He’ll nonetheless be on a pitch rely someplace round 75 on Saturday, with Nestor Cortes prone to pitch behind him because the Yankees work out learn how to deal with their rotation crunch.
“The primary cause I used to be having a lot success was my command was in a very great spot and my stuff was sustaining very well,” Schmidt stated. “These two issues have actually checked out to date in these rehab outings.”
The Yankees transferred Ian Hamilton’s rehab task to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, the place he tossed 1 ²/₃ good innings on 26 pitches Wednesday evening.
It’s doable that Hamilton might be a part of the Yankees as quickly as this weekend if he stays wholesome.
After hitting his 51st house run on Aug. 25, Aaron Choose has now gone 9 straight video games with out one, marking his longest “drought” of the season. … Duke Ellis recorded his first profession hit with a single to left discipline within the ninth inning towards Grant Anderson.
