The Yankees' season-long injury carousel just keeps spinning.
New York on Friday announced it has placed Gio Urshela on the 10-day injured list with a left groin injury and reinstated Luke Voit from the IL.
Urshela left Thursday's game against the Mariners in the fifth inning after experiencing tightness. Manager Aaron Boone told reporters afterward that the move was precautionary — "We wanted to be safe with that, and hopefully it’s something that is not a big deal," he said, via MLB.com.
His third baseman was similarly optimistic, predicting to reporters that he would be back in the lineup Friday against Oakland. Instead, he faces at least a week and a half on the shelf, with the Yankees feeling compelled to make the move even though rosters expand Sunday.
Voit's readiness after spending a month on IL due to a sports hernia may have had something to do with that. The Yankees will hope the first baseman's return balances out the power lost in Urshela's absence.
Voit has 19 home runs and a .885 OPS in 94 games this season, while Urshela has contributed 18 homers and a .924 OPS in 114 games for an offense averaging 5.86 runs per game — just behind the Twins (5.88) for the most in the majors.
This despite a never-ending stream of injuries that shows no signs of letting up. Urshela is the 29th different Yankees player to land on the injured list this season, a new MLB record.
DJ LeMahieu figures to slide over to third base in Urshela's absence, with Gleyber Torres playing second.
