Josh Harrison of Pittsburgh Pirates placed on 15-day DL with thumb injury

Travis Ishikawa, who was claimed off waivers from San Francisco on Sunday, will take Harrison’s place on the 25-man active roster.

As for a prognosis, Harrison said, “I’m still trying to figure that out myself”. The injury has been loosely classified as a torn ligament, but Harrison will seek a second opinion later this week before the team updates his status any further.

“My hands got stuck in the dirt, got cut up a little bit,” he said.

“We play with dings and bruises all the time”, Harrison said.

315 and signed a contract extension in the offseason. Jung-ho Kang is starting at third for Monday’s game against the Padres and should see the majority of the at-bats in Harrison’s absence.

The New York Yankees say injured outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury is set to be activated before Wednesday night’s game against Oakland…. “But, truth be told, I can”™t do it today. But he has been an invaluable asset as a utility player, playing 56 games at third, and getting more than a dozen starts at second base and in the outfield. Ishikawa in 8 major league seasons has a career batting average of. 333 May 12 but has hit.

“It’s always frustrating when you get a little ding here or there”, Harrison said.

“It”™s always tough to sit out. He said there was no official diagnosis as of yet.

Also, left fielder Starling Marte was not in the lineup after leaving Sunday’s game with discomfort in his left side during a fourth-inning plate appearance.

Filling his role will be difficult for many reasons, so I expect to see the Pirates actively seeking out some help before the trade deadline.

Marte said the injury felt “pretty close” to an oblique injury he sustained in August 2012 and forced him to the disabled list for nearly three weeks.