The New York Yankees benched two-time batting champion DJ LeMahieu on Sunday amid a season-long stoop.
LeMahieu was a wholesome scratch for Sunday’s sport towards the Tampa Bay Rays. Oswaldo Cabrera took his place at third base. Supervisor Aaron Boone mentioned the choice with reporters pregame whereas declining to handle LeMahieu’s standing past Sunday’s sport.
“We’ll see,” Boone stated when requested about LeMahieu’s potential return to the lineup. “Get by right now, and we’ll see the place we’re at.”
The Yankees misplaced 6-4 on Sunday and two of three to the Rays.
Boone praised LeMahieu’s expertise and professionalism.
“He’s such a professional and clearly been such hitter over the course of his profession, over the course of his life,” Boone stated. “A really mentally and bodily robust man. He is outfitted to deal with issues and cope with issues.
“However you additionally need to be delicate to figuring out a man that is had this sort of success is absolutely grinding by issues proper now. Attempt to concentrate on that too.”
Aaron Boone on if DJ LeMahieu may very well be again within the lineup tomorrow: “We’ll see.”
“He’s such a professional, and clearly been such hitter over the course of his profession, over the course of his life. A really mentally and bodily robust man.” pic.twitter.com/Xm3JCS8KJl
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LeMahieu, 36, is slashing .177/.270/.202 by 39 video games this season, the worst efficiency of his 14-season MLB profession by far. He has 11 RBI and has but to hit a house run.
A 3-time All-Star and profession .290/.352/.411 hitter, he gained a batting title with the Colorado Rockies in 2016 and one other with the Yankees in 2020. His .243 batting common final season was beforehand the worst of his profession.
LeMahieu began the season on the injured listing with a fractured foot and has struggled on the plate since his return to the lineup on Might 28. He is been heckled and booed by residence followers because the Yankees have been mired in a stoop as a workforce. New York went into the All-Star break on an 8-18 slide that noticed them fall from first place within the AL East to trailing the Baltimore Orioles. The 59-41 Yankees have been two video games behind the Orioles coming into Sunday’s sport.
Boone stated on Saturday of LeMahieu, “we have to maintain working him on the market.”
“He is earned that, and the place we’re proper now roster-wise, we have gotta give that chance to unlock it,” Boone stated.
LeMahieu then went 0-for-3 with two strikeouts in a 9-1 loss to the Rays. He advised reporters on Sunday that he’s wholesome. LeMahieu’s taking part in on the fourth yr of a six-year, $90 million contract.
