Gio Urshela comes off bench to save Yankees, who rally past Orioles | Rapid reaction
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Yankees right fielder Aaron Judge (right) celebrates with Gary Sanchez after the first of his two home runs on Friday night in Baltimore.AP
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Not this week’s COVID-19 outbreak with everyone vaccinated.
Not Friday’s jarring pre-game news that center fielder Aaron Hicks may be facing season-ending wrist surgery and designated hitter Giancarlo Stanton is nursing yet another injury.
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Fittingly, the hero was one of their walking wounded.
Third baseman Gio Urshela, sidelined last weekend due to a sore left knee, was being rested for the Yanks’ series opener at Oriole Park until manager Aaron Boone summoned him off the bench with the game on the line. With Baltimore leading 4-2, the tying runs on base and one out in the Yankees seventh, Urshela pinch-hit for Tyler Wade, then greeted Orioles reliever Travis Lakins wit
Yankees ad-libbing again with Giancarlo Stanton hurt again, but Gleyber Torres may return ‘real soon’
Updated May 14, 2021;
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It does feels like it, doesn’t it?
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Once again, Stanton is nursing a leg issue, as he was scratched from Friday night’s game in Baltimore about an hour before the first pitch due to left quad tightness.
If history repeats, manager Aaron Boone will downplay the issue after the Yankees’ series opener against the Orioles and then Stanton will miss a bunch of games.
Maybe this latest issue will turn out to be nothing, but it’s a reminder that Stanton was a very expensive fragile designated hitter the last two seasons. In 2019, he played just 18 of 162 games due to bicep, shoulder and knee issues, Last season, he appeared in just 23 of 60 due to a hamstring strain.
Yankees’ Aaron Hicks may be facing wrist surgery; Estevan Florial promoted to Class AAA
Updated May 14, 2021;
Posted May 14, 2021
Yankees center fielder Aaron Hicks has a tear in the sheath that holds his wrist tendon in place.AP
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Yankees center fielder Aaron Hicks found out Friday that he has a lot more to worry about than his chronic hitting struggles.
His left wrist has a tear in the tendon sheath, an MRI revealed, and surgery may be an option.
On the other hand, this issue may be far less serious. Hicks, in fact, may just need a short stint on the injury list, or he “may be in play” for this weekend’s series in Baltimore.
The Yankees could be on the prowl for a veteran bat with Aaron Hicks possibly facing wrist surgery and designated hitter Giancarlo Stanton dealing with a sore quad.
The Yankees received bad injury news Friday on Aaron Hicks and Giancarlo Stanton, but Luis Severino, Zack Britton and Clarke Schmidt continue to progress rehabbing from arm issues.