The New York Yankees placed the emergency launcher Mark Leiter Jr. on the 15 -day injured list on Tuesday, retroactive on Monday.
The right-hander of 6 feet and 210 pounds, which landed on the IL with a left fibular stress fracture, said that he had undergone knee injury while covering the first goal during the defeat of New York’s 5-4 against the Reds of Cincinnati on June 24.
The team did not provide a calendar for their return.
The son and nephew of the former launchers of the Yankees Mark and Al Leiter, respectively, Mark Leiter Jr. is the last New York howler to land on the IL. Gerrit Cole is released this season due to Tommy John surgery, and Clarke Schmidt will undergo the same surgery after the forearm pain accumulated in recent weeks.
In addition, Leiter’s injury occurs in the middle of a section during which the Yankees had trouble, losing 16 of the 23 games.
In a corresponding movement, the Yankees called the right launcher Clayton Beeter from Triple-A Scrancon / Wilkes-Barre.
In 16 games there, Beeter posted a 1.02 MPM with 29 stick withdrawals on 17 2/3 rounds. Beeter made his debut in the major league a year ago, and in four games extending over the last two seasons, he posted an 8.44 MPM with five stick withdrawals in 5 1/3 sleeves.
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