New York Yankees infielder DJ LeMahieu (calf) has returned to the team's starting lineup on Monday and is playing first base and batting sixth in the order against Atlanta Braves left-hander Max Fried. This will be LeMahieu's first action since being scratched from last Wednesday's lineup with a tight calf. The 35-year-old veteran infielder hasn't quite performed up to expectations this year, slashing a mediocre .240/.315/.373 with eight home runs, 18 doubles, two triples, 29 RBI and 35 runs scored in 387 trips to the plate and 96 games. The three-time All-Star has been better since the All-Star break, though, hitting .319 (22-for-69) with a home run, five doubles, two RBI and seven runs scored in 20 games (19 starts). Hopefully, LeMahieu is able to stay healthy and finish out the year on a higher note.

New York Yankees infielder DJ LeMahieu (calf) is still not playing on Sunday with the team taking on the Miami Marlins. LeMahieu is missing his fifth straight game this week with a sore right calf, but he's available to pinch hit on Sunday and should be able to avoid a trip to the injured list. Isiah Kiner-Falefa is making another start at the hot corner for the Yankees on Sunday and is hitting seventh in the batting order against Marlins right-hander Eury Perez. LeMahieu has been a pretty big disappointment for fantasy managers in 2023, but he's been better since the All-Star break, going 22-for-69 (.319) with a homer, five doubles, two RBI and seven runs scored in 20 games (19 starts). Overall, he's slashing .240/.315/.373 with eight home runs, 29 RBI and 35 runs scored in 346 at-bats.

New York Yankees infielder DJ LeMahieu (calf) is not in the lineup on Saturday against the Miami Marlins. The 34-year-old infielder will his miss third straight game while dealing with right calf tightness. The Yankees are hoping he can avoid the injured list with the extra time off. Isiah Kiner-Falefa is covering third base and batting sixth against Sandy Alcantara in his place. It's been a letdown of a season for LeMahieu up to this point, he's slashing just .240/.315/.373 (all well-below his career marks) with eight home runs and 29 RBI over 387 at-bats. will miss his third straight contest due to right calf tightness. It'll be veteran Isiah Kiner-Falefa filling in at third base once again in his absence.

New York Yankees infielder DJ LeMahieu (calf) remains sidelined for Friday's contest against the Miami Marlins. With LeMahieu resting again, utility man Isiah Kiner-Falefa will start at the hot corner and bat leadoff for the Yanks against Marlins left-hander Jesus Luzardo. LeMahieu was scratched from Wednesday's lineup with right-calf tightness and will remain off the field after an off day on Thursday. Fantasy managers will want to check back to see if the 35-year-old veteran will be back in there on Saturday. The three-time All-Star has had a pretty disappointing 2023 season in his fifth year in the Bronx, hitting just .240 (83-for-346) with eight home runs, 18 doubles, two triples, 29 RBI and 35 runs scored in 96 games.

New York Yankees infielder DJ LeMahieu (calf) has been scratched from Wednesday's starting lineup against the Chicago White Sox. It appears the 35-year-old is dealing with left calf tightness, so the team will play it safe and hold him out of this game. Isiah Kiner-Falefa will move over to third base with Oswaldo Cabrera being inserted into the lineup. The assumption is that LeMahieu is day-to-day, but fantasy managers will have to check back for another update on his status.

New York Yankees infielder DJ LeMahieu is not in the starting lineup for his team's Monday game against the Los Angeles Angels. LeMahieu will be replaced at third base by Oswald Peraza, who is hitting leadoff against Angels starter Griffin Canning in the series opener. LeMahieu is hitting .231 with seven homers, 30 runs, and 27 RBI across 290 at-bats in 2023. Look for him to be back in the lineup on Tuesday.

New York Yankees infielder DJ LeMahieu is back in the starting lineup Thursday night against Seattle Mariners right-hander Bryan Woo. It's the first appearance for LeMahieu over the last four days and just the second since June 14, although no particular injury has been reported. Yankees skipper Aaron Boone recently said the veteran was just working on some things amidst a tough stretch at the plate. LeMahieu is hitting just .171 with a .537 OPS and .228 wOBA across 36 plate appearances in the month of June, walking in just one of those trips to the plate. His assignment will be tough on Thursday against an electric arm in Woo while LeMahieu will hit out of the leadoff spot in the series finale with Seattle.

New York Yankees infielder DJ LeMahieu went 2-for-3 with a home run, two RBI, and a double to help the team beat the San Diego Padres 3-2 in extra innings on Saturday. The 34-year-old was hitting just .133 (4-for-30) with a lone RBI and no extra-base knocks over his last eight games before going deep in this one. That lack of power is not exactly characteristic of a typical cleanup batter, a role which LeMahieu has been handling regularly for the last month. Expect the contact hitter's spot in the lineup to alter in some way once slugger Giancarlo Stanton (hamstring) comes off the injured list. LeMahieu admittedly owns a healthy 49.2% hard-hit rate overall, but at the cost of striking out (26.3% rate) more than he ever has in his career.

New York Yankees infielder DJ LeMahieu is not in the team's starting lineup on Tuesday against the Oakland Athletics. LeMahieu is taking a normal day of rest in the second game of the series against Oakland. With the veteran starting on the bench, Oswaldo Cabrera will start at third base and hit seventh in the lineup against Athletics right-hander Drew Rucinski. Second baseman Gleyber Torres is in the cleanup spot for the Bombers on Tuesday. LeMahieu has been serving as New York's cleanup hitter of late and is hitting .278 (32-for-115) with seven doubles, a triple, four home runs, 16 RBI and 17 runs scored in 128 plate appearances and 32 games so far in 2023. The 34-year-old should be back in the starting lineup on Wednesday.

New York Yankees infielder DJ LeMahieu is in the starting lineup for Thursday's contest against the Los Angeles Angels. He's playing third base and batting fifth. It's LeMahieu's fourth start in a row from the five spot after beginning the season as the primary leadoff hitter. The 34-year-old is having a decent campaign thus far through 14 games, slashing .245/.322/.472 with a pair of long balls, 10 runs, and six RBI. Fantasy managers shouldn't be too worried about his new spot in the batting order with the Yankees potent offense, but it will likely affect his run production.

The 2023 MLB season is underway and as always, injuries are beginning to pile up. Today we'll look at injured hitters including Yordan Alvarez, Michael Harris II, Amed Rosario, Jose Siri and Josh Donaldson. Baseball season is a marathon and not a race, so finding replacements for players out of action is key for fantasy baseball success.For those not yet familiar, this is our weekly edition of fantasy baseball injury updates for hitters as of April 19, 2023. We'll be covering all positions throughout the week, so stay tuned. Some players on this list impact fantasy baseball more than others, but with leagues of all shapes and sizes, you never know which guys will force fantasy managers to search waiver wires in hopes of finding adequate replacements.To keep close tabs on all of the news across the MLB, make sure to favorite or bookmark the fantasy baseball player news page, and download the free ... [More]

New York Yankees infielder DJ LeMahieu (quadriceps), who remains out on Friday against the Minnesota Twins, expects to be full-go on Saturday. LeMahieu doesn't think his quad injury is at all related to his toe/foot injury from last year. The 34-year-old is out for a third straight contest on Friday, but it looks like he'll avoid the injured list and return on Saturday as the Yankees' leadoff hitter. LeMahieu is hitting .263 (10-for-38) with four doubles, a triple, a homer, three RBI and eight runs scored in his first 10 games, and he can provide solid counting stats for fantasy managers at the top of a potent lineup when he's healthy. Isiah Kiner-Falefa is at third base and batting ninth, while rookie shortstop Anthony Volpe continues to hit leadoff on Friday against Twins right-hander Louie Varland.

New York Yankees infielder DJ LeMahieu (quadriceps) is dealing with quadriceps tightness and is day-to-day right now, according to manager Aaron Boone. As a result, LeMahieu is out of the lineup on Wednesday against the Cleveland Guardians. It doesn't sound like a serious injury, so the 34-year-old could be back soon for the Yanks and fantasy managers. The usual leadoff hitter for the team, he's currently hitting .263 (10-for-38) with four doubles, a triple, a home run, three RBI and eight runs scored in the first 10 games of 2023. Isiah Kiner-Falefa is starting at third and batting seventh on Wednesday against Guardians right-hander Peyton Battenfield, while rookie shortstop Anthony Volpe jumps up to the leadoff spot.

After an injury-plagued 2022 campaign, New York Yankees utility infielder DJ LeMahieu was named the Opening Day leadoff man. After succumbing to a foot fracture midway through the season, LeMahieu struggled to stay healthy and never fully recovered from his foot injury. It caused him to miss a chunk of the second half, in which he received several cortisone shots in his foot. LeMahieu's presence was mostly missed in the Yankees' postseason run, in which the 34-year-old was forced to sit out due to his lingering foot injury. LeMahieu is now completely healthy for the 2023 season and the Yankees are expecting his bat to contribute heavily as he has done in recent years. In 2022, the California native slashed .261/.357/.377 with 12 HRs and 111 OPS+.

According to a tweet from Newsday's Erik Boland on Monday morning, New York Yankees infielder DJ LeMahieu (toe) said he enters camp "100 percent with no limitations." Boland also noted in his tweet that the infielder was "limited much of last year by a toe injury." LeMahieu hit .261 with a .357 on-base percentage, 12 home runs and four stolen bases in 541 plate appearances for the American League East club during the 2022 campaign, seeing playing time at first base, second base and third base. He'll be part of an infield group in New York that is also set to include the likes of Gleyber Torres, Anthony Rizzo, Isiah Kiner-Falefa, Oswald Perazaand Josh Donaldson.

New York Yankees infielder DJ LeMahieu (toe) has been hitting, running and working on defense as an offseason regular at the team's player development complex, and his bat speed and swing appear to be back to pre-injury levels, according to hitting coach Dillon Lawson. "Last year with the injury, he couldn't load the way he wanted to, couldn't stay on the back side when he was getting into the way he started rotating into impact. None of that is there now. He's, at minimum, back and maybe a tick beyond that." LeMahieu missed the end of last season, including the playoffs, but the 34-year-old avoided surgery and should be fully ready for the start of the 2023 season as the Yankees' top-of-the-order spark plug.

New York Yankees utility infielder DJ LeMahieu(toe) is reportedly ready for the 2023 season. According to Yankees hitting coach Don Lawson, LeMahieu is back to his old self. The 34-year-old opted not to undergo surgery on his toe and missed the Yankees' 2022 playoff campaign. Currently, LeMahieu is solely hitting off machines and coaches and is nearing live pitching. The California native slashed .261/.357/.337 across 541 plate appearances in 2022. He maintained a 13.1% strikeout rate and amassed a .734 OPS. The Yankees' playoff mishaps proved LeMahieu's value to the organization, and the lack of contact hitting was void. Despite opting not to undergo surgery on his toe during the offseason, LeMahieu is expected to be ready by the start of Spring Training.

New York Yankees infielder DJ LeMahieu (toe) is feeling significantly better in the offseason, according to a person with knowledge of the team's personnel decisions. The 34-year-old has worked out at the team's facility in Tampa this offseason and hasn't had any setbacks. He decided against offseason surgery after consulting with several doctors. Before his toe became an everyday issue in 2022, LeMahieu was a dangerous hitter, but he finished with a .261/.357/.377 slash line, .734 OPS, 12 home runs, 46 RBI, 74 runs and four stolen bases in 125 games. It's unclear if he'll play every day at the beginning of the season, but if he's fully healthy, LeMahieu projects as the Yankees' regular second baseman and leadoff hitter, giving him plenty of fantasy value despite coming off injury.

New York Yankees infielder DJ LeMahieu (toe) is among the players not on the team's roster for the American League Championship Series against the Houston Astros. The 34-year-old hit .261 in the regular season, with a .357 on-base percentage, 12 home runs, and four stolen bases in 541 plate appearances. Other Yankees not on the team's roster for the Houston series include pitchers Ron Marinaccio, Lucas Luetge, and Aroldis Chapman, outfielders Andrew Benintendi and Aaron Hicks, and utility player Marwin Gonzalez.

New York Yankees infielder DJ LeMahieu (toe) will travel with the team to Cleveland for the American League Division Series this weekend with the hopes of being activated if the team advances to the AL Championship Series next week. The Yankees say that he's dealing with a ligament injury to his right second toe, not a fracture. LeMahieu returned for the final series of the regular season, but he still wasn't 100 percent and was left off the roster for the ALDS. Getting him back would be a big boost for an already strong Yankees lineup. In 467 at-bats for the Yanks in 2022, the 34-year-old veteran infielder slashed .261/.357/.377 with 12 home runs, 46 RBI, 74 runs scored and four stolen bases in his 125 games. The three-time All-Star is an excellent catalyst at the top of their lineup when healthy.