Yankees say Aaron Judge appears to respond to second toe injection
NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Judge seems to be responding to a second platelet wealthy plasma injection to his proper large toe but has not resumed baseball actions.
Judge was harm June 3 when he ran right into a wall whereas making a catch at Dodger Stadium. The Yankees introduced the primary injection on June 6 and stated Judge had one other final Thursday.
“I’m encouraged by what I’m seeing,” Yankees supervisor Aaron Boone stated earlier than Tuesday’s sequence opener in opposition to Seattle. “He’s been slowly doing better and able to do more things, but do feel like hopefully that was the start of him really starting to make some real progress.”
Boone stated the swelling subsided and Judge is ready to do extra exercise on the toe whereas maintaining balanced.
Judge is the reigning AL MVP after setting an AL report with 62 house runs final 12 months. He is hitting .291 with 19 homers and 40 RBIs, and the Yankees are 8-14 with Judge on the injured listing and 31-19 when he has been obtainable. They have misplaced eight of 12 because the newest harm.
Harrison Bader returned to the lineup Tuesday evening for the primary time since straining his proper hamstring whereas working out an infield single at Seattle on May 29. The 29-year-old Gold Glove middle fielder went 2 for 12 with 5 strikeouts in three minor league harm rehabilitation video games with Double-A Somerset. He had initially hoped to rejoin the Yankees for final weekend’s sequence at Fenway Park.
“If I was put in a situation where I was in Fenway and I need to do something big for the team, I just wasn’t completely positive that that final gear was there,” Bader stated. “Just didn’t really know what was on the other side of pushing it fully.”
Bader is hitting .267 with six homers, 19 RBIs and 6 stolen bases in 26 video games. He didn’t make his season debut till May 2 after straining his left indirect throughout spring coaching.
Last 12 months, he was sidelined between June 26 and Sept. 20 by plantar fasciitis in his proper foot. Bader was acquired by the Yankees from St. Louis on the commerce deadline and hit 5 homers in 9 postseason video games.
“A lot of it just comes from how hard I play the game and how I attack the game, and that’s never going to change,” he stated. “I feel perhaps choosing your spots, perhaps not over-lunging to attempt to beat out an infield single after I had base anyway. … It’s nearly taking part in sensible and (not) doing issues excessive after they’re not mandatory I feel will assist me keep on the sector for for for much longer.”
New York’s offense had struggled within the absence of Judge and Bader, getting into the sequence with a .192 batting common and 49 runs in June, each main league lows. Anthony Rizzo was hitting .083 (4 for 48) with no homers and 4 RBIs since injuring his neck in a collision at first base with San Diego’s Fernando Tatis Jr. on May 28.
DJ LeMahieu, the 2020 large league batting champion. is hitting .167 (15 for 90) with two homers and 5 RBIs since May 14. Boone rested him from the Sunday evening recreation because the Yankees acquired swept in a doubleheader at Boston and will relaxation him for your complete three-game sequence in opposition to Seattle.
“I just want him to kind of continue to work on some things he’s working on to kind of get him going and get unlocked,” Boone stated. “Diving into a lot of video.”
Left-hander Carlos Rodón was to start out Tuesday evening for Somerset, his first recreation since a two-inning spring coaching outing for New York in opposition to Atlanta on March 5. Signed to a $162 million, six-year contract, Rodón has been sidelined by a strained left forearm adopted by again ache.
“We’ve been pretty encouraged by how it’s gone here these last few weeks,” Boone stated.
Rodón doubtless will make three rehab appearances, placing him on monitor to hitch the rotation in early July, simply earlier than the All-Star break.
Left-hander Nestor Cortes, who hasn’t pitched since May 30 due to a strained left rotator cuff, threw from 75 toes Tuesday.
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