The Yankees are finally getting a positive update on Carlos Lagrange, and it comes after a long stretch of uncertainty for the right-handed pitching prospect.
Lagrange has been out since July with a right shoulder capsular sprain, and the team shut him down from throwing for roughly six weeks. That effectively wiped out any realistic chance he had of reaching the Majors during the early part of the summer.
Now he’s back in motion. Lagrange has started his throwing program and is already moving toward the final phase before he gets back on the mound.
“Right-handed pitching prospect Carlos Lagrange is traveling to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, where he’ll report to the Triple-A club and continue his rehab,” Francys Romero wrote on X. “He’s expected to throw a live BP before being activated.”
For the Yankees, that’s a welcome sign after a setback that made his MLB debut this season look unlikely. The 23-year-old Dominican has plenty of arm talent, headlined by a fastball that sits at 100 mph and a sharp slider that can miss bats in a hurry.
Before the injury, Lagrange had already logged 18 appearances for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, with 11 of them coming as starts. New York shifted him to the bullpen before the All-Star break, with the hope that he could emerge as a September call-up or provide another arm for the postseason.
The stuff has been there all year. The command, not so much. Across 63.1 innings this season, Lagrange has struck out 83 and walked 33.
The Yankees will now try to sharpen that command over the final weeks of the minor league season and carry that work into spring training next year.
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