TAMPA — For the first time in nearly two weeks, Jose Trevino was back in the Yankees lineup Tuesday.
The catcher had recently been sidelined with a right wrist sprain that he suffered on a swing March 9.
Manager Aaron Boone initially hoped to have him back last weekend, but the Yankees waited a few more days before giving Trevino the green light.
“I felt really good,” Trevino said after playing 5 ¹/₂ innings and going 0-for-2 in a 6-3 win over the Tigers at Steinbrenner Field.
Boone’s original lineup Tuesday did not include Trevino because he did not want to put any pressure on him to play as he went through his pregame workouts coming out of the off day.
But after Trevino came through them still feeling good, he got the go-ahead to catch Luis Severino.
Asked if Trevino is now in the clear, Boone said, “I hope so.” Trevino is scheduled to catch again Thursday against the Cardinals.
Jose TrevinoAP“Today was a good day,” Boone said.
Gleyber Torres was also back in the lineup and went 1-for-3 with an RBI in his first game since returning from playing for Venezuela in the WBC.
The second baseman raved about the atmosphere during the tournament as Venezuela went 4-0 in pool play before losing to Team USA in a thrilling quarterfinal.
“It was the best moment in my life playing baseball [for] all my Venezuelan people,” Torres said. “[The atmosphere was] not even close [to anything I’ve experienced]. I don’t know how a World Series is in New York — I wish better , but the WBC is another level.”
Torres also relished the opportunity to play for his country amid a period of strife in Venezuela.
“The situation we have in the country is hard,” Torres said. “But with those games, we felt and we saw many really good comments about how we pulled the people in Venezuela together.
“After the game we lost, for sure it was sad, but we were talking about how we impacted our country. Many struggles, but in those games, the country was together with us. I think that is the beautiful thing about baseball.”
The Yankees held a roster-construction meeting Tuesday as discussions began to heat up on which 26 players they should bring north for Opening Day.
The biggest question looming is whether Oswald Peraza or Anthony Volpe will win the shortstop job, though Boone said no decisions have been made.
“It was good, a lot of people spoke up,” Boone said. “We had people from player development, major league coaching staff, some support staff, front office. It was good to hear different voices from different perspectives on things they’re seeing and kind of lay your cards on the table a little bit. It was a good first step in helping us make a decision.”
