Statement from Angels GM Billy Eppler: “Shohei Ohtani has been diagnosed with a grade 1-2 strain of the flexor pronator mass. A general timetable for beginning a throwing progression following this injury is 4-6 weeks. He is traveling with the team to Seattle and his status as a DH is day to day.”
6 up, 6 down for Gerrit Cole in his first regular season game in pinstripes at Yankee Stadium. Yankees lead the Phillies 1-0 in the 2nd inning thanks to DJ LeMahieu's second leadoff HR of the season.
Gerrit Cole retired the Phillies 1-2-3, striking out Bryce Harper to end the top of the first inning having thrown only 10 pitches.
Here's the Yankees lineup vs. Philadelphia tonight, as usual, to the tune of the Evil Empire's ‘Imperial March.'
All set for the only game of the series to be played at Yankee Stadium. Game 2, which was scheduled for tomorrow, will now be the first game of a doubleheader at Citizens Bank Park on Wednesday.
The Yankees-Phillies game scheduled for Tuesday Aug. 4 at Yankee Stadium has been postponed due to the forecast of inclement weather. It has been rescheduled as the first game of a doubleheader at Citizens Bank Park on Aug. 5.
Dodgers LHRP Scott Alexander, a diabetic, got COVID-19 before reporting for the second version of spring training and had "mild symptoms." He never considered the possibility of opting out.
Mookie Betts is out of the Dodgers' lineup and has "substantial swelling" in his left middle finger, which manifested itself on a swing in Phoenix on Sunday, Dave Roberts said. Betts is not on the injured list, however. The team is holding out hope that he can be available as soon as tomorrow.
MLB announced the four-game series between Tigers and Cardinals at Comerica Park has been postponed. The Cardinals have had 13 members of the organization test positive for COVID-19 this last week, including 7 players.
Aroldis Chapman is currently working out at the Yankees' Alternate Training Site in Scranton and is scheduled to throw a bullpen tomorrow or Wednesday.
Yankees lineup vs. Phillies tonight -- Aaron Boone says that it's just a day off for Gleyber Torres
Outfielder Nick Castellanos of the Cincinnati Reds has been named the National League Player of the Week.
Yankees All-Star outfielder Aaron Judge has been chosen the American League Player of the Week.
"Don't throw balls thigh to waist or down the middle." –Joe Girardi, in jest, on the advice he'd have for his pitchers when facing Aaron Judge.
Yankees pitcher Luis Cessa was sent to the team's Alternate Training Site in Scranton.
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