The Yankees’ bullpen depth chart took another hit Thursday when the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders placed Carlos Lagrange on the 7-day Injured List.
For a club that spent the offseason without properly fixing its bullpen, the hope was that some help would come from within. That meant internal promotions like Yovanny Cruz and Lagrange, who was recently shifted to a relief role midseason. Instead, the thin margin for error showed up fast.
Lagrange had only recently started making what looked like a more traditional relief transition, and then came the injury list move. The RailRiders did not disclose the injury, and the 7-day IL leaves plenty of room for silence. Until the Yankees say more, there’s no official explanation for what happened.
Carlos Lagrange has been placed on the 7-day injured list, the RailRiders announce.
- Conor Foley (@ConorFoleyYES) July 2, 2026
Lagrange will join Garrett Martin on the injured list, another name the Yankees were hoping to lean on at the minor-league level.
Before the setback, Lagrange had pitched on June 18, June 21, June 25 and June 28. He threw a scoreless inning on June 21, then followed that with a scoreless inning and a third on June 25. In his last outing, though, things blew up: five earned runs on four hits in two-thirds of an inning.
That final appearance now looks like the obvious turning point, and it also helps explain why Lagrange, who was recently selected to the Futures Game, was bypassed in favor of Cruz, who has since been demoted.
As for when Lagrange is back, that’s unclear. Given the nature of the move, seven days feels optimistic.
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