MLB: NY-Star optimistic despite cartilage damage

Didi Gregorius wants to return to the field before the end of the season despite his cartilage damage in his wrist. That’s what the New York Yankees shortstop said after a cortisone injection. Meanwhile, the Bronx Bombers are also worried about an outfielder.

“I feel much better,” Gregorius said on Monday, after he was given cortisone on Sunday. “It’s a big improvement on the previous day. I feel stronger. I’ll do some training, then see what happens. I said the same thing yesterday: “I said that I can play again before the season is over.”

Gregorius had injured his wrist during his run to victory against the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday at the slide into the home plate. A nuclear spin tomography brought the diagnosis, which also endangers his playoff participation.

Manager Aaron Boone, however, was rather cautious about Gregorius’ availability: “I’m rather cautious about that. We will not really get any information until Wednesday, when he is examined again and we see how he really is. And when he can start baseball activities, we see how the wrist reacts when he gets a ball and a bat in his hand.

Meanwhile, Center Fielder Aaron Hicks also gives the Yankees cause for concern. He left the game at the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday early with problems in the large posterior thigh muscle. He felt something in his muscle after sprinting to first base after a supposed double play ball.

Hicks is scheduled for a MRI on Tuesday. However, Hicks made it clear that the muscle had been bothering him for a while: “Today was the day they took me out. It came out of nowhere. I’ve been receiving treatment for three days. I’m not too worried. I should be able to play again in a day or two.”

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