ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Shortly after getting back from his two-game psychological “reset,” Gleyber Torres spent the previous two video games earlier than Tuesday getting a bodily break.
However the Yankees second baseman returned from his groin tightness to get again within the lineup Tuesday towards the Rays, with supervisor Aaron Boone hoping that the difficulty is now behind him.
“Hopefully simply ensuring he’s dealing with the issues he must do weight room-wise, coaching room-wise, simply his pregame and ensuring he’s preparing correctly,” Boone stated earlier than the Yankees’ 5-3 loss at Tropicana Discipline. “Hopefully it’s not one thing we have now to take care of. And truthfully, we’ve averted an actual drawback. I believe each occasions it’s cropped up, it’s been pretty minor.”
Torres missed one recreation final month due to the groin difficulty then performed via it earlier than leaving Friday’s recreation towards the Crimson Sox when it bothered him legging out an infield single.
Boone stored Torres out of the lineup Saturday and Sunday, mixed with Monday’s staff off day, to verify he was totally able to go Tuesday.
He went 1-for-4 with an RBI single in his return.
“You’re all the time going to attempt to govern your self at sure factors, however he must be ready the place he ought to be capable to go,” Boone stated. “There’s going to be occasions the place you bought to be sensible [running], however I really feel like strength-wise, maintenance-wise, he must be in a great place with it.”
Now it’s a query of which model of Torres the Yankees are getting again.
The pending free agent has principally struggled this season however was batting 8-for-26 (.308) in seven video games since Boone sat him for back-to-back video games.
“It’s been a wrestle for him,” GM Brian Cashman stated Tuesday. “Typically these free-agent stroll years can come again and hang-out you. I’m undecided if that’s the added stress that is perhaps weighing him down or holding him again or not.
“Final yr he was our second-best hitter behind Aaron Decide and was our greatest hitter as soon as Decide went down. You realize what caliber of participant he’s. We’re anxiously and hopefully ready on that, as a result of I do know he can have a extremely optimistic impression on that lineup.”
Proper-hander Clayton Beeter is about to go to with Dr. Keith Meister for one more opinion on his shoulder, which has sidelined him at Triple-A since mid-Could.
It’s attainable Beeter will miss the remainder of the season, which might be successful to the Yankees’ beginning pitching depth — or probably a late-season bullpen weapon.
Popping out of the All-Star break, Giancarlo Stanton (hamstring pressure) could possibly be “attending to that time the place he’s on the brink of play,” Boone stated, not specifying whether or not that might be rehab video games or actual video games.
Stanton suffered the damage on June 22 and stated he hoped to be again in round 4 weeks, which might be July 20.
