Yankees reliever Ian Hamilton left tonight’s Recreation 3 loss in Cleveland with what the group known as left calf tightness. The fitting-hander advised Dan Martin and Greg Joyce of the New York Publish that he’ll go for imaging earlier than tomorrow evening’s recreation.
Aaron Boone known as upon Hamilton within the sixth inning whereas New York was trailing 2-1. He issued a leadoff stroll to Lane Thomas earlier than Daniel Schneemann hit a grounder to first base. Jon Berti knocked the ball down and flipped to Hamilton protecting for the out. Hamilton evidently tweaked his calf whereas operating to the bag. He threw a warm-up pitch after a replay of the decision at first. He airmailed the throw and was instantly lifted for Tim Mayza.
Hamilton had a breakout season in 2023 after signing a minor league contract. He tossed 58 innings of two.64 ERA ball behind a 28.9% strikeout price and a very good 55.3% grounder proportion. His follow-up has been extra strong than nice. Hamilton allowed 3.82 earned runs per 9 throughout 35 common season appearances. The strikeouts dipped by a couple of proportion factors whereas his ground-ball price plummeted to a pedestrian 43.8% clip. The 29-year-old missed a pair months midseason with a lat pressure.
New York has carried Hamilton on every of their playoff rosters, although he hasn’t performed an enormous position. He made one look within the Division Collection, working 1 1/3 scoreless frames with three strikeouts of their Recreation 2 loss to the Royals. This was Hamilton’s first motion of the ALCS.
If the Yankees want to exchange him on the roster, his season will likely be over. Gamers taken out halfway by means of a playoff spherical are ineligible for the next sequence. The Publish writes that one in every of Mark Leiter Jr. or Clayton Beeter would step into the bullpen as a alternative. Beeter solely has three MLB video games underneath his belt. Leiter has much more expertise and appears prone to get the decision.
Bryan Hoch of MLB.com relays (on X) that Boone indicated Leiter was the ultimate lower from the pitching employees when the Yankees set their roster earlier than the sequence. New York acquired the right-hander from the Cubs on the deadline. Leiter was hanging out practically 35% of batters confronted on the time. He has continued to overlook a good variety of bats within the Bronx (31.7% strikeout price) however given up far an excessive amount of exhausting contact. Leiter has been tagged for six homers in 21 2/3 innings as a Yankee and has been left off each sequence rosters so far.
