The latest on multiple injury situations throughout the game …
- Aaron Judgelast calf injury “seems like a repeat of what he had before, ” Yankees administrator Aaron Boone said during an interview with WFAN (has tip for Bryan Hoch of MLB.com). “Judge injured his calf in his first game back from a minimal ten-day stint on the injured list, and Boone suggested this last problem”seems again small in nature, but sure what that can be again in an IL stint. ”
- While Judge is a question mark, the Yankees could have possibly DJ LeMahieu back for this weekend’s series against the Mets. Boone said LeMahieu took batting practice at Yankee Stadium today and will now report to the club’s alternative training site. Assuming the second baseman is indeed able to return against the Mets, it would represent a slightly early return from the first 2-to-3 week line after LeMahieu was initially placed on the injured list with in thumb-sprain on August 16th. In other Yankees injury news, Boone said Giancarlo Stanton (hamstring) also took batting practice on the field today, and that Gleyber Torres (quad / hamstring) makes good progress.
- Evan White left during the third inning of the Mariners’10 -7 loss to the Padres due to what the Ms called a disgrace to the right shoulder. After the game, Seattle manager Scott Servais told the Seattle Times Ryan Divish and other reporters that White initially suffered the injury while diving for a ball in Tuesday’s game and tried to play through the pain. The rookie’s first baseman entered today’s game with just a .168 / .238 / .379 battle line through his first 105 record appearances in the major leagues, although White began to warm up last week.
- The next step in AJ Pukhis rehabilitation will take place Friday, as well track and field manager Bob Melvin told the San Francisco Chroncile’s Susan Slusser and other reporters that Puk will throw 30 pitches over two simulated innings against live batters. This will be the second time that Puk actually encountered hitters during his recovery from shoulder pain that has plagued him since Spring Training. There is still no clear timetable for when Puk could make his return to the A’s, although the club has already said he will be deployed as a reliever in 2020.
- Rockies pitching foresight Ben Bowden will not make his MLB debut this season, manager Bud Black said Athletic’s Nick Groke and other reporters. Bowden suffered another injury, having already recovered from a back problem that sidelined him at Spring Training. A second round out of Vanderbilt in the 2016 draft, Bowden did not have a great performance in the heat-friendly environment of Triple-A Colorado Springs in 2019, although the southpaw has a 3.60 ERA, 13.1 K / 9, and 3.15 K / BB more then 127 1/3 total minor innings, all as reliever.
