Yankees’ Judge headed to IL with contusion and sprained ligament in toe
NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Judge is headed to the injured checklist for the second time this season after the New York Yankees star harm his proper toe making a spectacular catch at Dodger Stadium.
The reigning AL MVP missed his second consecutive recreation Tuesday night time. He met with group doctor Dr. Christopher Ahmad and underwent testing that confirmed a bruise and a sprained ligament, Yankees supervisor Aaron Boone stated following his group’s 3-2 loss to the Chicago White Sox.
Boone stated Judge might be positioned on the IL however didn’t give a timeline for his return. The slugger obtained a platelet-rich plasma injection.
“The biggest thing now is trying to get the swelling out of there,” Boone stated. “Had some improvements today, but now just see where we are in the coming weeks, or days and then a week.”
Boone stated Judge’s toe is just not fractured.
“I think it definitely could have been worse,” the manager said. “Hopefully it’s on the shorter side of things.”
Judge banged his proper toe whereas making a working catch and crashing into the outfield fence through the eighth inning of Saturday’s 6-3 win over the Dodgers. He sat out Sunday’s 4-1 victory.
The proper fielder knocked open the door of the guests’ bullpen whereas making the seize on J.D. Martinez’s liner into the nook with Max Muncy on first base and no person out.
Judge, who set an AL document with 62 house runs final yr, is headed to the injured checklist for the eighth time since making his main league debut on Aug. 13, 2016. The 31-year-old missed 10 video games this season with a strained proper hip after getting injured on a headfirst slide trying to steal third at Minnesota on April 26.
The Yankees went 4-6 whereas Judge was on the IL. Since coming back from the hip damage, he’s batting .326 with 13 of his AL-best 19 homers.
“You can’t replace that guy,” New York third baseman Josh Donaldson stated. “From a management standpoint, from a taking part in standpoint. We’re simply actually going to have to come back collectively as a group and grind out at-bats, play good protection, throw the ball nicely and hopefully hold successful ballgames till he’s again.”
New York is 30-19 with Judge within the lineup, averaging 5 runs per recreation. The Yankees are 6-7 with out him, averaging 3.5 runs. He was appointed group captain after staying with the Yankees final offseason and signing a $360 million, nine-year contract as a free agent.
“I don’t like when he’s not in the lineup and it’s hurting him enough for him not to be in there,” Boone stated earlier than Tuesday’s recreation. “It seems like he’s progressed here over the last 24 hours from a swelling standpoint, which I think is an important factor of it all is getting that swelling out of there and kind of having a better idea of what you have. So we’ll see.”
Judge didn’t go on the IL in both of the previous two seasons. He appeared in 155 video games in 2022 when he broke Roger Maris’ AL document of 61 homers set in 1961. He performed 148 video games in 2021.
The Yankees additionally stated Tuesday they may place left-hander Nestor Cortes on the injured checklist with a shoulder pressure. Cortes is anticipated to overlook not less than two begins. Rookie right-hander Randy Vásquez will pitch in his place Wednesday.
“Just shoulder strain is what I got,” Cortes stated. “I talked to the doctors today, I got the shot. It was 15 days no throw. Hopefully it’s a little sooner, but we’re counting out 15 days.”
Cortes stated the shoulder has been bothering him between begins and extra so after he pitched 5 innings May 30 in Seattle.
“I took two days off and when I got to LA and threw that first day, I didn’t feel right. But it was first day coming back from pitching so I knew it was going to be nagging a little bit,” Cortes stated. “So I waited a little bit bit.
“That second day in LA was when I said something because it felt like I had pitched yesterday. So I wasn’t recovering in time. I didn’t want to come in today at 3 o’clock and tell them I was hurting. I think it was the right move for me and the team.”
Cortes is 5-2 with a 5.16 ERA in 11 begins and has significantly struggled later in outings. Opponents are hitting .447 when dealing with him for the third time in a recreation.
Last yr, Cortes was an All-Star and went 12-4 with a 2.44 ERA in 28 begins.
The Yankees additionally stated reliever Ryan Weber has a strained ulnar collateral ligament in his pitching elbow and is deciding whether or not to get surgical procedure. The right-hander was injured Friday when he pitched two innings in Los Angeles. He is 1-0 with a 3.14 ERA in eight appearances this yr.
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