The Yankees announced a series of roster moves today. First baseman was placed on the 10-day injured list with a right forearm fracture, an that was reported yesterday Gary Carter Jersey . They also placed right-handers and on the 15-day injured list. Hamiltons move is due to a right lat strain and retroactive to June 17. Poteets is due to a right triceps strain and retroactive to June 15. In corresponding moves, they recalled left-hander and also selected the contracts of left-hander and catcher/infielder . The moves for and were previously covered on MLBTR. In terms of the 40-man roster, the Yankees had one vacancy for Misiewicz/Rice but opened another by transferring righty to the 60-day injured list. The 40-man is now full but the club is planning to righty from the 60-day IL tomorrow and will need to open a spot for him. Poteet was recalled a few weeks ago to take a rotation spot when Schmidtlanded on the injured list. Poteet has made four good starts since then, currently sitting on a 2.14 earned run average for the year. Despite that strong work, he was likely going to be optioned back to the minors to make way for Cole, since each of , , and have been in good form this year. But instead of going back down to the minors, Poteet is now on the IL. He wont throw at all for the next week or two, per Chris Kirschner of The Athletic , before taking things from there. The Yanks have the strongest rotation in the league this year, even before accounting for Coles return, as their collective 2.90 ERA leads the majors at the moment. But having both Schmidt and Poteet on the IL at the same time leaves their depth a bit thinned out. is on the 40-man roster but seems to be injured as well, since he hasnt pitched at Triple-A since May 15. is also on the roster and has a 3.13 ERA in Triple-A, but is working around a high walk rate of 13.9%. If they suffer another rotation injury, that depth situation could be a factor, though perhaps Schmidt and/or Poteet can return to health before it becomes an i sue. As for Hamilton, his injury seems to be even more significant as he wont throw for three to four weeks, per Kirschner . Hell likely have to build back up after such an absence so he might end up mi sing a couple of months, depending on how things develop in the interim. The righty emerged as a key piece of the Yankee bullpen last year, to sing 58 innings with a 2.64 ERA. His 10.9% walk rate was a bit on the high side but he struck out 28.9% of batters faced while getting grounders on 55.3% of balls in play. His ERA has jumped to 4.55 this year but perhaps the injury has played a role in that. He had a 2.81 ERA after his June 6 appearance but has allowed seven earned runs in four innings since then. If the lat i sue started bugging him in that time, perhaps that explains the recent struggles. In his absence, pitchers like , , and will help set up closer . Most contending clubs look for bullpen additions prior to the trade deadline and the Yankees will surely be in the market since they currently have the best record in baseball. As for Schmidt, he was placed on the injured list May 27 with a right lat strain and will now be ineligible to be reinstated until 60 days from that initial IL placement, which would be July 26. Shortly after he was placed on the IL, the Yanks announced that he would be shut down for four to six weeks. Even if he starts throwing in early July, hell surely need a few weeks of rehab to build back up to a starters workload. Mike Krukow Jersey
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