After an MRI Friday afternoon revealed a low level strain of Chan Ho Park's right hamstring, the Yankees placed the right-handed reliever on the 15-day disabled list. They have brought up lefty Boone Logan from Triple-A Scranton to take his roster spot.
The Yankees don't think Park's injury is serious. Manager Joe Girardi, general manager Brian Cashman and the Yankees medical staff debated just resting Park over the weekend and then having him return next week when the Yankees travel to Oakland. Since it is April, the club decided to go with the most cautious approach.
"There was a possibility he would have pitched for us next week, but you run your bullpen short and the other thing you do is take the chance of hurting it even worse," Girardi said.
Park had issues with his hamstring last season, but Girardi said this injury is in a different spot. Park has begun the season 1-1 with a 4.76 ERA.
Logan, who came over from Atlanta in the Javier Vazquez trade, had a very good spring and did nearly everything possible to make the team, but the signing of Park nudged him out of beginning the year with the Yankees.
The Yankees hoped that Logan could arrive by game time Friday, but Girardi warned that there likely will be traffic from Scranton to the Bronx.
Logan will, obviously, serve as the second lefty out of the 'pen, after Damaso Marte. His fastball, curveball, slider and change-up make for a good repertoire to come out of the 'pen in lefty-on-lefty situations and brings a different look than Marte does with his fastball, slider, change-up repertoire.
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