The injury bug has taken another victim from the St. Louis Cardinals.
Saturday, third baseman Nolan Arenado was scratched from the lineup against the Chicago Cubs due to a right shoulder impingement, per Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. He is listed as day-to-day.
This is the second injury to hamper Arenado this week alone. On June 29, Arenado was removed from the game against the Cleveland Guardians after he jammed his finger. He then missed two games as a result of the injury.
Arenado is experiencing a bit of a down season offensively in 2025, hitting just .244 with 10 home runs and a .694 OPS. Despite that, the team still needs Arenado in the lineup everyday if they wish to make a playoff push.
At 47-42, just outside of the NL playoff picture, the Cardinals will have plenty to think about ahead of the trade deadline, which Arenado could be apart of due to injury concerns, and slowed production offensively.
The Yankees are making a change on the infield for the series-opening game Tuesday against the Seattle Mariners: Jazz Chisholm Jr. is moving to second base and Oswald Peraza is coming in at third, manager Aaron Boone said on the Talkin’ Yanks podcast.
DJ LeMahieu, who had been at second base for all 45 games he played this year since his season debut in mid-May, will start as the odd man out, but will be in consideration for starts at third.
Boone said that he believes Chisholm will stay at second as the Yankees “continue to work through” the infield defense.
“Again, depending on all the moving parts and things that could possibly happen, but I think right now, I wanna move him back over there,” the manager said of Chisholm.
The change in infield alignment comes after weeks of questions about the Yanks’ defense as it became clear that Chisholm’s struggles at the hot corner were going to continue (including a pair of throwing errors during the weekend’s Subway Series), and some recent shoulder soreness was not going to help matters.
Chisholm, named an All-Star reserve, began the year at second base after he spent the majority of his time at third base for the first time in his career after arriving in a trade-deadline deal from Miami last season. In 251 innings at second this year, he had 3 outs above average, 3 defensive runs saved, and a +2 fielding run value. LeMahieu posted a minus-1 OAA, two DRS, and a zero FRV through 324 innings at second.
At third base, Chisholm had a minus-3 OAA, minus-3 DRS, and a minus-2 FRV over 238 innings. Peraza, who has also been fine at second this year, has 2 OAA, 4 DRS, and 1 FRV in 228.2 innings.
Speaking to The Athletic last Tuesday in Toronto, Chisholm said that he had “only worked at second base” during offseason drills and that the Yankees explicitly told him he would be their second baseman.
“Everybody knows I’m a second baseman,” Chisholm said. “Of course, I want to play second base, but whatever it takes to help the team win. If that’s what the team chooses, that’s what I gotta do. I don’t write the lineups. You feel me?
“I’m playing every day, so it’s hard to be upset. Yes, I know I’m a second baseman. Yes, I know I’m better at second base, but at the end of the day, I still have to play third. I just have to deal with it.”
Boone said last week that the team would consider making a change, while supporting LeMahieu and Chisholm as “really talented defenders wherever they line up.”
Chisholm began the year at second base, but when he returned from a stint on the IL, he said he was asked to move back to third base to accommodate LeMahieu.
“[Boone] told me he wanted me at third base. He really wanted me at third base. I’m a team guy. I’m here to win a ring. I’m not here to fight over positions,” Chisholm said in late May. “We’ve got some of the best players in the world on our team… I’m just here to help us win.”
Luis Gil to begin rehab Sunday
Last year’s AL Rookie of the Year will begin his rehab assignment on Sunday and will be built up as a starter, Boone said on Tuesday. The right-hander has been out with a lat injury since late March.
Gil pitched to a 3.50 ERA and 1.193 WHIP in 151.2 innings over 29 starts last season. He had 171 strikeouts to 77 walks. He struggled during the postseason, allowing six runs on eight hits (two home runs) in eight innings over two starts with four strikeouts and five walks.
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