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There's a too-long history of baseball players punching things in frustration and getting injured. The New York Yankees will have to hope Will Warren didn't just add himself to that list. Warren had the frustration first, getting hit around by the Atlanta Braves on Saturday night.
Yankees manager Aaron Boone says he watched a video of right-handed pitcher Luis Gil’s second rehab start and was pleased with what he saw.
The Yankees (53-44), who have lost three straight, fell three games behind the Blue Jays in the American League East.
After adding the 5-foot-9 Hawaiian to the active roster on Friday, manager Aaron Boone talked Garcia up as a guy who could give them innings that night for a bullpen game against the Braves.
Yankees announcers Joe Girardi and Michael Kay both shook their heads at Vivas's visible lack of effort and voiced their disappointment on-air. "Well, this is inexcusable," Girardi said. "I know [the Yankees] went over that in a meeting. That can't happen. Those are little things that cost you a chance to have Aaron Judge hit with first and third."
Luis Gil has made two good rehab starts, and the Yankees will decide if one more is enough for him to return to the rotation.
The 24-year-old began this season back at Somerset, hitting .274/.389/.594 with 16 homers and 32 RBI over 49 games before earning a promotion to Triple-A. Jones has been on fire with the RailRiders, hitting .362/.426/.776 with seven homers and 15 RBI over his first 14 games. He then recorded four hits and homered on Saturday.
The issues at third base were glaring in New York's first game after the break. Having to go with a bullpen game wasn't a good sign, either.
Pinch-hitter Giancarlo Stanton delivered a two-run double and Bellinger added an RBI single that made it 7-3. But Judge extinguished the rally when he struck out against lefty Dylan Lee with runners on the corners.