Someone else’s September call-up is the Yankees’ garbage.

Former Yankees third baseman Josh Donaldson was called up by the Brewers from Triple-A Nashville on Monday.

After Donaldson, 37, plummeted through two dreadful seasons after being traded to the Yankees prior to the 2022 season, the team parted ties with the aging third baseman in late August.

Milwaukee entered Monday with a 79-63 record, good for a three-game lead over the Cubs in the NL Central. Their.694 OPS was 26th in baseball.

Donaldson was acquired by the Brewers to play third base for their Triple-A team just days after being released by the Yankees, but he has only appeared in five games due to an ongoing calf ailment.

The 2015 American League Most Valuable Player has battled injuries all season and is currently playing for the minor league Nashville Sounds, where he has Һit two home runs in 22 at-bats.

The Brewers have been relying on rookie Andruw Monasterio at third base, despite his lackluster performance (.705 OPS, 3 HRs) this season.

With a.207 batting average and.678 OPS over his last two seasons with the Yankees, Donaldson has proven to be a massive letdown.

After the Yankees released Donaldson, manager Aaron Boone remarked, “basically just felt like it was the right thing to do.” Let him have the chance to connect with other people. I figured it was best to end the drаmа now rather than postpone the inevitable.

Milwaukee, propelled by their pitching (3.89 team ERA), has held a slim lead over the Cubs and Reds for the majority of the season. However, Chicago has made up ground in the last two months.

The Cubs have a.786 team OPS since the All-Star break, good for eighth in MLB, and they went 18-9 in August, good for the second wild card place in the National League.