When is ellsbury back

But these injuries won't deter Ellsbury from returning. Just because the Yankees let him go doesn't mean the year-old's career is over.

Disregarding the past two seasons when he wasn't able to see the field, Ellsbury slashed. We're going to keep him off his feet and not take any BP today, so Wednesday would be ideal that he gets back on the field.

In his six-year major league career, he has combined tantalizing talent with a frustrating trend of experiencing persistent injuries. The year-old left-handed hitter finished second in American League MVP voting in after hitting. But, he also missed games in and 88 in , and was underwhelming in the games in which he did appear those seasons. For his career, he has played in a total of games and hit. Missing significant time because of injury could be devastating to the team, which is coming off 93 losses in Despite his recent scare, it appears Ellsbury is on track to start the season and put in a full and productive year.

He was able to do some light running shortly after arriving, but Ellsbury never received clearance for baseball activities after the shoulder issue interfered with his rehab. Now nearly 20 months removed from his last major-league action and with his rehab program on pause, Ellsbury appears unlikely to return from the day injured list until after the All-Star break, if at all.

Ellsbury foot has had "some things" pop up in his rehab in Tampa that haven't allowed him to progress to baseball activities, according to manager Aaron Boone, Brendan Kuty of The Newark Star-Ledger reports. It doesn't sound like Ellsbury, who is already on the day injured list, is anywhere close to returning. The Yankees have been hit hard by the injury bug in the early going, and will be giving opportunities to less proven players in the short term.

The Yankees transferred Ellsbury foot to the day injured list Tuesday. Ellsbury was a late arrival to spring training and has remained at the Yankees' facility in Tampa for the past month while he continues to work back from an extended absence due to plantar fasciitis. The most recent reports have suggested that Ellsbury's return to game action isn't imminent, so the Yankees' decision to move him to the day IL -- which effectively rules him out until late May -- isn't unexpected.

Manager Aaron Boone said Thursday that Ellsbury foot is running and doing other light activities at extended spring training, Lindsey Adler of The Athletic reports. In other words, Ellsbury hasn't taken a notable step forward in his recovery since the Yankees reported north for the start of the season.

After missing all of the campaign, Ellsbury will likely require a few more weeks -- at the very least -- to complete a full range of baseball activities and face live pitching before the Yankees outline a concrete rehab assignment for him. He remains unlikely to handle a meaningful role for the big club if or when he's activated from the day injured list. The Yankees officially placed Ellsbury foot on the day injured list Thursday. Ellsbury is one of six Yankees who will open the season on the IL as the team set its roster ahead of Thursday's opener against the Orioles.

The veteran outfielder will remain at extended spring training while he continues to recover from a bout of plantar fasciitis and is without a clear timeline to return from the IL. Once activated, Ellsbury is likely to serve as little more than a fourth or fifth outfielder and probably won't be guaranteed much more than a start or two per week.

Ellsbury has done his rehab work from home up to this point, but it was announced earlier this month that he was expected to join the club this weekend, and it turns out he will do that as expected. Since it was clear prior to spring training that Ellsbury's bout with plantar fasciitis would keep him unavailable for Opening Day, the Yankees have allowed him to conduct the initial phases of his rehab program at home.

Ellsbury, who recently resumed running on flat ground, should get the green light to incorporate more baseball activities into his regimen once he reports to camp next weekend. Ellsbury foot will be evaluated in about a week, at which point the Yankees will decide if he should come to Tampa to participate in baseball activities, Brendan Kuty of The Newark Star-Ledger reports.