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Brandon McCarthy's debut with the Yankees is hard to get excited for now that we're all waiting to hear about Masahiro Tanaka.
Yankees lineup: Ellsbury 8 Roberts 4 McCann 2 Teixeira 3 Beltran DH Ichiro 9 Almonte 7 Wheeler 5 Ryan 6 McCarthy 1
— Bryan Hoch (@BryanHoch) July 9, 2014
The Yankees have called up Zoilo Almonte to fill out an outfield that has been one man short since Alfonso Soriano was designated for assignment. Zoilo is in tonight's lineup, but no roster move has been made yet. It's been said that the Yankees are currently waiting to hear about Tanaka's MRI results before they make a roster move.
Tonight's lineup has Jacoby Ellsbury leading off with Brian Roberts batting second and Brian McCannt following. Mark Teixeira is at cleanup, Carlos Beltran is the DH, and Ichiro Suzuki is in right field. The lineup is rounded out with Almonte in right, Zelous Wheeler at third, and Brendan Ryan at short.
Brett Gardner is out of the lineup with what was originally believed to be a hernia, but was diagnosed as only an abdominal strain. He hopes to play tomorrow, but I guess we'll see.
Update
Beltran hit a ball during BP that hit bottom of screen... Bounced back hit him on the eye #Yankees #legitnotjoking
— Meredith Marakovits (@M_Marakovits) July 9, 2014
Revised Yankees lineup. Beltran scratched with a facial contusion after a ball caromed off a net in an indoor cage. pic.twitter.com/lSF4ir6g40
— Yankees PR Dept. (@YankeesPR) July 9, 2014
Just... why, baseball?