Yankees ask for outfielder Bryan de la Cruz Obtained from the Brave according to announcements from both clubs. Yanks Giancarlo Stanton The list of injured by 60 days is the corresponding 40 people.
There was no previous indication that Atlanta had designated De la Cruz for the mission, but it appears they have quietly placed him in immunity in recent days, trying to get him out of 40 people. It didn't work, Yanke scoffed him. Atlanta's 40-man lineup fell from 39 to 38.
Atlanta signed BDLC to their roster in the offseason, and he started the season with this year’s Atlanta outfield in the Grand Slam. Ronald Akunia Jr. Still working from last year's ACL tear. Jurickson Profar The drug that enhanced performance tested positive at the beginning of the season and received an 80-game timeout. The club signed Alex Verdugo To help, but the deal is so late that Willdugo must start the season with optional tasks, a delayed spring training.
De La Cruz made 50 sets in Atlanta, but 36% of his hits were hit as he caused the .191/.240/.213 series. When Verdugo was preparing to join the Big League Club, he was selected as Triple-A Gwinnett. The team later signed Eddie Rosario And choose Jarred Kelenic. With Acuña planning to return around next month and Kelenic available in Triple-A, De La Cruz doesn't have a high chance of returning to the pro, which undoubtedly prompted the club to push him onto the exempt wire.
For the Yankees, they actually have an open lineup. Due to two elbow problems, Stanton is on the list of 10-day injuries throughout the year. He has been trying to stay healthy but is still not ready for the game action. Even if he gets cleaned up and goes into a lineup somewhere, it will take him several weeks of healing missions to get into the game shape. His 60-day count is a retrospective of his initial IL placement, so if he can be healthy, he will be eligible to recover later this month.
Currently, they have used Stanton's roster to add some extra outfield depth. Their major league outfield team is currently strong, including Judge Aaron,,,,, Trent Grisham,,,,, Cody Bellinger and Jasson Domínguez. But Dela Cruz has the choice to hide him in Triple-A and see how things are going.
As mentioned, his 2025 was a cruel beginning, but he has been performing better in the past. In 2021 and 2022, he finished 574 times on the Marlins in 2021 and 2022 with the .269/.318/.430 line and 103 WRC+ in those seasons. However, the average hit average score in the game helped a lot for him there, and his work gradually faded away after that. Since the beginning of 2023, he has .243/.285/.390 lines and 81 WRC+. Strike-out has become a growing problem, with a punch rate of 28% since the beginning of 2024.
Even when he was struggling last year, he was still able to be useful in the sequel. He is a right-handed batsman, he put up the .285/.309/.425 line and 99 WRC+ against left-handed, so maybe that's part of the appeal. Grisham and Bellinger are both left-handed, despite the reverse split of Grisham's career. Domínguez is a revving basketball, but has been vulnerable to Southpaws so far. He has a line of 0.277/.353/.529 for the right, but the distance to the left is .100/.239/.150.
Currently, De la Cruz can play time with railway drivers regularly and try to get into good grooves. If he succeeds or Yankees gets injured, he may find himself experiencing another rift in his profession.
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