Gary Sanchez Will Be Out Until Late August - Brian Cashman

The Yankees are going to be without their catcher for at least a month, if not longer after the club announced Gary Sanchez aggravated a groin injury and will need to be placed on the Disabled List.

The announcement comes after Sanchez was excoriated on social media and sports talk radio for being a lazy player for not running out a ground ball in the ninth inning against the Tampa Bay Rays. Had Sanchez reached first safely, the Yankees would have tied the game.  The truth is, he was injured.

Sanchez said he felt tightness in his groin when he got out of his crouch to chase down a passed ball. The injury forced Sanchez to slow up as his missed a baserunner who scored from second.

When asked about his struggles from Monday Sanchez said, "When the other team scores runs and you have the game on the line and you end up basically losing the game because it's your fault, you feel really bad about that," Sanchez said through an interpreter. "You feel bad for your teammates, you feel bad for the fans, because you want to give them the maximum effort."

The Yankees said they will explore the catcher market to see what is out there in case Sanchez has to miss even more significant time.

Until then the Yankees will rely on Austin Romine and Kyle Higashioka behind the dish.