{"id":41303,"date":"2017-08-18T05:46:29","date_gmt":"2017-08-18T05:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=41303"},"modified":"2017-08-18T05:46:29","modified_gmt":"2017-08-18T05:46:29","slug":"yankees-put-1b-cooper-10-day-dl-recall-austin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/sports\/mlb\/yankees-put-1b-cooper-10-day-dl-recall-austin.html","title":{"rendered":"Yankees put 1B Cooper on 10-day DL, recall Austin"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yankees put 1B Cooper on 10-day DL, recall Austin<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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The Yankees put first baseman Garrett Cooper on the 10-day disabled list Thursday with tendinitis in his left hamstring and promoted Tyler Austin from Triple-A Scranton\/Wilkes-Barre.<\/span><\/p>\n

Austin played first base and batted seventh as New York tried for a four-game sweep of its Subway Series against the crosstown-rival Mets. He singled his first two times up.<\/span><\/p>\n

With projected regular Greg Bird sidelined by an ankle injury most of the year, the Yankees have started nine players at first base this season. Chase Headley was given a rest Thursday night.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cooper was acquired in a trade with Milwaukee on July 13 to help shore up the position. He is batting .326 with six RBIs in 13 games for New York.<\/span><\/p>\n

Yankees manager Joe Girardi said Cooper told the team his hamstring was bothering him after his first at-bat Wednesday night, when he lunged for the bag as he tried to beat out an RBI groundout.<\/span><\/p>\n

He had an MRI that “came back pretty good,” Girardi said.<\/span><\/p>\n

“He’s had some hamstring issues before,” the manager added. “We don’t think it’ll be a long stint, but we figured we’d better DL him.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Austin, who homered in his first major league at-bat last August, started this season on the DL with a broken left ankle. He also missed six weeks with a strained right hamstring and was 2 for 13 (.154) with a home run and two RBIs in four major league games this season.<\/span><\/p>\n

Including rehab assignments, Austin has batted .304 with seven homers and 28 RBIs in 44 combined games at Double-A and Triple-A this year. The righty hitter will play first base against some left-handers, Girardi said.<\/span><\/p>\n

The second-place Yankees were set to face a struggling Steven Matz on Thursday night and at least two more lefties this weekend during a pivotal series at AL East-leading Boston.<\/span><\/p>\n

“We’re looking for some big at-bats,” Girardi said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bird began another rehab assignment Wednesday night at Triple-A. He will be joined by All-Star second baseman Starlin Castro (strained right hamstring) on Friday, the same day designated hitter Matt Holliday (back) reports to Class A Tampa to start playing rehab games.<\/span><\/p>\n

Girardi said closer Aroldis Chapman probably would be unavailable for the second consecutive night. Chapman’s hamstring tightened up as he saved Tuesday’s win over the Mets.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I think we’re going to have him throw a little bit more today and see how he feels,” Girardi said.<\/span><\/p>\n

New York began the night 4 1\/2 games behind idle Boston.<\/span><\/p>\n

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