Yankees put Sanchez on DL, send Frazier to minors
PHILADELPHIA » The Yankees won’t have All-Star catcher Gary Sanchez for at least a few weeks.
Sanchez was put on the 10-day disabled list Monday because of a strained right groin. Yankees manager Aaron Boone said before New York’s game at Philadelphia that Sanchez is expected to miss up to four weeks with a Grade 1 strain.
Austine Romine replaced Sanchez in the starting lineup.
The Yankees also optioned outfielder Clint Frazier to Triple-A Scranton/ Wilkes-Barre and recalled catcher Kyle Higashioka and right-hander Giovanny Gallegos from the minors.
Sanchez was hurt Sunday while running out a double-play grounder at Tampa Bay.
“Gary Sanchez out of your lineup, that’s a big deal,” Boone said. “But we’ll take the positive out of it. Ro has done a great job obviously this year for us. It’s an opportunity for Higashioka to get up here and hopefully everyone can pick up the slack a little bit in his absence, but we feel like will be OK offensively.”
The 25-year-old Sanchez is hitting .190 with 14 home runs and 41 RBIs, a season after he made the AL All-Star team while batting .278 with 33 homers and 90 RBIs.
Frazier hit .350 in eight games after recently being promoted from the minors. The Yankees have the best record in the majors at 5025. Houston Seattle Los Angeles Oakland Texas
Sunday’s games
Boston 5, Seattle 0
Cleveland 12, Detroit 2
Tampa Bay 7, N.Y. Yankees 6, 12 innings Atlanta 7, Baltimore 3
Houston 11, Kansas City 3 Minnesota 2, Texas 0
Chicago White Sox 10, Oakland 3 Toronto 7, L.A. Angels 6, 10 innings
Monday’s games
Oakland at Detroit
L.A. Angels at Kansas City N.Y. Yankees at Philadelphia Seattle at Baltimore Washington at Tampa Bay San Diego at Texas Toronto at Houston Cleveland at St. Louis
Tuesday’s games
52 47 41 40 34 27 31 37 38 45 .658 _ .603 4 1⁄2 .526 101⁄2 .513 111⁄2 .430 18 Washington (Scherzer 10-3) at Tampa Bay (Eovaldi 1-3), 12:10 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Severino 11-2) at Philadelphia (Arrieta 5-5), 7:05 p.m. Seattle (Paxton 6-2) at Baltimore (Gausman 3-6), 7:05 p.m.
L.A. Angels (Lamb 0-0) at Boston (Price 8-5), 7:10 p.m.
Oakland (Montas 4-1) at Detroit (Hardy 3-1), 7:10 p.m.
San Diego (Ross 5-5) at Texas (BibensDirkx 1-1), 8:05 p.m.
Kansas City (Junis 5-8) at Milwaukee (Peralta 2-0), 8:10 p.m. Minnesota (Lynn 5-5) at Chicago White Sox (Lopez 2-5), 8:10 p.m. Toronto (TBD) at Houston (Morton 9-1), 8:10 p.m.
Cleveland (Kluber 11-3) at St. Louis (Martinez 3-4), 8:15 p.m.
Wednesday’s games
Kansas City at Milwaukee, 2:10 p.m. Toronto at Houston, 2:10 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m. Seattle at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.
L.A. Angels at Boston, 7:10 p.m. Oakland at Detroit, 7:10 p.m.
San Diego at Texas, 8:05 p.m. Minnesota at Chicago White Sox, 8:10 p.m. Cleveland at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m. Atlanta Philadelphia Washington New York Miami Milwaukee Chicago St. Louis Pittsburgh Cincinnati Arizona