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The Boston Red Sox positioned designated hitter Mastaka Yoshida (hamstring) on the 10-day injured listing and right-hander Justin Slaten (elbow) on the 15-day IL on Sunday.
Slaten’s placement on the IL is retroactive to Thursday. In corresponding strikes, the Red Sox recalled catcher Mickey Gasper and left-hander Raymond Burgos from Triple-A Worcester.
The Red Sox additionally despatched veteran shortstop Trevor Story on a Triple-A rehab task. The 33-year-old, who began at shortstop on Sunday, is getting back from a sports activities hernia damage that hampered him for 41 video games earlier than he went on the IL.
Yoshida, 33, was injured whereas working to second base on a double in Boston’s 4-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday evening. The veteran DH informed reporters after the sport that when he injured his hamstring whereas enjoying in Japan that he missed a few month.
Yoshida will endure testing when the Red Sox return house from a street journey that ends Sunday with the collection finale in Pittsburgh.
In his fourth season with Boston, Yoshida is hitting .274 with 5 house runs and 28 RBIs in 87 video games. Overall, he’s a .280 hitter with 34 house runs and 182 RBIs in 390 main league video games, all with the Red Sox.
Slaten, 28, is 2-4 with a 4.60 ERA over 36 aid appearances this season, his third with the Red Sox. Drafted by the Texas Rangers within the third spherical of the 2019 MLB Draft, Slaten is 10-10 with a 3.73 ERA in 116 aid outings with Boston.
The 30-year-old Gasper has performed in 34 video games with the Red Sox in 2026, hitting .243 with seven RBIs. In 92 video games with the Red Sox (2024, 2026) and Minnesota Twins (2025), Gasper is a .186 hitter with two house runs and 16 RBIs.
Burgos, 27, pitched in two video games for the Red Sox earlier this month, posting a 3.00 ERA in six innings. The native of Puerto Rico made his big-league debut in 2024 with the San Francisco Giants, permitting one run in a single inning.