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<B>Director of Minor League Reports</B>
Martin Prado is done for the season.
Prado underwent appendectomy surgery Tuesday morning after playing Monday night’s game with a stomach ache. The surgery went well but Prado has played his last game this season.
Prado had two of the Yankees’ six hits in Monday night’s 1-0 loss. He complained of stomach discomfort during the game and went to the hospital afterward. Surgery was performed Tuesday morning.
“It didn’t burst which is always a good thing,’’ Girardi said of the appendix. “You play when you are sick, that’s the bottom line unless you physically can’t do it.’’
Since being acquired at the July 31 trade deadline from Arizona for catching prospect Peter O’Brien, Prado has arguably been the Yankees’ best player. In 37 games he batted .316 (42-for-133) with seven homers, 16 RBIs and a .877 OPS.
“Injuries are certainly part of it and you deal with it,’’ said general manager Brian Cashman, who lost four-fifths of his starting rotation before the All-Star break and watched a lineup shrivel down the stretch and cost the Yankees a postseason spot. “While he was playing he was tough and a gamer and played well for us. Thankfully he is OK.’’
Prado had been playing with a bothersome left hamstring recently.
Prado, who will be 31 next month and will make $11 million next season, can play second, third, right field and left field, so Cashman was asked where he fits on the 2015 club.
“That depends on the rest of the roster,’’ the GM said. “He has big value is his flexibility and playing multiple positions.’’
After not getting anything offensively from Brian Roberts and Stephen Drew at second in the wake of Robinson Cano leaving for Seattle, the Yankees could use Prado’s bat at second.
Or Prado could handle third where Chase Headley is a free agent and nobody can predict whether Alex Rodriguez’s body can handle the stress of playing the position when he is reinstated from suspension.
With Brett Gardner in left and Jacoby Ellsbury in center, Prado could play right, but if Rodriguez is the DH that means Carlos Beltran will be in right.
Prado underwent appendectomy surgery Tuesday morning after playing Monday night’s game with a stomach ache. The surgery went well but Prado has played his last game this season.
Prado had two of the Yankees’ six hits in Monday night’s 1-0 loss. He complained of stomach discomfort during the game and went to the hospital afterward. Surgery was performed Tuesday morning.
“It didn’t burst which is always a good thing,’’ Girardi said of the appendix. “You play when you are sick, that’s the bottom line unless you physically can’t do it.’’
Since being acquired at the July 31 trade deadline from Arizona for catching prospect Peter O’Brien, Prado has arguably been the Yankees’ best player. In 37 games he batted .316 (42-for-133) with seven homers, 16 RBIs and a .877 OPS.
“Injuries are certainly part of it and you deal with it,’’ said general manager Brian Cashman, who lost four-fifths of his starting rotation before the All-Star break and watched a lineup shrivel down the stretch and cost the Yankees a postseason spot. “While he was playing he was tough and a gamer and played well for us. Thankfully he is OK.’’
Prado had been playing with a bothersome left hamstring recently.
Prado, who will be 31 next month and will make $11 million next season, can play second, third, right field and left field, so Cashman was asked where he fits on the 2015 club.
“That depends on the rest of the roster,’’ the GM said. “He has big value is his flexibility and playing multiple positions.’’
After not getting anything offensively from Brian Roberts and Stephen Drew at second in the wake of Robinson Cano leaving for Seattle, the Yankees could use Prado’s bat at second.
Or Prado could handle third where Chase Headley is a free agent and nobody can predict whether Alex Rodriguez’s body can handle the stress of playing the position when he is reinstated from suspension.
With Brett Gardner in left and Jacoby Ellsbury in center, Prado could play right, but if Rodriguez is the DH that means Carlos Beltran will be in right.
Wishing Prado well is one thing, wishing him back on this team is crazy.
