Calhoun elected free agency Wednesday in lieu of accepting an outright assignment to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.
Calhoun will be moving on from the Yankees and looking to catch on elsewhere on a major-league or minor-league deal after he was activated from the 10-day injured list and designated for assignment last week. Before hitting the IL in late June with a left quadricep strain, the 28-year-old logged 149 plate appearances for the Yankees, slashing .239/.309/.403 with five home runs and 16 RBI.
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Yankees' Willie Calhoun: Outrighted to Triple-A
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The Yankees outrighted Calhoun to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Monday.
Calhoun passed through waivers unclaimed after being designated for assignment last Friday. The 28-year-old former top prospect had slashed .239/.309/.403 with five homers and 16 RBI through 44 major-league games this season for New York.
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Yankees' Willie Calhoun: Designated for assignment
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Calhoun (quad) was activated from the 10-day injured list and designated for assignment Friday.
Calhoun is over his quad injury following a handful of rehab games with Double-A Somerset, but the Yankees weren't able to find room for him on the active roster. He will now go through the waiver process and, if he clears, will have the option to elect free agency.
Calhoun (quad) is set to begin a rehab assignment Thursday with Double-A Somerset.
Calhoun should be an option again for the Yankees sometime early next week if all goes well on the farm. He had slashed .239/.309/.403 with five homers and 16 RBI through 44 games (149 plate appearances) this season for New York prior to landing on the injured list June 22 due to a left quad strain.
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Yankees' Willie Calhoun: Nearing rehab assignment
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Calhoun (quad) will head to Somerset to work out for a few days before beginning a rehab assignment, Gary Phillips of the New York Daily News reports.
Calhoun landed on the 10-day injured list June 22 due to a left quad strain, but he's since been cleared to begin baseball activities and is closing in on game action. The team will likely announce an official rehab assignment within the next few days, assuming his workouts go according to plan.
Calhoun (quad) has started doing some baseball activities, Gary Phillips of the New York Daily News reports.
Calhoun is two weeks removed from landing on the injured list with a left quad strain. While there remains no timetable for his return to the active roster, it won't come before the All-Star break.
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Yankees' Willie Calhoun: Placed on injured list
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The Yankees placed Calhoun on the 10-day injured list Thursday with a left quad strain.
Calhoun said Wednesday he expected to land on the injured list after feeling his left quad "pop," and his prediction has now come true. The 28-year-old outfielder will be shelved for at least a week and a half while Oswaldo Cabrera returns from Triple-A to take Calhoun's roster spot.
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Yankees' Willie Calhoun: Suffers quad injury
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Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Calhoun injured his left quad during Wednesday's game against Seattle, Gary Phillips of the New York Daily News reports.
More information on Calhoun's injury will come after he gets evaluated Thursday, but Calhoun said he expects to land on the injured list after feeling his left quad "pop." The 28-year-old outfielder is slashing .237/.303/.405 on the season through 145 plate appearances.
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Yankees' Willie Calhoun: Sitting Wednesday
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Calhoun is not in the starting lineup Wednesday versus the Mets.
Calhoun will remain on the bench for a second straight game as the Yankees wrap up their two-game series with the Mets. Jake Bauers will start in right field and bat leadoff in the series finale Wednesday.
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Yankees' Willie Calhoun: Batting leadoff Thursday
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Calhoun is batting leadoff in the first game of Thursday's doubleheader against the White Sox, Erik Boland of Newsday reports.
Gleyber Torres has been the Yankees' leadoff hitter of late, but he'll move down a slot to the two hole while Calhoun is elevated to leadoff. Calhoun is in right field for this one, marking the second time in three games he's played right since Aaron Judge (toe) went down.
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Yankees' Willie Calhoun: Sitting Saturday
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Calhoun is not in the starting lineup Saturday against the Padres.
Calhoun will take a seat after he went 3-for-7 with a double, an RBI, a walk and a strikeout while starting the last two contests. Aaron Judge will take over at designated hitter while Oswaldo Cabrera enters the lineup in right field and bats seventh versus San Diego.
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Yankees' Willie Calhoun: Hits bench Wednesday
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Calhoun is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Orioles.
With starts in three of the Yankees' previous four games, Calhoun appeared to have re-emerged as the team's preferred option at designated hitter, but he'll be back on the bench Wednesday even with Baltimore bringing a right-hander (Tyler Wells) to the hill. Calhoun is likely to lose out on his semi-regular role as soon as Josh Donaldson (hamstring) returns from the 10-day injured list, perhaps in less than a week.
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Yankees' Willie Calhoun: Swats third homer
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Calhoun went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run and a walk in Monday's 7-4 win against Toronto.
Aaron Judge swatted a solo homer in the first inning, and Calhoun tacked on a two-run shot three batters later to give New York a 3-0 lead. The long ball was Calhoun's first since he homered in back-to-back games against Cleveland on May 2 and May 3, and it snapped a 2-for-14 stretch at the plate over his previous six contests. Calhoun is beginning to see more playing time again, starting three of the Yankees' past four games following a four-contest stretch during which he logged just one at-bat.
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Yankees' Willie Calhoun: Losing work against RHPs
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Calhoun is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Athletics, Erik Boland of Newsday reports.
The lefty-hitting Calhoun finds himself on the bench for a fourth straight game, with two of his absences coming against southpaws and two coming against right-handers. While he appeared to have a grasp on the Yankees' regular designated hitter role versus right-handers, Calhoun looks like he may be the odd man out of the lineup following Aaron Judge's return from the injured list Tuesday.
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Yankees' Willie Calhoun: On bench against southpaw
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Calhoun is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Athletics, Chris Kirschner of The Athletic reports.
With southpaw JP Sears on the bump for Oakland, the lefty-hitting Calhoun will take a seat for the second day in a row. DJ LeMahieu will serve as the Yankees' designated hitter in the series opener.
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Yankees' Willie Calhoun: Goes deep again
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Calhoun went 2-for-3 with a solo home run, an additional RBI and a walk in a 4-3 extra-inning victory against Cleveland on Wednesday.
Calhoun put New York on the board with his solo shot in the fifth inning, and he came through with a clutch single to plate the tying run in the bottom of the ninth. It was the second straight game with a long ball for the veteran, who did not go deep in any of his first 13 games this season. Calhoun has taken advantage of the assortment of injuries to position players that the Yankees are currently dealing with, as he's started five of the team's past six games.
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Yankees' Willie Calhoun: Swats first homer of season
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Calhoun went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Tuesday's 4-2 win over the Guardians.
His seventh-inning shot off James Karinchak proved to be the game-winning hit as well as Calhoun's first homer in pinstripes. The 28-year-old has been getting plenty of at-bats lately against right-handed pitching due to all the injuries on the Yankees' roster, and he's responded by batting .304 (7-for-23) while starting six of the last eight games.
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Yankees' Willie Calhoun: Picking up work versus righties
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Calhoun will start in right field and bat fifth in Monday's game against the Guardians.
The lefty-hitting Calhoun was out of the lineup for Sunday's 15-2 loss to the Texas while lefty Martin Perez was starting for the Rangers, but Calhoun went 0-for-1 in a pinch-hitting appearance to bring an end to his modest four-game hitting streak. Though he's sitting on an unremarkable .531 OPS over 41 plate appearances on the season, Calhoun still seems to have recaptured more regular playing time against right-handed pitching while Aaron Judge (hip) remains day-to-day and three other key hitters (Giancarlo Stanton, Josh Donaldson and Harrison Bader) are on the injured list.
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Yankees' Willie Calhoun: Out of lineup versus lefty
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Calhoun is out of the lineup Thursday against the Rangers.
Anthony Rizzo will serve as the DH and bat third with left-hander Andrew Heaney on the mound for the Rangers. DJ LeMahieu is at first base and hitting cleanup. Calhoun carries an overall .531 OPS this season with the Yankees and only three of his 33 total plate appearances have come against a lefty.
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Yankees' Willie Calhoun: Losing work versus righties
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Calhoun is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Twins.
The lefty-hitting Calhoun is on the bench against a right-hander (Sonny Gray) for the second straight day, signaling that he's lost hold of a strong-side platoon role at designated hitter. Expect the Yankees to rotate a number of players at the DH spot until the team gets one of Harrison Bader (oblique), Josh Donaldson (hamstring) or Giancarlo Stanton (hamstring) back from the injured list.
