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Jorge Castillo, ESPN Employees Author
NEW YORK — On Tuesday, the New York Yankees have been hopeful that DJ LeMahieu may make his season debut as early as subsequent week. By Wednesday, these tentative plans have been dashed.
LeMahieu will likely be shut down for at the very least per week, the group stated, after being faraway from the primary recreation of his rehab project Tuesday. Yankees supervisor Aaron Boone stated LeMahieu underwent testing Wednesday and was identified with residual edema, or recurring swelling, in his proper foot, which he fractured over a month in the past. He’ll be reevaluated in seven days. His timeline to play in main league video games is unclear.
“We’ll preserve reevaluating week by week,” Boone stated.
LeMahieu, 35, has been sidelined since fouling a pitch off his foot throughout a spring coaching recreation on March 16. He had been scheduled to play in minor league video games Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday earlier than maybe becoming a member of the Yankees in Baltimore subsequent week.
He batted first for the Double-A Somerset Patriots on Tuesday, putting out to guide off the sport. He then performed third base within the backside of the primary inning, however he did not take the sphere for the second after experiencing ache within the foot. His rehab project ended there.
“It is powerful as a result of DJ is an enormous a part of this group, what we have been doing right here that previous couple of seasons,” Yankees heart fielder Aaron Decide stated. “However crucial factor is him getting wholesome. We roll after we received a wholesome DJ.”
A two-time batting champion, LeMahieu missed the 2022 postseason with a damaged toe in his proper foot, which preceded ligament injury. With out him this season, the Yankees have had Oswaldo Cabrera begin 20 of their 25 video games at third base. The switch-hitting Cabrera is batting .263 with three dwelling runs and a .730 on-base-plus-slugging share.