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Yankees' Slugger Luke Voit Returns From Injured List

New York Yankees first baseman Luke Voit has been reinstated off the injured list, returning from his rehab and left knee surgery against the Tampa Bay Rays

Max Goodman

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Last year's home run king can officially defend his crown starting on Tuesday.

Luke Voit returned from his rehab assignment and was reinstated off the 10-day injured list, the Yankees announced on Tuesday morning. The slugger has been working back from left knee surgery to repair a partial meniscus tear all spring long.

New York was targeting the beginning of their series in Tampa Bay against the Rays—coming off Monday's off day—for Voit's return, so this news comes as expected.  

In his absence, New York has used four different players at first base, including Jay Bruce who ended up retiring after struggling mightily to start the season. Now, manager Aaron Boone is excited to hand the starting job back to one of the most reliable and dangerous bats in this high-octane lineup.

"He obviously is an impact hitter, an impact bat and just adds a little bit more length and a little bit more heaviness, obviously, to our lineup," Boone explained over the weekend. "It'll be good to get him back. I feel like he's in a good spot physically, he's been able to rack up a lot of live at bats now here these this past week. So looking forward to getting him for sure."

Voit won't come back to the big leagues cold. The first baseman is coming off a week of games with the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders, a brief stint in Triple-A where he tore the cover off the ball. In five games, Voit hit .389/.476/1.000 (7-for-18) with three home runs, six RBI and three walks. 

He'll join a club that's finally starting to find their groove, going 7-2 on their nine-game homestand, winning 12 of their last 17 games. 

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Max Goodman covers the New York Yankees for Sports Illustrated and FanNation. Goodman has been on the Yankees beat for three seasons. He is also the publisher of Sports Illustrated and FanNation's Jets site, Jets Country. Before starting Inside The Pinstripes, Goodman attended Northwestern University and the Medill School of Journalism. He earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Broadcast Journalism and Master’s Degree in Sports Media, graduating in 2019. At school, Goodman was an anchor and reporter with NNN SportsNight and played on the club baseball team. While at Northwestern, Goodman interned with MLB.com as an associate reporter covering the Miami Marlins. He also interned with ESPN, working as an associate reporter on Mike Greenberg's Get Up. Goodman is from New York City. He grew up in Hell's Kitchen. Follow Goodman on Twitter @MaxTGoodman. You can connect with him via email by reaching out at maxgoodmansports@gmail.com.

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