Impending Yankees injury returns could make for complicated situation
NY Post
In the only kinda game that would be played Tuesday at Yankee Stadium, Anthony Rizzo stood near the home dugout swinging a bat behind protective netting, motioned toward the mound and said to Aaron Boone and a few coaches:
“That’s our trade deadline pickup out there.”
Rizzo was gesturing toward Clarke Schmidt, who was warming up to begin a live batting practice session that would ultimately thrill him and the Yankee brass, make him feel more certain he is on a path to help over the last month of the season.
This was the business at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday, with the scheduled opener of a three-game set vs. the Angels postponed due to the forecast for storms and a doubleheader scheduled for Wednesday.
Instead, about four hours before the game was supposed to begin, and with gray clouds thickening overhead, Rizzo and Jon Berti took grounders on the left side of the infield during a pre-batting practice period while Jazz Chisholm continued to work on his new home at third. Jose Trevino, clad in full catching gear, joined Carlos Narvaez and Ben Rice in taking balls whipped into the dirt by a pitching machine. Rizzo, Berti and Trevino would move on to live batting practice off of Schmidt and Cody Poteet. Ian Hamilton would throw a bullpen.
In the post-trade deadline period, getting injured players healthy and calling up a worthy prospect are the last ways to fortify a roster. Boone does not want to get seduced into conversations about when exactly players will return and the implications involved. Which is understood. Rosters are living organisms, changing shape persistently. What, for example, are the chances the Yankees spend the rest of the year without others getting injured or none of the currently injured enduring setbacks?
The Jets were quiet on Day 2 of free agency after adding a new quarterback Monday.
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The Jets kicked off free agency by keeping one of their own.