Aaron Decide continues to work towards his return to the outfield.
Decide was set to throw once more on Friday, two days after the Yankees captain performed catch for the primary time since he was recognized with a flexor pressure in his proper elbow.
“The plan is for him to repeat what he did Wednesday,” supervisor Aaron Boone stated earlier than Friday’s collection opener towards the Houston Astros within the Bronx. “He got out to 90 feet — I think [he] was throwing on a line — so I think the plan is to repeat that today and see how it [goes].”
Decide, 33, was not seen throwing pregame Friday, however he did shag fly balls in proper area.
The reigning American League MVP has not performed the outfield since July 25, three days after he suffered the harm on a throw in Toronto.
After a 10-day stint on the injured record, Decide returned to the Yankees’ lineup on Tuesday towards the Texas Rangers in Arlington however is taking part in solely because the designated hitter in the intervening time.
Decide was the Yankees’ DH on Friday for the third sport in a row.
“I haven’t really talked to him about how [he feels] from day to day,” Luis Rojas, the Yankees’ third base and outfield coach, stated Friday. “There’s a throwing program. I’m sure that him and the trainers, at the end of the line, know he’s going to be back and playing defense for us.”
Decide performed catch earlier than Wednesday’s sport in Texas, marking his first time doing so because the harm.
Decide entered Friday with MLB’s greatest batting common (.339), on-base proportion (.446), slugging proportion (.702) and OPS (1.148). He went 1-for-6 with a stroll in his first two video games after coming back from the IL.
With Decide locked in at DH, Giancarlo Stanton is anticipated to play proper area on Saturday, based on supervisor Aaron Boone.
Stanton, 35, final performed the outfield on Sept. 14, 2023 in Boston. He final performed the outfield at Yankee Stadium 5 days earlier than that.
PITCHING PROGRESS
Left-handed swingman Ryan Yarbrough and right-handed reliever Fernando Cruz, each of whom are coping with indirect strains, are scheduled to face hitters on Sunday.
Cruz is ready to throw a dwell bullpen session at Double-A Somerset.
Yarbrough, who threw a dwell session on Thursday, may start a rehab project with Somerset that day, based on Boone, however is extra prone to throw one other dwell session.
Cruz has a 3.00 ERA and 54 strikeouts in 33 innings. Yarbrough has a 3.90 ERA over 16 appearances, together with eight begins.
Boone stated he hoped reliever Jonathan Loáisiga, who’s on the IL with proper mid again tightness, would have the ability to throw Friday.
COLE TRAIN
Gerrit Cole may very well be getting near throwing for the primary time since present process season-ending elbow surgical procedure in March.
“I think it’s soon,” Boone stated, “but I don’t have an announcement.”
Cole stated Friday that he stays scheduled to start throwing this month, and whereas he has a tentative date in thoughts, he declined to share it publicly.
TOUGH SLATE
The Yankees count on outfielder Austin Slater to overlook four-to-six weeks with the left hamstring pressure he suffered Monday in Texas.
Boone described the harm as a “mid-level strain.”
The Yankees acquired the righty-swinging Slater earlier than final week’s commerce deadline. He’s hitless in seven at-bats with the Yankees.
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