The return of the Yankees’ Outdated-Timers’ Day alumni sport made for a painful afternoon for Mariano Rivera, as the best nearer of all time suffered a devastating harm in the course of the exhibition.
A Yankees spokesperson stated that Rivera damage his Achilles in the course of the sport, confirming what former teammate Roger Clemens informed WFAN’s Suzyn Waldman and Dave Sims. Fernando Cuza, Rivera’s agent, then confirmed that Rivera tore his Achilles.
Rivera is ready to endure surgical procedure subsequent week within the New York space.
The Yankees’ spokesperson added that Rivera met with Yankees trainers. Clemens, in the meantime, was the primary to notice that Rivera went to the hospital.
“We all thought it was a hamstring, but I think it’s a little worse than that,” Clemens informed WFAN.
When Sims requested if Rivera’s Achilles “popped,” Clemens replied, “I think so.”
Saturday marked the Yankees’ first Outdated-Timers’ Day alumni sport since 2019, as pandemic-era restrictions and injured ex-pinstripers made it not possible or tough to play the competition lately.
Rivera, who all the time cherished to shag flyballs throughout his taking part in days, damage himself whereas manning heart subject throughout a Willie Randolph at-bat. Video taken by The Athletic’s Chris Kirshner confirmed the 55-year-old on the bottom after reacting to a pop-up off Randolph’s bat.
Rivera beforehand ripped a single off Andy Pettitte, one other ex-teammate, and made it to first base with out subject.
“We talked,” Cuza stated. “He said he was hitting and running and diving and doing everything else. And going after a simple flyball, he just felt a pop.”
Previous to getting damage, Rivera additionally informed reporters that he deliberate on chatting with embattled Yankees reliever Devin Williams, who has been faraway from the nearer’s position twice this season. Nonetheless, Williams stated that that assembly didn’t happen due to Rivera’s harm.
The scene of Rivera on the bottom referred to as again to 2012, when the all-time saves chief tore his ACL whereas shagging balls throughout batting apply in Kansas Metropolis.
Rivera returned for one final season in 2013, however there’s no telling if MLB’s solely unanimous Corridor of Famer will play in one other Outdated-Timers’ Day sport following Saturday’s harm.
Initially Printed: August 9, 2025 at 6:05 PM EDT
