by Yankees manager Aaron Boone provides updates on injures players Greg Bird, Tommy Kahnle and Gary Sanchez. Who will be back and when as the Yankees return home to open a three-game series against the Los Angeles Angels on Friday, May 25, 2018 (5/25/18).
The Yankees are getting closer to full strength than they have been all season.
Manager Aaron Boone provided a handful of injury updates while on with Mike Francesa on WFAN radio on Thursday.
The biggest news: First baseman Greg Bird should be back in the lineup Saturday. Bird has missed all season recovering from surgery to remove a right ankle bone spur. Going into Thursday, he was hitting .273 (3-for-11) with two home runs in three games at Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. He also played eight games at Double-A Trenton and three games at High-A Tampa.
Boone added that catcher Gary Sanchez, who had a calf cramp Wednesday, should be ready to start Friday.
Reliever Tommy Kahnle, on the disabled list with shoulder tendinitis, should also return Friday.
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It’s unclear who will have to be taken off the 40-man roster for Bird and Kahnle’s return.
It seems likely the Yankees will send down hot-hitting rookie Tyler Austin to make room for Bird, who will step into the everyday job at first base. Neil Walker could back up Bird.
A reliever will, obviously, be dropped to add Kahnle, who was terrible early in the season while dealing with the injury and a drop his fastball velocity.
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