9:51pm: Judge said postgame he expected to be sidelined for a few days but downplayed any significant concern (Boland link).
9:23pm: AL MVP Aaron Judge left tonight’s game in Texas in the bottom of the fourth inning. The Yankees later informed reporters that Judge was experiencing some discomfort in his right hip (relayed by Bryan Hoch of MLB.com). Oswaldo Cabrera came off the bench to take over right field.
The club will surely provide more on Judge’s status in the near future. At the moment, there’s nothing to suggest it was more than a precautionary move to keep the star slugger healthy. Judge has been in the starting lineup for all 26 of New York’s games. While he’s not hitting at last year’s superhuman level, the four-time All-Star has a well above-average .261/.352/.511 batting line with six home runs in 108 trips to the plate.
Elsewhere on the Yankee roster, manager Aaron Boone provided reporters with injury updates on a pair of relievers before tonight’s contest. Right-hander Lou Trivino is headed for a second opinion on his injured elbow, tweets Greg Joyce of the New York Post. Trivino hasn’t pitched this season because of an elbow sprain. The Yankees had announced early in Spring Training that he’d be out into May but that timeline was further pushed back when he recently experienced renewed soreness. The 31-year-old met with Yankees’ physician Christopher Ahmad yesterday.
Acquired from the A’s alongside Frankie Montas last summer, Trivino threw 21 2/3 innings of 1.66 ERA ball down the stretch for New York. The former Oakland closer had been quite effective from 2020-21 but was off to a rough first half to the ’22 campaign before righting the ship in the Bronx. He could be a medium to high-leverage arm in the Yankee relief corps if healthy but the mention of a second opinion for an elbow concern raises the possibility of a long-term absence.
Fellow righty Jonathan Loáisiga has been out since the second week of the season with inflammation in his throwing elbow. While it doesn’t seem there’s a ton of long-term concern there, Boone told reporters the 28-year-old was experiencing some soreness after a throwing session yesterday (via Erik Boland of Newsday). The club hasn’t provided many specifics, though it’s possible Loáisiga finds himself a little behind schedule in his rehab process as a result.
Oh, goodie.
Bummer.
Only time will tell if he’ll ever play again.
The good news is that Judge stayed in the game playing defense for two more innings.
And now he’ll be out for a couple of days, at least. With the Yankees a couple of days turns into months. The hitting was bad enough now without judge forget about it
An outfield of Hicks, IKF, and Cabrera may be the lightest-hitting in the league. Hopefully, the other guys step up.
By other guys stepping up you must mean Cole pitching 4 times a week
No Stanton either so no big boppers in the outfield. At least Judge is a couple of days to rest, give that lineup the thunder it needs.
Cashman and his moronic trades. I’m waiting for Hal to give him a minority stake in the club as a sign of a job well done. Up is down and down is up in Yankee land.
Growth plate???
Man oh man oh man.
Big contracts. Big fellas. Big whoas.
– How many rings will Judge win in NY ?
I’ll go Zero.
Not counting ringworm, he’ll win as many as Tatis in SD.
Srsly. I do not get the ongoing fascination with jock itch, as if calling it ringworm makes it tantalizing and funny and somehow specific to and defining of Tatis, rather than simply a mundane fact of athletics and locker rooms. It’s in the category of being unable to let go of a momentary chuckle over Arson Judge and turning it into an extended, unctonrollable marijuana-induced giggle.
Well…at least Peraza is getting playing time. Should be playing Cabrera everyday since he’s the only OF with any upside capital.
I don’t see any impact OF available this year. I think the best move would be a stabilizing veteran like Yastrzemski and then hope for good health in the second half.
The Yankees should try doing the opposite. It worked for George.
Classic Boonedoggle nonespeak:
While it doesn’t seem there’s a ton of long-term concern there, Boone told reporters the 28-year-old was experiencing “some soreness” after a throwing session yesterday. The club hasn’t provided many specifics, though it’s possible Loáisiga finds himself a little behind schedule in his rehab process as a result.
No structural damage as an MRI a few weeks ago revealed so it’s wait-and-see. He’ll be back so don’t you worry.
Death, taxes, and whyhayzee dumping in a Yankees thread. Because Boone is the only manager to engage in double-speak. They all do. All the time.
based on the yankees’ medical staff performance history, i expect trevino to have him arm amputated, loaisiga to have a quadruple bypass, and judge to be placed in cryogenic sleep until bionic hip technology becomes viable
It must have something to do with the medical facilities or something, because they have changed staff a few times and it doesn’t get better. It’s like a special kind of Legionaires disease that affects doctors and trainers. Then again, Cashman is as obsessed with injury-prone athletes as he is with right-handed hitters. So…
Maybe the Yankees need to an opinion from the A’s team doctors as they knew more about these players before the Yankees traded from them.
Why the hell was Judge trying to steal 3rd with a head first slide when they had a big lead against the Twins?!
not sure that slide has anything to do with his hip but if so that could be a question we’ll be asking for a long
Now if the fans can only convince The New York Yankees to fire AARON HICKS
HICKS has been USELESS for the last 3 years !
really? A 1.29 batting average
As a lifelong Yankees fan, I Have been disappointed the way this team has operated the past 15 years. As a General Manager, Brian Cashman has made more mistakes than is allowable. As an owner, Hal has been complacent to provide a team that is good enough to make the playoffs……period. Just keep selling hot dogs, beer, and tee shirts, just keep watching the value of the franchise inflate, that is the formula this Yankees team operates from. No more WIN or else like George subscribed to. Winning for Hal is $$$$$$$.
When the team lines up with some combination of Hicks, Calhoun, and Cordero in the outfield, or maybe IKF or Cabrera, just think about whether this is the NY Yankees or what.
To be fair, they Did resign Judge whom hit 62 homers last year. To massive a contract. I think the Yanks are stuck in the old ways too Much. Donaldson ? That guy is Toast. Why did they get him. Stanton, Body is Fried. Can’t play the field. They like power and name brand guys. When then won years ago, they had more farm guys. And Hicks was a Huge swing and Miss. It happens. But Money Does Not Buy Championships. Ever. Unless it’s the money you pay your own players from the system, with some complementary stars.
Judge needs to cool it with the head first slides and sliding in general. It’s a disaster waiting to happen.