Kraken Down
Tuesday night’s 14–12 victory against the Minnesota Twins may arguably be the game of the 2019 season as the teams changed leads giving everyone who stayed up watching a show for the ages! As the win helped the Yankees come closer to the goal of securing the American League’s best record, the team lost one of their Bombers for a period of time.
The Yankees placed their All-Star Catcher Gary Sanchez on a 10-day IL with a left groin strain. Sanchez suffered the injury and came out of the game after stepping awkwardly on first base while hustling out a ground ball. He underwent an MRI on Wednesday morning that revealed a Grade 1 strain manager Aaron Boone said.
“On the scale of strains, I guess it’s minor which is somewhat good news,” Boone said. “But still it’s going to be some time. We’ll just kind of see how the next few days, how the next week unfolds, and how he’s feeling, and when he gets to start back up baseball activities. But I don’t want to put a timeline or anything like that on it in these early days. We’ll see how he responds.”
Sanchez, 26, is batting .229 with 24 home runs and 58 RBIs this season. He has been struggling as of late since returning back from the London series against the Red Sox. However, with such a dynamic swing, pitchers know the power the Kraken possesses and have to stay honest every plate appearance.
Catcher Kyle Higashioka and left-hander Nestor Cortez Jr. were recalled from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Higashioka will replace Sanchez on the active roster, while Cortes takes over for right-hander Jonathan Holder who was optioned to Scranton in a corresponding move.
