The Boston Globe's Nick Cafardo tweeted today that the Red Sox will place Youk on the 15-day DL due to his back issues. In his place, they will call up one of their top-prospects, C/DH Ryan Lavarnway.
Despite the loss of Youkilis, this is good news on two fronts: the first obviously being, Boston can rest Youkilis while they have the chance. Even with David Ortiz ailing, the Sox lineup can take the hit for a few weeks. But I'm excited to see what Lavarnway can do on the major league level. We probably would have seen him anyway during September call-ups, but this gives us an early glimpse. Lavarnway was recently tearing up AAA pitching for Pawtucket, and his cumulative line between AA Portland and the PawSox is an impressive .293/.372/.559 with 30 homers and 85 RBI.
Hooray for prospects!
UPDATE: Yep, so Lavarnway came up blank last night, going 0-for-4 in a 4-3 win over the Royals. Not exactly the shining debut he was looking for. Oh well.
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