Yankees place Billy McKinney (back) on IL
The New York Yankees placed outfielder Billy McKinney on the 10-day injured list Tuesday with a left lower back spasm.
The Yankees also designated outfielder Greg Allen for assignment and called up outfield prospect Everson Pereira from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Tuesday. Pereira will replace McKinney in left field and hit seventh in his MLB debut on Tuesday against right-hander Josiah Gray and the Washington Nationals.
Per numberFires' MLB Heat Map, the Yankees' implied total is 4.52 and the game total is 8.0 on Tuesday. Gray has a 3.96 ERA in front of a 4.73 xERA (bottom 26th percentile of MLB) this season, with a 35.9% hard-hit rate, 20.0% strikeout rate (bottom 27th), and 10.9% walk rate (bottom 18th). McKinney was batting .189 with a .664 over 69 plate appearances since the All-Star break.
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