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It has been more than a month since Miguel Andujar partly tore the labrum in his right shoulder, which in injured list time is nearly an eternity. When he said on Friday that waiting to be activated had been “tough,” it felt like a colossal understatement.
Such is the impatience of Andujar, the runner-up for the American League’s Rookie of the Year Award last season, who has totaled just 13 at-bats in 2019. Finally, though, that is about to change.
Andujar will be activated before Saturday’s game against the Minnesota Twins, Manager Aaron Boone said on Friday, and the sense of relief will be palpable from the dugout to the bleachers at Yankee Stadium.