Jazz Chisholm Jr. couldn’t imagine it.
An MRI revealed his indirect is injured in three completely different spots, the Yankees second baseman mentioned Saturday.
“I’m really surprised with what it said, because it doesn’t feel like three,” Chisholm mentioned at Yankee Stadium, talking for the primary time since he landed on the injured record on Friday.
“It doesn’t even feel as bad as the first time I tore my oblique two years ago.”
Chisholm is predicted to overlook 4 to 6 weeks.
“That’s what we’re planning on trying to get to,” Chisholm mentioned, “if not before.”
Chisholm, 27, suffered the precise indirect pressure within the first inning of Tuesday’s win in Baltimore.
The Yankees’ coaching workers checked on Chisholm after a swing, however he remained within the recreation and doubled.
He superior to 3rd base on an error and exited after a head-first slide.
After that recreation, Chisholm mentioned he anticipated to be “ready to go” in a matter of days.
Staying within the recreation was not believed to have made the damage worse, Chisholm mentioned Saturday.
“It’s super frustrating,” Chisholm mentioned. “I want to be out there every day and help my team win every day, so when I don’t get a chance to do that, it sucks.”
Chisholm missed slightly beneath a month in 2023 when he injured his indirect as a member of the Miami Marlins.
The Yankees acquired Chisholm from Miami final July in a pre-deadline commerce.
Chisholm is hitting .181 with seven house runs, 17 RBI, a .714 OPS and 6 stolen bases this 12 months.
He mentioned he can do pool work and “strengthening stuff” at this stage of his IL stint.
“I still feel good every day,” Chisholm mentioned.
“I’m pretty happy with at least how I feel compared to how it looks [on the scan].”
