Current:Home > InvestYankees' Anthony Rizzo fractures fingers in season's penultimate game -MoneyMatrix
Yankees' Anthony Rizzo fractures fingers in season's penultimate game
View
Date:2025-04-18 06:31:34
NEW YORK – One of the Yankees’ biggest fears – an injury to a key player heading into October – was realized on Saturday afternoon.
Hit by a pitch, Anthony Rizzo suffered fractures of the fourth and fifth fingers on his right hand in a 9-4 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates at rainy Yankee Stadium.
Whether this injury completely threatens Rizzo’s October, or if he might be available at some point during the playoffs, wasn’t immediately known.
The Yankees are due to open the best-of-five AL Division Series in exactly a week, and manager Aaron Boone said “we’ll see what we have as the week moves forward’’ regarding Rizzo’s status.
“(This injury) doesn’t totally rule him out. It’s a pain tolerance thing,’’ Boone told reporters, adding that, “I don’t want to jump to anything.
All things Yankees: Latest New York Yankees news, schedule, roster, stats, injury updates and more.
"We’ll see how he responds in the next several days, obviously, before we kick this thing off in a week.’’
Without Rizzo at first base, the Yankees could turn to lefty-hitting rookie Ben Rice, or super utility player Oswaldo Cabrera. It’s unclear if DJ LeMahieu would be in the mix, nursing a hip impingement.
Having an extremely rough year performance-wise, LeMahieu is just this week beginning to ramp up baseball activity.
Rizzo brought additional balance to the lineup, as well as his superior defense, when he returned from the injured list last month following a fracture in his right forearm, suffered in first base collision in June at Fenway Park.
In Saturday’s seventh inning, Rizzo was nailed by lefty reliever Ryan Borucki’s pitch and was lifted defensively when the eighth inning started.
Meanwhile, the Yankees' magic number for clinching the AL's best record – and home field advantage throughout the league playoffs – remained at one after Game 161.
The Yankees hold the tiebreaker over the Cleveland Guardians, scheduled to play Saturday night. One loss by the Guardians or a win by the Yankees in Sunday's regular season finale would clinch the best record for Boone's club.
Rice is "definitely in the mix'' for first base time, according to Boone. "He's gone down and played really well again in Triple-A.''
Boone described Rizzo's demeanor as "pretty upbeat'' despite the injury. "Right now, he's just trying to have a positive frame of mind about it.''
veryGood! (63494)
Related
- Average rate on 30
- Notre Dame football grabs veteran offensive coordinator Mike Denbrock away from LSU
- Hermès scion wants to leave fortune to his ex-gardener. These people also chose unexpected heirs.
- Travis Barker and Ex Shanna Moakler Honor Beautiful Daughter Alabama Barker in 18th Birthday Tributes
- Sarah J. Maas books explained: How to read 'ACOTAR,' 'Throne of Glass' in order.
- USA Fencing suspends board chair Ivan Lee, who subsequently resigns from position
- San Francisco jury finds homeless man not guilty in beating of businessman left with brain injury
- Trump seeks delay of civil trial in E. Jean Carroll defamation suit
- US appeals court rejects Nasdaq’s diversity rules for company boards
- Dixie Chicks Founding Member Laura Lynch Dead at 65 After Car Crash
Ranking
- IRS recovers $4.7 billion in back taxes and braces for cuts with Trump and GOP in power
- Strong earthquake in northwest China that killed at least 148 causes economic losses worth millions
- Wayfair CEO's holiday message to employees: Work harder
- Gypsy Rose Blanchard is being released from prison next week. Here's what to know
- Grammy nominee Teddy Swims on love, growth and embracing change
- NFL Christmas tripleheader: What to know for Raiders-Chiefs, Giants-Eagles, Ravens-49ers
- Ole Miss football lands top player in transfer portal, former Texas A&M defensive lineman
- Second suspect arrested in theft of Banksy stop sign artwork featuring military drones
Recommendation
Justice Department, Louisville reach deal after probe prompted by Breonna Taylor killing
And These Are Ryan Seacrest and Aubrey Paige's Cutest Pics
Why Shawn Johnson Refused Narcotic Pain Meds After Giving Birth to Baby No. 3 by C-Section
How Tori Spelling Is Crushing Her Single Mom Christmas
Meet first time Grammy nominee Charley Crockett
Prosecutors in Idaho request summer trial dates for man accused of killing 4 university students
'Wait Wait' for December 23, 2023: With Not My Job guest Molly Seidel
Stranded traveler rescued from site near Iceland's erupting volcano after using flashlight to signal SOS