The New York Yankees’ shortstop Didi Gregorius had missed a significant amount of the 2019 season when he had Tommy John Surgery following last season’s ALDS. Recent news could find the young star back on the injured list. Friday night against the Boston Red Sox, Gregorius was not in the lineup where he was dealing with a strain between his left ring finger and pinkie. This occurred while fielding a groundball in Wednesday’s matchup against the Arizona Diamondbacks.
The primary concern was that the star shortstop had hurt his wrist, which could have set him a long time back. Good news that is not the situation. Manager Aaron Boone met with media where he said “He’s day-to-day. He’s pretty sore today. We’re hoping to avoid an IL situation, but we’ll just kind of see how that unfolds now over the next couple days.”
Ever since Gregorius’ return from his Tommy John Surgery, he’s batted .271 with 42 hits and 30 runs batted in (Baseball Reference). He was on fire during the Minnesota Twins series earlier this month where he 5-5 one game and had ten total runs batted in during that set. He was recently just named the American League Player of the Week between July 23rd-27th.
I personally believe Gregorius will not find himself on the injured list and just be day-to-day. I think he wants to play too much having missed the first two months of the season and does not want to find himself back on the IL. He knows that the team depends on him and is a team-first kind of guy.