When the Yankees released their Division Series roster on Tuesday morning, there were some immediate surprises.
DJ LeMahieu, the team’s second-best position player during the regular season, couldn’t overcome his toe injury and prove that he was healthy enough to be trusted in postseason games. LeMahieu’s injury was known about, though.
Scott Effross — the reliever that the Yankees traded fairly promising pitching prospect Hayden Wesneski to acquire — was revealed to have a very serious injury the morning that his first postseason run was set to begin. Effross needs Tommy John surgery, rocking a Yankees’ bullpen that used his services as recently as Oct. 3.
