Yanks’ LeMahieu (foot) shut down at least 1 week
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Jorge Castillo, ESPN Staff Writer
NEW YORK — On Tuesday, the New York Yankees were hopeful that DJ LeMahieu could make his season debut as early as next week. By Wednesday, those tentative plans were dashed.
LeMahieu will be shut down for at least a week, the team said, after being removed from the first game of his rehab assignment Tuesday. Yankees manager Aaron Boone said LeMahieu underwent testing Wednesday and was diagnosed with residual edema, or recurring swelling, in his right foot, which he fractured over a month ago. He’ll be reevaluated in seven days. His timeline to play in major league games is unclear.
“We’ll keep reevaluating week by week,” Boone said.
LeMahieu, 35, has been sidelined since fouling a pitch off his foot during a spring training game on March 16. He had been scheduled to play in minor league games Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday before perhaps joining the Yankees in Baltimore next week.
He batted first for the Double-A Somerset Patriots on Tuesday, striking out to lead off the game. He then played third base in the bottom of the first inning, but he didn’t take the field for the second after experiencing pain in the foot. His rehab assignment ended there.
“It’s tough because DJ is a big part of this team, what we’ve been doing here that past couple of seasons,” Yankees center fielder Aaron Judge said. “But the most important thing is him getting healthy. We roll when we got a healthy DJ.”
A two-time batting champion, LeMahieu missed the 2022 postseason with a broken toe in his right foot, which preceded ligament damage. Without him this season, the Yankees have had Oswaldo Cabrera start 20 of their 25 games at third base. The switch-hitting Cabrera is batting .263 with three home runs and a .730 on-base-plus-slugging percentage.
TORONTO — Cleveland Guardians star Jose Ramirez was back in the lineup for Sunday’s game against the Toronto Blue Jays, two days after the third baseman left in the third inning because of a mild right ankle sprain.
The six-time All-Star was injured when he stumbled and fell while crossing first base on an infield single. Ramirez went down after being struck in the back by a throw from Blue Jays right-hander Chris Bassitt.
Ramirez was batting third Sunday against right-hander Bowden Francis.
Ramírez sat out Saturday when Cleveland beat Toronto 5-3. He went 2 for 2 before departing Friday, boosting his average to .274. He has five home runs and 15 RBIs in 31 games.
In last Thursday’s 4-3 victory over Minnesota, Ramirez became the first primary third baseman to reach 250 homers and 250 stolen bases.
The Miami Marlins activated catcher Nick Fortes from the 10-day injured list Sunday morning. To make room for him on the active roster, starting second baseman Otto Lopez was placed on the 10-day injured list.
Fortes, the Marlins’ Opening Day catcher, posted six hits in 20 at-bats with two doubles, one triple and one RBI in seven appearances before going on the IL on April 10 with an injured left oblique muscle. The 28-year-old missed 20 games as the Marlins went 7-13 without him. To prepare for Sunday’s return, he rehabbed for two games at Triple-A Jacksonville and went 0-for-6.
Fortes figures to split time with 23-year-old rookie catcher Agustin Ramirez, who has delivered a .256/.293/.615 slash line with three homers and five RBIs in 10 games during his first stint in the bigs.
The 26-year-old Lopez hits the injured list, retroactive to Saturday, with a sprained right ankle. Lopez started the season hot with a .400 average to go with two homers, six RBIs and one stolen base during five games in March. Since then, he has batted .191 (17-for-89) with no homers, five RBIs and two steals.
Rookie Javier Sanoja, 22, has filled Lopez’s spot at second base the last two games and provided two doubles, two runs and one RBI in seven at-bats.
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