Aaron Decide is coping with an unspecified proper elbow concern, Aaron Boone introduced Saturday morning.
Decide, out of the lineup with the Yankees going through Phillies lefty Ranger Suárez, underwent imaging, however Boone didn’t have any outcomes to share on the time of his pregame press convention. The Yankees had been additionally ready on a go to from Dr. Christopher Ahmad, their workforce doctor.
Boone stated he was “obviously concerned” about Decide, baseball’s greatest hitter, however he didn’t have any info on the severity of the slugger’s harm or his ulnar collateral ligament after the proper fielder lobbed in a number of throws from the outfield in Friday’s loss to Philadelphia.
“Felt like he was fine on the off day, and then just last night was really dealing with it,” Boone stated. “He couldn’t really throw well from the outfield.”
On Tuesday in Toronto, cameras caught Decide wincing and clutching his proper hand in a fist after making a seventh-inning throw. Decide then DH’d on Wednesday, which Boone stated was a predetermined plan.
He additionally famous that he didn’t come out of Tuesday’s sport and that he’s DH’d when the Yankees have performed on the turfed Rogers Centre prior to now. Decide additionally homered Wednesday.
“He’s OK. Not much,” Boone stated pregame Wednesday when requested what occurred on the Tuesday throw. “Just probably a throw that didn’t feel great.”
Decide regarded like he was wincing after monitoring down this ball pic.twitter.com/KrZnH9gN5P
On Saturday, nonetheless, Boone acknowledged that the throw in Toronto “zinged” Decide.
“It hurt,” Boone continued. “And then he felt good to go on the off day. And then last night, though, he just was struggling to throw a little bit. So we want to get this checked out.”
Whereas Boone made it appear to be Decide’s elbow is much less of a problem when he swings – he went 0-for-3 with a sac fly and strikeout on Friday – the Yankees at the moment are holding their collective breath.
Decide has been engaged on one other MVP marketing campaign, slashing .342/.449/.711 with 37 house runs, 85 RBI and a 208 wRC+. The second-place Yankees, already struggling, don’t need to think about what life with out Decide could be like, as their offense cratered when he missed two months with a toe harm in 2023.
That workforce didn’t make the playoffs, although it additionally had a far weaker lineup than the 2025 Yankees.
With the present workforce 5.5 video games behind the Blue Jays within the American League East and a analysis impending, Boone wasn’t prepared to consider the impression Decide’s loss might have.
“I don’t want to get too far ahead of myself with that,” he stated. “Hopefully, it’s something that is manageable and we get through.”
Ought to Decide need to miss time, the Yankees do have three different beginning caliber outfielders in Jasson Domínguez, Cody Bellinger and Trent Grisham. Bryan De La Cruz and Everson Pereira are at Triple-A and on the 40-man roster.
Spencer Jones can be with the RailRiders. The prospect, subjected to commerce rumors with the July 31 deadline coming, has been tearing the duvet off the ball recently, hitting 13 house runs in 19 video games since being promoted to Triple-A. Nevertheless, Jones missed Scranton’s sport on Friday with again spasms.
Initially Printed: July 26, 2025 at 11:49 AM EDT
