The Yankees could possibly be with out Paul Goldschmidt for a short time.
The primary baseman is coping with a low-grade sprain and irritation in his proper knee, the Yankees stated after Tuesday’s 4-1 loss to the Minnesota Twins within the Bronx.
“I don’t think it’s anything long-term, so that’s good,” Goldschmidt stated.
Goldschmidt, 37, suffered the harm on Tuesday night time when he overran a pop-up in foul territory and needed to recuperate to make the catch. The play appeared to happen within the third inning.
He managed to complete out Tuesday’s 9-1 win, however he was unavailable in Wednesday’s loss, supervisor Aaron Boone confirmed after the sport.
“Could be an IL [situation]. Could be a day-to-day thing,” Boone stated. “We’ll kind of see here over the next 24 hours which way we’ll go with it.”
Goldschmidt is hitting .276 with 10 residence runs, 40 RBI and a .753 OPS this season, his first with the Yankees. The righty-swinging veteran is a weapon versus left-handed pitchers, towards whom he’s batting .404 with a 1.191 OPS.
His absence was evident within the seventh inning Wednesday when lefty-swinging Austin Wells remained within the recreation and struck out towards left-handed reliever Kody Funderburk.
Goldschmidt stated he felt “sore” on Tuesday after the harm occurred.
“It could be something that heals very quickly or something that could maybe take a few more days,” Goldschmidt stated. “Hopefully it will be as quick as possible, and I’ll do everything I can to make that happen.”
Ben Rice began at first base on Wednesday, and Cody Bellinger has important expertise on the place as effectively.
“He’s been a huge part of this team,” Bellinger stated of Goldschmidt. “He’s a vacuum over there at first base as well. I’ve played first before, and I really appreciate what he does on the defensive side. For me, [it’s] just the quality ABs. He’s just a true professional in every single at-bat.”
The harm occurred forward of the Yankees’ highway journey to St. Louis, the place Goldschmidt performed from 2019-24 and received Nationwide League MVP in 2022.
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