Jasson Domínguez didn’t sound too involved about his contused left thumb Sunday night time earlier than the Yankees flew house.
That Luke Weaver was unavailable to talk about his hamstring as a result of he was nonetheless getting therapy on it was extra regarding.
The Yankees arrived again in New York early Monday morning for a day without work after their 6-3 West Coast journey, however have been left holding their breath to see how Domínguez and Weaver felt and what potential exams revealed a day after every was injured in Sunday’s win over the Dodgers.
Weaver had already completed warming as much as pitch the underside of the ninth when he was stretching and “felt something in the middle of his hammy,” stated supervisor Aaron Boone, who was “hoping it’s not too serious.”
The reliever is off to a dominant begin this season, posting a 1.05 ERA with eight saves and 24 strikeouts in 25 ²/₃ innings.
If Weaver does require a stint on the injured record, it may thrust Devin Williams again into the nearer’s function after Boone eliminated him from it in late April.
Williams has largely been higher since then, not giving up a run in 13 of his previous 15 appearances.
His solely save alternative in that stretch got here final week in opposition to the Angels, when Weaver was unavailable after pitching on back-to-back days, and Williams gave up a pair of runs earlier than ending off the 3-2 win.
Williams pitched the eighth inning Sunday in what was then a 6-3 recreation and was sharp, hanging out Hyesong Kim and Teoscar Hernández round Shohei Ohtani’s groundout.
After his swing-and-miss capacity went lacking within the first month of the season, Williams rediscovered it in Might — he now has a 34.8 % whiff charge, good for the ninety fifth percentile within the majors — which ought to assist if he goes again to closing video games regularly.
“[Williams] pitches with an edge out there,” Boone stated final week. “But I would say that even early on when he had some struggles. It felt like a similar edge, I just think he’s commanding the ball and now into the rhythm and flow of the season and has gotten into a good groove.”
The Yankees are additionally anticipated to get Fernando Cruz again within the bullpen on Tuesday, when he’s first eligible to come back again from the injured record for shoulder irritation, which is able to give them one other late-inning weapon that they missed over the previous two weeks.
Mark Leiter Jr. has been throwing the ball nicely, too, which together with Jonathan Loáisiga provides Boone a number of choices to navigate the late innings based mostly on matchups.
Monday’s off-day ought to assist the Yankees bullpen reset, which ought to imply they now not want Carlos Carrasco after he was referred to as up Sunday for size.
Yerry De Los Santos was optioned to Triple-A to make room, however he may return to the lively roster Tuesday fairly than ready the requisite 15 days if he’s changing an injured participant like Weaver.
Cruz may then take Carrasco’s spot in that situation.
