The Yankees optioned Cabrera to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Thursday.
Cabrera received plenty of chances at multiple positions to carve out an everyday role over the past several weeks, but his bat has yet to get going this season. The 24-year-old, who has slashed .195/.246/.292 over 168 plate appearances with the big club, will now head to Triple-A and try to get back on track.
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Yankees' Oswaldo Cabrera: Option imminent
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The Yankees will option Cabrera to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre prior to the weekend series against the Dodgers, Jack Curry of YES Network reports.
As the Yankees prepare to reinstate Giancarlo Stanton (hamstring), Josh Donaldson (hamstring) and Tommy Kahnle (biceps) from the injured list, Cabrera will reportedly be one of the players headed to Triple-A as a result. Cabrera had been an everyday starter for the Yankees before a lengthy slump at the plate demoted him to a utility role, and he's hitting just .195 on the season over 154 major-league at-bats. He will likely have to rediscover his swing in the minors before the Yankees allow him back on the major-league roster.
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Yankees' Oswaldo Cabrera: Losing out on starts
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Cabrera is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Orioles.
Cabrera was playing on a near-everyday basis in the corner outfield for the first month of the season, but he appears to have transitioned into more of a utility role with Jake Bauers beginning to gain more traction in the lineup versus right-handed pitching. The 24-year-old Cabrera will be on the bench Wednesday for the third time in the past four games.
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Yankees' Oswaldo Cabrera: Three hits, homer in loss
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Cabrera went 3-for-4 with a homer, two RBI and two runs scored in Sunday's loss against Tampa Bay.
Cabrera got the Yankees on the board with a two-run shot off Zach Eflin in the third inning, his third homer of the year and second in six games. Cabrera has been swinging the bat well, going 5-for-9 in his last three games. He's slashing .220/.260/.339 with 15 RBI, 13 runs scored and five stolen bases through 128 plate appearances. Cabrera has played a fairly regular role in New York while Giancarlo Stanton (hamstring) has been out.
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Yankees' Oswaldo Cabrera: Not in lineup
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Cabrera will sit Saturday against the Rays.
Cabrera finds himself on the bench for the second time in three games. With a .196/.240/.295 slash line on the season, he hasn't made a strong case for everyday at-bats. Isiah Kiner-Falefa -- who owns an even worse .187/.238/.213 line -- will make his third start in four games in left field.
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Yankees' Oswaldo Cabrera: Sitting Thursday
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Cabrera is not in the starting lineup Thursday versus the Rays.
Cabrera will get a breather after he went 1-for-10 with a two-run home run, two runs scored, a walk and four strikeouts during the three-game series with the Athletics. Jake Bauers will take over for him in left field and bat sixth in the series opener with Tampa Bay.
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Yankees' Oswaldo Cabrera: Knocks second homer
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Cabrera went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in a 7-2 win against the Athletics on Monday.
Cabrera produced the first scoring of the contest with a two-run shot to left field in the fifth inning. He also struck out twice in the win, but that hasn't been a big issue for him this season, as he's so far posted a respectable 19.8 percent strikeout rate. Cabrera's bigger concern has been getting on base -- he's walked just five times and has a poor .236 OBP through 111 plate appearances.
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Yankees' Oswaldo Cabrera: Reaches three times Sunday
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Cabrera went 2-for-3 with a double, a walk, an RBI and a stolen base in Sunday's extra-inning loss to the Rays.
Cabrera's sacrifice fly in the fifth inning gave the Yankees a comfortable 6-0 lead, though Tampa Bay erased all of it by the end of the sixth. This was Cabrera's most promising performance at the plate in some time -- prior to Sunday, he hadn't logged a multi-hit effort in over three weeks. He's a perfect 5-for-5 on theft attempts this season but has otherwise struggled, slashing .202/.236/.283 with one homer, eight RBI, nine runs and a 5:20 BB:K over 107 plate appearances.
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Yankees' Oswaldo Cabrera: Sitting Saturday
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Cabrera will be on the bench Saturday against Tampa Bay.
Cabrera has had a fairly steady role this season, starting 26 of the Yankees' first 34 games while appearing at five different positions. That could be changing, however, as he's hit just .188/.218/.260 with one homer and now finds himself sitting for the second time in three games. Aaron Hicks and Jake Bauers will handle the outfield corners.
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Yankees' Oswaldo Cabrera: Heads to bench Wednesday
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Cabrera is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Guardians.
Cabrera will give way in left field to Isiah Kiner-Falefa, who will be manning a corner spot for the first time in the majors after playing each of his other 103 innings in the outfield this season in center. Though Cabrera still looks like the Yankees' preferred option in left for now, he's likely lost some job security after falling into a 3-for-28 slump at the dish over his last nine games.
Cabrera is not in the lineup Thursday night against the Rangers.
Aaron Hicks is in left field and batting ninth. Cabrera scored two runs Wednesday in the Yankees' win over the Twins, but he is slashing just .216/.244/.297 through 78 total plate appearances this year.
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Yankees' Oswaldo Cabrera: Sitting out Tuesday
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Cabrera is out of the lineup for Tuesday's game in Minnesota, Greg Joyce of the New York Post reports.
Cabrera is just 3-for-29 at the dish over his last eight contests, so he'll get a day off to regroup. Aaron Hicks will start in left field Tuesday in place of Cabrera.
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Yankees' Oswaldo Cabrera: Hits first homer of season
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Cabrera went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in Friday's 6-1 loss to the Blue Jays.
Cabrera's first homer of the season was the only offense New York could muster against Toronto. Through 17 games (63 plate appearances), he is slashing .233/.254/.317 and has struck out 18 times, including five strikeouts and just two hits over his last five contests.
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Yankees' Oswaldo Cabrera: Sits in favor of Cordero
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Cabrera is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Guardians.
Cabrera closed the Yankees' weekend series in Baltimore by going 0-for-8 with four strikeouts in the final two contests, so he'll get a day off to clear his head while the team opens a series in Cleveland. Franchy Cordero checks in for Cabrera in left field.
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Yankees' Oswaldo Cabrera: Big day against O's
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Cabrera went 3-for-4 with a double, a run scored, three RBI and a stolen base in Friday's 7-6 loss to the Orioles.
His two-run double in the sixth inning gave the Yankees their only lead of the game, and Cabrera chipped in an RBI single in the eighth as well. The 24-year-old is having a strong start to the season, batting .368 (7-for-19) through six games, but Friday's RBI and steal were his first of the year.
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Yankees' Oswaldo Cabrera: Sits Monday
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Cabrera is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Phillies.
Cabrera will cede duties in left field to Aaron Hicks after making each of the first three starts at the position while going 3-for-12 with six strikeouts. Though Hicks remains the more battle-tested veteran, his offensive production has fallen off a cliff since the pandemic-shortened 2020 campaign, and his exorbitant contract may be the only thing keeping him on the roster at this point. With that in mind, Cabrera should have a decent amount of leash as a near-everyday player, at least until the Yankees get outfielder Harrison Bader (oblique) back from the injured list.
