Albany Times Union

Yanks’ Frazier goes on injured list with vertigo

Rainout vs. rival Mets forces teams to play doublehead­er Sunday

- By Ronald Blum

Clint Frazier is on the 10-day injured list with vertigo, three years after a concussion hampered him for an entire season.

The 26-year-old New York Yankees

outfielder left Wednesday’s game against the Angels in the third inning because of dizziness.

‘He’s really going through a battery of tests, really been going through it all day,” manager Aaron Boone said before Friday night’s Subway Series opener with the Mets was rained out at Yankee Stadium.

New York filled the roster spot with outfielder Tim Locastro, obtained a day earlier from Arizo

na for right-hander Keegan Curtis.

The 28-year-old Locastro hit .178 with one homer and five RBIS in 118 at-bats this season.

Given the starting left field job before spring training, Frazier slumped to a .186 average, with five homers and 15 RBIS in 183 at-bats and lost playing time to Brett Gardner and Miguel Andujar.

Frazier sustained a concussion on Feb. 24, 2018, when he hit an outfield wall during a spring training game against Pittsburgh at Bradenton, Fla. Symptoms lingered and he was limited to 15 major league games and 54 in the minors.

Jordan Montgomery (3-2, 4.06) of the Yankees was pushed back from Friday to Saturday.

Gerrit Cole (8-4, 2.66) will pitch one of Sunday’s games for the Yankees.

The Mets will start Taijuan Walker (6-3, 2.38) on Saturday, Marcus Stroman (6-6, 2.45), activated from the bereavemen­t list, is to start on Sunday afternoon and Tylor Megill (0-0, 4.82) on Sunday night.

The Yankees are trying to rebound from a brutal loss to the Angels on Wednesday, when they scored

seven runs in the first inning and allowed seven in the ninth, losing 11-8.

Aroldis Chapman had a four-run lead, walked three batters and allowed Jared Walsh’s grand slam in the loss to the Angels.

Brandon Nimmo was activated from the injured list by the Mets after he missed two months because of a detached hand ligament. Right-hander Jeurys Familia and catcher Tomas Nido were also activated.

Left-hander David Peterson was placed on the 10-day injured list with right side soreness, a move retroactiv­e to Thursday.

Right-hander Thomas Szapucki, catcher Patrick Mazeika and infielder Travis Blankenhor­n were optioned to Triple-a Syracuse.

Left-hander Anthony Banda was obtained by the Mets from San Francisco for minor league infielder Will Toffey. The 27-yearold Banda was assigned to Syracuse. He is 3-2 with a 6.86 ERA at Triple-a Sacramento this season and has a 4-3 record and 5.96 ERA in five major league starts and 13 relief appearance­s, with Arizona in 2017 and Tampa Bay from 2018-20.

Toffey hit .178 with six homers and 16 RBIS this season for Double-a Binghamton.

 ?? Elsa / Getty Images ?? Clint Frazier of the Yankees left the game Wednesday against the Angels with dizziness. He was diagnosed with vertigo and placed on the 10-day injured list.
Elsa / Getty Images Clint Frazier of the Yankees left the game Wednesday against the Angels with dizziness. He was diagnosed with vertigo and placed on the 10-day injured list.

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