Update: Yankees Lead All of Baseball In Hurt Players

Published

April 18, 2018

Update: April 18, 2018

Anyelo Gomez was officially placed on the disabled list by the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders, in addition, right-handed pitcher Glenn Otto went on the DL for the Charleston RiverDogs. The Yankees now have a total of 41 players on the shelf.

April 17, 2018

Almost a week ago I wrote this story highlighting the large number of players that the Yankees have on the disabled list throughout their organization. At the time the number was 39, currently, that number sits once again at 39 after it was announced that Luis Cessa will be going on the disabled list. Add to that, Anyelo Gomez was removed from the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders game on Tuesday night due to injury; there is a chance that number will increase.

Out of the 39 players on the shelf, 13 of them are currently on the Yankees 40-man roster. That includes Ben Heller who was moved to the 60-day disabled list after undergoing Tommy John surgery. With Cessa going on the disabled list the Yankees now have 1/3 of their 40-man roster out of action.

The team with the next highest number of 40-man roster players on the disabled list is the Texas Rangers, who currently have ten players on the shelf. Coincidently, the Rangers are second behind the Yankees with 38 players on the disabled list.

When it comes to organization-wide disabled list, the Los Angeles Angels, Cincinnati Reds, and Miami Marlins are the next three teams on the list with each organization having 33 players out of action.

What could we attribute to this high number of injuries? Is there any light at the end of the tunnel?

For the Yankees, there is some light at the end of the tunnel hopefully. On Thursday, CC Sabathia is expected to be activated to make the start for the big club. Brandon Drury has been taking batting practice while waiting for the results of neurological tests he took last week. Clint Frazier is working to make a return after suffering a concussion in spring training and is expected to start playing in games soon.

Then there is the other side of the coin. Jacoby Ellsbury was shut down again after suffering from a foot injury he got while rehabbing a hip injury he got while injuring an oblique injury.

That is not even taking into consideration the players in the Yankees organization that are currently hurt and rehabbing down in extended spring training but were not yet assigned to a roster like the slugging corner infielder Dermis Garcia.

Here is a full list of Yankees players on the disabled list throughout the organization.