Luke Voit 1B/DH FA Mon 8/23/21 4:50 PM
Luke Voit
1B/DH FA
Voit will sit for Monday's game in Atlanta.
EDGE Analysis
Voit has been on an incredible tear over his last seven games, hitting .500 with three homers and 13 RBI. The Yankees had been finding room for both him and Anthony Rizzo in the lineup recently, with Voit moving to designated hitter in two of the team's last three games, pushing Giancarlo Stanton to the outfield, but that won't be an option under National League rules. The Yankees are set to face righties (Huascar Ynoa and Charlie Morton) in both games of the two-game series, so it could be the left-handed Rizzo in the lineup on both occasions.
Luke Voit 1B/DH FA Sat 8/21/21 12:12 AM
Luke Voit
1B/DH FA
Voit went 4-for-5 with a home run, a double, four RBI and two runs scored in Friday's 10-2 win over Minnesota.
EDGE Analysis
The 30-year-old got the start at first base with Anthony Rizzo resting, and Voit made a substantial case to earn more playing time. He knocked in a pair with a single in the first inning, then added another RBI on a ground rule double in the fourth and capped off the impressive game with a solo shot in the seventh. Voit has swatted seven homers with 26 RBI, 21 runs scored and five doubles through 172 plate appearances, but he's likely to play second fiddle to Rizzo down the stretch.
Luke Voit 1B/DH FA Wed 8/18/21 4:03 PM
Luke Voit
1B/DH FA
Voit isn't in the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Red Sox, Lindsey Adler of The Athletic reports.
EDGE Analysis
Voit has been hot at the plate recently, as he went 6-for-13 with two home runs, five RBI and four runs across the last four games. Although he had an everyday role recently, he'll see fewer at-bats after Anthony Rizzo (illness) was reinstated from the COVID-19 injured list Wednesday.
Luke Voit 1B/DH FA Wed 8/18/21 9:32 AM
Luke Voit
1B/DH FA
Voit went 1-for-3 with a solo home run during a 2-0 win over the Red Sox in the second game of Tuesday's doubleheader.
EDGE Analysis
After going 1-for-2 with a walk and two RBI in the matinee, Voit took Nathan Eovaldi deep in the second inning of the nightcap, giving Luis Gil and the Yankees' bullpen all the run support they would need. The first baseman has homered twice as part of a modest four-game hitting streak, and now that he's healthy Voit could be gearing up for a big finish to the campaign. He could use it -- he's slashing a disappointing .241/.325/.400 through 39 contests this season with only six homers and 20 RBI. Figuring out playing time for everyone could also be an issue once Anthony Rizzo returns from the COVID list.
Luke Voit 1B/DH FA Sun 8/15/21 9:55 PM
Luke Voit
1B/DH FA
Voit went 3-for-5 with a two-run homer and two runs scored in Sunday's 5-3 win over the White Sox.
EDGE Analysis
Voit singled and scored on Rougned Odor's homer in the second inning but he saved his own two-run shot until the ninth to put the Yankees up 5-1. It was his fifth home run of the year and second in the last seven games since returning from the injured list. Voit is still slashing just .234/.314/.380 through 153 plate appearances.
Luke Voit 1B/DH FA Tue 8/10/21 2:08 PM
Luke Voit
1B/DH FA
Voit went 2-for-5 with a home run and an additional RBI in Monday's 11-inning win over Kansas City.
EDGE Analysis
The two teams engaged in a scoreless tie for six frames before Voit broke the stalemate with a seventh-inning RBI single. In the ninth, the slugger again untied the contest with a solo shot to right field. The long ball was his fourth of the season and his first since returning to the active roster Sunday. Voit is slashing .239/.321/.385 overall in what has been an injury-plagued campaign.
Luke Voit 1B/DH FA Sun 8/8/21 11:12 AM
Luke Voit
1B/DH FA
Voit (knee) was activated from the 10-day injured list Sunday and is starting at first base against the Mariners, Lindsey Adler of The Athletic reports.
EDGE Analysis
The 30-year-old appeared in three rehab games with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and will quickly rejoin the big-league club with Anthony Rizzo sidelined after testing positive for COVID-19. Voit has been injured for most of the season and lost out on the everyday role at first base thanks to the acquisitions at the trade deadline, but he'll have the chance to start, at least briefly, with RIzzo out for the immediate future. Voit has a .698 OPS in 29 big-league games this season, while he went 3-for-11 with a home run during the brief rehab stint.
Luke Voit 1B/DH FA Wed 8/4/21 5:26 PM
Luke Voit
1B/DH FA
Voit (knee) went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in a rehab appearance with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Tuesday.
EDGE Analysis
The first baseman got his rehab stint off to a promising start by smashing a solo shot in the sixth inning. He played seven frames at first base in the Triple-A contest, per Conor Foley of The Scranton Times-Tribune. While Voit is clearly on the mend, the Yankees' trade-deadline acquisition of Anthony Rizzo likely means Voit won't have an everyday role with the big club waiting for him when he's able to return. Per Randy Miller of NJ Advance Media, Yankees general manager Brian Cashman suggested that Voit's injuries this season have led to the loss of his starting role. "He's kind of like the NFL starting quarterback where he goes down early in the year, but by the time he gets back the position is now gone," Cashman said Sunday during an interview with Jim Bowden and Jim Duquette on Sirius/XM's MLB Network Radio. The general manager did not altogether rule out the idea of Voit being a major contributor this season, however. "This guy obviously can help us. The lane that used to be so obvious currently isn't there, so obviously we are a lot deeper with everything we have. We have more choices, more protection because of it, but unfortunately right now he's going to get some at-bats and do what he does best (in rehab games), which is crush it, and then we'll see how he's going to fit as we move forward."
Luke Voit 1B/DH FA Sun 8/1/21 7:31 PM
Luke Voit
1B/DH FA
Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said during an appearance on MLB Network Radio on SiriusXM that Voit (knee) will begin a rehab assignment at Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Tuesday.
EDGE Analysis
Voit is in the midst of his third stint on the injured list this season, this time due to a bone bruise and inflammation in his left knee. Though Voit could be tracking toward a return from the IL by next weekend or the week after, the Yankees don't appear to be counting on him reclaiming an everyday role at first base after the team shipped out two highly regarded prospects to the Cubs on Thursday to acquire Anthony Rizzo. With Rizzo off to a red-hot start to his tenure with the Yankees and with Giancarlo Stanton locked in as the team's regular designated hitter, Voit may need one of the two to miss time with an injury before regaining meaningful at-bats.
Luke Voit 1B/DH FA Thu 7/29/21 3:18 PM
Luke Voit
1B/DH FA
Voit (knee) hit against Luis Severino (elbow) in a simulated game Thursday, Marly Rivera of ESPN.com reports.
EDGE Analysis
Injuries have limited Voit to just 29 games this season, in which he's hit a disappointing .241/.328/.370. His latest absence, the result of a bone bruise and inflammation in his left knee, doesn't look as though it will keep him out much longer, though it remains unclear exactly when he'll be activated.