Carlos Beltran is traveling to Tampa this evening and will play in Extended Spring Training games on Monday and Tuesday, Joe Girardi announced following this afternoon’s game. “We’ll just go day by day to see where’s at and how his at-bats are, and when they deem that he’s ready, we’ll have him back,” said the manager. “I don’t imagine that it’s going to be real long. I would hope that we’ll see him soon here.”
ExST is very informal and Beltran will be able to get a ton of at-bats the next two days. He can lead off every inning, for example. Assuming these next two days go well, he’ll probably play in a minor league rehab game or two with one of the affiliates. Looking at the upcoming schedule, maybe he’ll be ready to rejoin the team at the end of the homestand on Thursday, before they travel to Kansas City. So far the elbow is holding up well and that’s important. The Yankees really need his bat in the lineup.
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