The Yankees received some disconcerting news about Clint Frazier late Thursday night.
The 23-year-old rookie outfielder, who was optioned back down to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre last Sunday, left Thursday’s RailRiders game early with lightheadedness after a failed attempt at a diving catch, according to D.J. Eberle of the Scranton Times Leader. Frazier reportedly didn’t feel well prior to the game, and felt worse after the play. He was pulled in the first inning for precautionary reasons.
“Yeah, [Frazier] wasn’t feeling too good before the game started really at all and that kind of didn’t help,” RailRiders manager Bobby Mitchell told the Times Leader. “His head just wasn’t — he said he felt a little foggy and stuff like that. We decided to get him out of there. He just wasn’t feeling very good and so he’s being evaluated to see exactly what the issue was.”
According to the Times Leader, Frazier is currently listed as day-to-day, but depending on doctor evaluations and how he feels on Friday, Mitchell says that Frazier could land on the 7-day concussion disabled list.
“He was able to play, but he just felt a little lightheaded or whatever and just afterward, when he went diving, he felt a little worse so we just got him out of there,” Mitchell said about Frazier, who’s been mentioned frequently in trade rumors this month. “There’s a chance he could go on the DL just because he’s had the concussion syndrome thing and you want to be careful with that. Don’t know exactly the move and how he’ll feel tomorrow, but there’s a possibility that yeah he could [end up on the DL].”
2018 has been a trying year for Frazier.
During the first week of spring training games in late February, he suffered a concussion against the Pittsburgh Pirates after colliding with the outfield wall in Bradenton, Florida. His odds of making the big league roster out of camp were already slim, but Frazier was never given an opportunity to prove himself, as the symptoms to his head injury lingered for weeks, forcing him to sit out all of March and April.
Frazier eventually returned to the field in early May with the RailRiders, and in 47 minor league games this season, he’s slashed .312/.391/.577 with 10 home runs, 14 doubles, three triples, 23 walks, and 21 RBI in 189 at-bats.
In three separate major league stints this season (May 19, June 4-24, July 7-15), Frazier has hit .265 with three doubles in 34 at-bats.
This story will be updated once more information is released.
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