Anthony Volpe has been enjoying by means of a partial labrum tear in his left shoulder, supervisor Aaron Boone revealed Thursday, and he obtained a cortisone shot on Wednesday after reaggravating the harm.
The Yankees shortstop initially underwent imaging in early Could after a diving try to cease a groundball left him in ache.
“At that time, we MRIed it,” Boone mentioned Thursday. “He had a partial labrum tear that I believe they felt like was an outdated harm, and actually it was extra simply aggravating it and extra [dealing with] the swelling of it.
“Once that got out of there, he was good to go. He’s aggravated it maybe a couple of times, Sunday being one of them, and each time it’s kind of just a swelling issue.”
Volpe additionally obtained a cortisone shot in the course of the All-Star break in mid-July, the Yankees mentioned Thursday.
After he reaggravated the harm with a dive within the gap on Sunday, Volpe underwent one other MRI, which revealed “a little bit more of a labrum tear,” Boone mentioned.
“All things considered, [I’m feeling] pretty good,” Volpe mentioned after Thursday’s 9-3 win over the Detroit Tigers. “We were all gonna see how I responded last night to the shot, and it feels good.”
The Yankees don’t anticipate Volpe to land on the injured listing or to require surgical procedure within the offseason.
Volpe is anticipated to endure one other MRI after the season.
“How he’s responded today from the medicine and cortisone shot is in line with how he did the last time,” Boone mentioned. “So I expect him to be OK in the next couple of days and it not to be an issue so long as he doesn’t aggravate it.”
Thursday’s feedback represented essentially the most readability the Yankees have given on Volpe’s shoulder since that preliminary dive on Could 3. That day, Volpe mentioned he felt “a pop” on his diving try throughout a 3-2 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays.
Boone mentioned earlier than Wednesday’s sport that Volpe needed to handle his shoulder “early on” however that these days “it’s been in as good a place as it’s been.” Thursday’s sport was the second in a row by which Volpe was not within the lineup, however Boone mentioned the third-year shortstop may return this weekend in Boston.
“It’s all hands on deck for the rest of the season,” Volpe mentioned. “We’ve got the squad to win the World Series, so I just want to be a part of that.”
Volpe batted .233 with a .768 OPS by means of Could 3. In 108 video games since, Volpe is hitting .197 with a .626 OPS.
Nonetheless, Boone mentioned he doesn’t imagine the harm has had a drastic impression on Volpe’s play.
“I feel like he’s been in a good spot physically,” Boone mentioned Thursday. “I think everybody deals with certain things, so it’s impossible to say, like, ‘This affected something this much,’ or, ‘It didn’t at all.’ How could you possibly know that? But I don’t think it’s been a major factor in his performance.”
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