” What hes doing is pretty special, “Judge said.” The energy and enjoyment he brings to baseball, Im excited to see him put on a program.”
The Yankees have been slammed for their absence of speed and flexibility.
” We love [Locastros] speed and athleticism and his ability to really safeguard in the outfield,” Boone stated prior to Fridays rainout against the Mets. “Hes another guy with big-time speed and can go play defense in the outfield, particularly when we have leads and trying to close down a video game.”
This season, he has struggled at the plate, especially versus left-handers, however he has spent the majority of his time on defense in center field, where the Yankees have been in shambles since the season-ending injury to Aaron Hicks.
Judge was scheduled to be back in the lineup Friday after missing out on Wednesdays video game. He said the lower-body concerns he has dealt with throughout the season wont cause him to skip the All-Star Game in Denver later this month.
“Hes another guy with big-time speed and can go play defense in the outfield, especially when we have leads and attempting to close down a game.”
Manager Aaron Boone anticipates the righty-hitting Locastro to get playing time against left-handed pitching, enabling the Yankees to avoid playing Brett Gardner every day– and to avoid playing Aaron Judge in.
” Its something you dream about as a kid,” stated Locastro, who was a Yankees fan as a kid and remained in presence for Game 3 of the 2012 ALDS against Orioles, when Raul Ibanez pinch-hit for Alex Rodriguez and hit a game-tying homer in a game the Yankees eventually won.
Zack Britton is scheduled to throw off a mound Saturday in his comeback from the left hamstring pressure that landed him on the IL for the 2nd time this season, according to Boone. Luis Severino is “close to the point” of getting on the mound after his problem throughout Tommy John rehab, when he suffered a strained groin throughout a rehabilitation start.
Gleyber Torres nightmarish season includes a 14-game stretch without an extra-base hit going into Saturday. Torres was 6-for-50 with seven strolls and 17 strikeouts throughout that period.
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Clint Frazier went on the hurt list with vertigo Friday, but even before that, the Yankees required another outfielder and had not been able to discover one at Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.
Asked who he wished to see at the All-Star Game, Judge singled out the Padres Fernando Tatis Jr.
Locastro was first traded to the Yankees in November 2018, when they acquired him from the Dodgers, however he was sent out to Arizona 2 months later.
Boone said the Yankees still dont have a starter for Sundays finale of the Subway Series.
The Yankees look for outfield depth led them to trade for Arizonas Tim Locastro, who joined the group in The Bronx on Friday night.
The 28-year-old Locastro, who matured in upstate Auburn and dipped into Ithaca College, said before Fridays rainout he expected numerous member of the family to be at Yankee Stadium.
Before the rainout, the Yankees honored 11-year-old Blake Wheatley, a Little League player who has the same bicuspid aortic valve condition as Boone. Wheatley played catch with Boone on the field throughout batting practice.
