The Yankees played a man short Saturday night against the Astros at Yankee Stadium, when outfielder Cameron Maybin was unavailable with a Grade 2 strained left calf that will land him on the injured list Sunday.
The Yankees went to 12 pitchers the day before Aaron Judge came off the IL on Friday night, which is one less than they like to carry. So they will replace Maybin with a pitcher, but wanted to wait to determine who.
“We are going to wait [and see] where we are at based on where we are through [Saturday’ s game],’’ manager Aaron Boone said before his club put a seven-game winning streak on the line.