Bad News For Clint Frazier

Wake me up when we have some good news, please. By the looks of things I am going to have one incredibly long nap. Our luck has to change at some point, right? Right…..but it won’t start with getting Clint Frazier back this season.

I had high hopes that Frazier was going to be back, we hyped it last week in our piece IT’S SEPTEMBER CALL UP TIME! We were skeptical but hopeful but now it sounds like things are a lot worse than we originally thought. It sounds like this concussion is the unwanted gift that just keeps on giving.

According to multiple sources, we likely won’t see him until next season, read more HERE. It’s another setback in a long season with many of them. You gotta feel for Frazier, he has been dealing with this concussion since Spring Training and then aggravated it again on a diving catch in July.  It’s a big blow for him and the Yankees.

Yesterday, Aaron Boone said Frazier was sent to Pittsburgh to see a neurologist in hopes to get some more answers on how to treat the symptoms. Concussions are no joke (here’s looking at you Michael Kay) so to hear that a neurologist is taking a look at Frazier that isn’t good.

I’m bummed that we likely won’t see Frazier until next season and a September call up is likely ruled out. The Yankees need some fresh blood in the lineup and Frazier has been waiting patiently for this chance for what feels like forever. I think a guy like Frazier could give the Yankees a spark that is clearly missing.

I was worried that Brian Cashman’s move to get Andrew McCutchen was a quick reaction that meant Aaron Judge might not be returning. I hope that isn’t the next round of news we hear because I don’t think I can take anymore bad luck. The McCutchen trade is now even more important as the Yankees look for more production in the lineup and some leadership to get this team going.

Hopefully this visit in Pittsburgh will finally help get Frazier get on the road to recovery. Get better soon, Frazier. We need you in that outfield.

–Jeana Bellezza-Ochoa
BYB Managing Editor
Twitter: @nyprincessj