If the good performances continue, the Yankees may have some reinforcements for the next round. is healing and he’s with the team. Aaron Boone hinted that the outfielder might be on track to return for the ALCS after doing some training at the team’s complex in Florida.
“He’s doing well,” Boone said of Benintendi, who’s been out since Sept. 2. “I think he’s going to Tampa. He hit [off the high velocity machine] yesterday here. But he’ll get some live at bats hopefully in Tampa and we’ll kind of see where we are.”
DJ LeMahieu is also at Yankee Stadium, he just can’t play yet. The Yankees would likely want him to start over Josh Donaldson at third base if he’s healthy for the ALCS, but until then, he’s going to keep taking swings until his body feels closer to 100%.
“DJ is just, you know, continuing to do baseball stuff,” Boone reported. “He’s hitting.”
LeMahieu will not go to the Tampa facility for more seasoning. Instead, he will accompany the Yankees to Cleveland, though he is not eligible to play in the ALDS unless another member of the roster gets injured. A Yankee spokesman also provided more clarity on what is actually going on with LeMahieu’s injured foot, which was initially diagnosed as .
“It’s a ligament under the second toe. It’s not a fracture. The trainers don’t know for sure, but they believe that this ligament injury could possibly be because he was compensating from the injury.”
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