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View all MLB Sites. Ellsbury, 36, missed the entire and seasons. He underwent hip surgery in the summer of , and his various injuries — back, foot, oblique, concussion — haunted his career in pinstripes. Boras also represents Gerrit Cole and Stephen Strasburg, the biggest marquee starting pitching names on the current free agent market.
Pete Caldera is the Yankees beat writer for NorthJersey. Ellsbury was a late arrival to spring training and has remained at the Yankees' facility in Tampa for the past month while he continues to work back from an extended absence due to plantar fasciitis. The most recent reports have suggested that Ellsbury's return to game action isn't imminent, so the Yankees' decision to move him to the day IL -- which effectively rules him out until late May -- isn't unexpected.
Manager Aaron Boone said Thursday that Ellsbury foot is running and doing other light activities at extended spring training, Lindsey Adler of The Athletic reports. In other words, Ellsbury hasn't taken a notable step forward in his recovery since the Yankees reported north for the start of the season. After missing all of the campaign, Ellsbury will likely require a few more weeks -- at the very least -- to complete a full range of baseball activities and face live pitching before the Yankees outline a concrete rehab assignment for him.
He remains unlikely to handle a meaningful role for the big club if or when he's activated from the day injured list. The Yankees officially placed Ellsbury foot on the day injured list Thursday. Ellsbury is one of six Yankees who will open the season on the IL as the team set its roster ahead of Thursday's opener against the Orioles. The veteran outfielder will remain at extended spring training while he continues to recover from a bout of plantar fasciitis and is without a clear timeline to return from the IL.
Once activated, Ellsbury is likely to serve as little more than a fourth or fifth outfielder and probably won't be guaranteed much more than a start or two per week.
Ellsbury has done his rehab work from home up to this point, but it was announced earlier this month that he was expected to join the club this weekend, and it turns out he will do that as expected.
Since it was clear prior to spring training that Ellsbury's bout with plantar fasciitis would keep him unavailable for Opening Day, the Yankees have allowed him to conduct the initial phases of his rehab program at home.
Ellsbury, who recently resumed running on flat ground, should get the green light to incorporate more baseball activities into his regimen once he reports to camp next weekend.
Ellsbury foot will be evaluated in about a week, at which point the Yankees will decide if he should come to Tampa to participate in baseball activities, Brendan Kuty of The Newark Star-Ledger reports. Plantar fasciitis has so far kept Ellsbury away from camp, and his odds of getting up to speed by Opening Day after missing all of appear slim at best. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms.
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