Last night, the Yankees lost Starlin Castro to a right hamstring strain. He suffered the injury while running out a groundball down the first base line. While the severity of the injury remains to be seen, losing Castro for any period of time hurts. Over 313 plate appearances, the Yankees second baseman has hit .313/.348/.486 with 12 home runs. That works out to a potent 121 wRC+. Those numbers will be tough to replace.
In lieu of Castro’s injury, the Yankees called up utilityman Tyler Wade from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. If there’s a silver lining here, it’s that Wade, the team’s 11th best prospect per MLB.