STANTON LATEST TO HIT THE IL

When there aren't a slew of injuries, the Yankees had all their pieces and were able to figure it out.  When the Yankee players start to get hurt, it is then that the manager needs to actually manage.  Yup, I'm going after Boone on this one, because sooner of later the Yankees will not be winning consistently due to injury... and sooner or later Boone will need to make decisions on how to find ways to win.  

I always say this, it's easy when the Yankees are good. What happens when the Yankees are missing top players? Boone will have to work. Can he, will he? We will see.  In the meantime, another star player is on the shelf.  The Sporting news writes:

"Stanton was placed on the 10-day injured list due to a hamstring injury, the team announced Sunday.

After hitting a double off the wall in center field during the fourth inning of Saturday's 8-3 win over the Atlanta Braves, Stanton was seen wincing as he rounded third base on Gleyber Torres' ensuing RBI double.

It's clearly serious enough that he had to go on the injured list, and it shoots down any hopes of Stanton putting together a fully healthy season.

Stanton was enjoying a revival season before this injury. In 69 games this season, Stanton has 18 home runs with 48 RBI and a .794 OPS. His 94.3 average exit velocity ranked in the 98th percentile while his 80.7 mph bat speed and 19.4% barrel rate both ranked in the 100th percentile.

In a corresponding move, the Yankees recalled infielder Oswald Peraza from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre."

I feel bad for Stanton. He was having a decent year. Now however the next moves will have to hopefully create wins as well.  It will be interesting to see, but if they start losing and the Orioles takeover first in the AL East, it just means one thing to me... Boone doesn't know how to manage during hard times, and THAT my friends is what makes a good manager.