NY Post · Jul 3, 2019
Why Yankees put Luke Voit on the IL
Luke Voit Charles WenzelbergThe Yankees will be without Luke Voit until after the All-Star break after the first baseman was put on the 10-day injured list Tuesday with an abdominal strain suffered in Saturday’s win over the Red Sox in London.
Voit left that game after injuring himself while running out a double and didn’t play Sunday, but the Yankees still hoped he wouldn’t need an IL stint. Instead, they shelved another player, retroactive to Sunday.
Before the Yankees’ 4-2 loss to the Mets at Citi Field on Tuesday, Aaron Boone said Edwin Encarnacion and DJ LeMahieu would likely get most of the time at first base in Voit’s absence. Encarnacion started there Tuesday.