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4:30pm: It gets worse for the Yankees, as Boone has since said Kluber will miss at least eight weeks (via Jack Curry of YES Network). He’ll be shut down from throwing for four weeks and then will have to build up his arm strength for another four.
4:12pm: Yankees right-hander
Corey Kluber has a sub-scapular strain in his rotator cuff and will miss at least four weeks, manager Aaron Boone told Bryan Hoch of MLB.com and other reporters. Meanwhile, first baseman
Luke Voithas a Grade 2 oblique strain and will go on the 10-day injured list.
Soon, Yankees’ Estevan Florial may be intriguing replacement for Aaron Hicks | ‘He can be a superstar’
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Yankees center fielder prospect Estevan Florial (right) hit four homers in nine games with Double-A Somerset being being promoted to Triple-A Scranton Wilkes-Barre last Friday.Photo courtesy Somerset Patriots
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No one ever has doubted the tools. Estevan Florial had all five when the Yankees signed the lefty-swinging, righty-throwing Dominican as a 17-year-old in March 2015 for just $200,000.
Then, now and at all times in-between, when scouts watched Florial before and during games, they knew that they were seeing a special talent. They saw a strong 6-1, 195 pounder who has the ability to develop into a big leaguer who could hit for average and big power. They were enamored by his speed, his glove, his arm, all of them well above average. Florial always has had that extra tool, too makeup. He also has tremendous work habits, a great baseball I
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