Dealing with injuries has been the bane of the New York Yankees‘ existence the past few seasons, and that reality hasn’t dissipated in recent weeks, as multiple top-line starters have gone down with injuries.
Lately, the Yankees have worked out informally in Tampa, with about 8-10 players sticking around to remain in baseball shape. However, that hasn’t stopped the others from maintaining their physique. Closer Aroldis Chapman has been working out in his Florida home, practicing his pitching in the street to compensate for a lack of live-action.
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As for injured players, they have been progressing through their recovery programs. Giancarlo Stanton, who went down with a grade 1 calf strain several weeks ago, could have played in Spring Training if the MLB hadn’t shut down operations two weeks ago.
Yankees manager Aaron Boone mentioned that he was in contact with GM Brian Cashman on the state of Florida and if they were planning to approve a shelter-in-place policy.
How is Aaron Judge fairing?
Judge remains in “the headling phase,” according to Boone. Judge suffered a cracked rib on his right side last September diving for a ball and only recently discovered the ailment a few weeks ago. They also diagnosed a collapsed lung that had healed itself over the months of discomfort.
Boone and Gerrit Cole have a play-date:
Cole recently purchased a home near Boone, and the two were planning to have a catch in Cole’s backyard. This so-called “catch” occurred on Wednesday.
Boone spoke with YES Network’s Meredith Marakovits on Monday, mentioned the newfound proximity to Cole.
Gerrit Cole lives really close to me now, where they moved. So I went over there and threw with him the other day. And then just keeping in contact. (hitting coach Marcus Thames) was in, and (head trainer) Tim Lentych came to the complex where guys trickle in a little bit. I know there was some guys trickling in (Monday) morning. Now that the weekend’s done, I was going to reach out to a bunch of guys, probably just through text or some phone calls. Just touch base, see how everyone’s doing. Just kind of where you can keep tabs on guys, checking in with coaches like (pitching coach) Matt Blake and (bullpen coach) Mike Harkey are doing a lot to keep track on what the pitchers are doing, keep logging that kind of stuff down and trying to keep in touch with them and what’s exactly going on. Just trying to respect people’s space and family and understanding what a difficult time it is, but also trying as best we can to keep those lines of communication going.