TAMPA, Fla. (CBSNewYork/AP) — Edwin Encarnación is hoping to return to the New York Yankees on Wednesday, and catcher Gary Sánchez could be back right after him.
Encarnación and Sánchez worked out at New York’s minor league complex in Tampa on Monday’s off day. Encarnación is coming back from a strained left oblique, and Sánchez is rehabbing a strained left groin.
The AL East champion Yankees, who are battling Houston and the Los Angeles Dodgers for the majors’ best record, open a two-game series Tuesday night at wild-card contender Tampa Bay.
Encarnación ran, played catch and hit in an indoor cage.