{"id":37070,"date":"2020-08-20T12:36:52","date_gmt":"2020-08-20T16:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/?p=37070"},"modified":"2020-08-20T12:36:52","modified_gmt":"2020-08-20T16:36:52","slug":"zack-britton-heading-to-injured-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2020\/08\/20\/zack-britton-heading-to-injured-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Zack Britton Heading to Injured List"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/mlb-teams\/new-york-yankees\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New York Yankees<\/a> placed relief pitcher <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/brittza01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zack Britton<\/a><\/strong> on the injured list Thursday. Britton grabbed at his left hamstring as he left Wednesday&#8217;s game, and an MRI reveals a strain of the muscle.<\/p>\n<p>Manager <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/booneaa01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aaron Boone<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>felt after the game that the injury could warrant a trip to injured list, and he thinks the injury occurred in the middle of his outing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It seems like it maybe just tightened up and then he felt it a little bit on the last couple pitches of the inning,&#8221; said Boone.<\/p>\n<p>The Yankees kept their bullpen stable while <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/c\/chapmar01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aroldis Chapman<\/a><\/strong> recovered from Covid-19, thanks to Britton, who leads the AL in saves. Now, days after Chapman returns, they lose him for the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Following last night\u2019s game, the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Yankees?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@Yankees<\/a> optioned INF\/OF Miguel And\u00fajar to the Alternate Site. <\/p>\n<p>Prior to today\u2019s game, the Yankees recalled RHP Ben Heller and RHP Miguel Yajure (#89) from the Alternate Site &amp; placed LHP Zack Britton on the 10-day IL with a left hamstring strain<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Yankees PR Dept. (@YankeesPR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YankeesPR\/status\/1296470258992263170?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 20, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Tough Loss<\/h2>\n<p>Britton looked to be in peak form in ten games this year. Despite taking the loss Wednesday night, Britton has a 2.00 ERA and a 1.111 WHIP in nine innings pitched.<\/p>\n<p>Getting Chapman back will help the bullpen stay afloat, but it is a bullpen that has not been at full strength all season. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/k\/kahnlto01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tommy Kahnle<\/a><\/strong> is already out for the season after undergoing Tommy John surgery and the loss of Britton is another major blow.<\/p>\n<p>MLB has seen an uptick in injuries so far in 2020. Boone recognizes that the nature of the abbreviated season could be a factor and understands the need to monitor his players because of it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a quicker ramp up, and it&#8217;s into the intensity of a major league environment,&#8221; said Boone. &#8220;&#8230;It&#8217;s something that you try to be mindful of moving forward&#8230;you (have to) try to strike that balance and assess where people are all the time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The depth of the Yankees bullpen has always been a major strength for the team, and they have the luxury of now sliding <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/o\/ottavad01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Adam Ottavino<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/g\/greench03.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chad Green<\/a><\/strong> up to higher leverage roles later in games.<\/p>\n<p>The team also sent <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/a\/andujmi01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Miguel Andujar<\/a><\/strong> down to the Alternate Site and brought up relief pitchers, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/h\/hellebe01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ben Heller<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=yajure000mig&amp;utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Miguel Yajure<\/a><\/strong>, as additional reinforcements for the bullpen. Heller has been with the organization since 2016, but he has not been able to stay on the active roster consistently. Yajure is the 15th-best prospect in the organization, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/prospects\/yankees\/miguel-yajure-664337\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according to MLB.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo: <a id=\"mtBNhUemRpJoJ85gBvy9ig\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1182166953\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'mtBNhUemRpJoJ85gBvy9ig',sig:'Lcfy6NR1T8bKCcDE1fW0cYE7waD8a-temFOrvTMYG-8=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1182166953',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Yankees placed relief pitcher Zack Britton on the injured list Thursday. Britton grabbed at his left hamstring as he left Wednesday&#8217;s game, and an MRI reveals a strain of the muscle. Manager Aaron Boone\u00a0felt after the game that the injury could warrant a trip to injured list, and he thinks the injury [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2758,"featured_media":37072,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,2,35],"tags":[4082,4083,41,2488],"class_list":["post-37070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-yankees","category-featured","category-news","tag-ben-heller","tag-miguel-yajure","tag-new-york-yankees","tag-zack-britton"],"modified_by":"DJ Kleinbard","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2758"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37070"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37070\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}