Aaron Decide hasn’t performed since June 3, when the Yankees celebrity made a highlight-reel catch that despatched him crashing by way of Dodger Stadium’s proper discipline bullpen door. Decide sprained his proper massive toe whereas colliding with the concrete base below the bullpen door, and after two weeks on the sidelines, it stays unclear when Decide may return from the 10-day injured record.
After Decide acquired a PRP injection on June 6, the outfielder obtained one other shot targeted on a distinct ligament on Thursday, Yankees supervisor Aaron Boone advised reporters, through The Athletic’s Brendan Kuty and MLB.com’s Bryan Hoch.
“Any time you pressure or tear the ligaments, it takes time to heal that, actually. PRPs hopefully velocity that course of up,” Boone stated. “Hopefully he’s persevering with to maneuver in the appropriate route. We really feel like he was, however that different a part of the joint or of the toe…was nonetheless giving him issues after the primary PRP. To get in and hit the opposite elements of it, hopefully is one thing that speeds [the process].”
Vary-of-motion workouts are the subsequent step on Decide’s rehab plan, and additional steps towards baseball actions stay fluid, because the Yankees are naturally being cautious. Proprietor Hal Steinbrenner stated earlier this week that Decide’s sprain was “like a turf toe,” and “a uncommon harm for a baseball participant…I believe it’s frequent in soccer most likely with operating backs.”
Kuty spoke with Dr. Spencer Stein of NYU Langone Well being about Decide’s harm, and whereas Stein hasn’t personally examined the outfielder, the orthopedic surgeon stated {that a} second PRP injection isn’t specific uncommon for such an harm. Stein advised that Decide may very well be again by mid-July, although Boone offered a broader vary of potential return dates.
First saying “there’s a shot” that Decide might return earlier than the All-Star break, Boone added that “he may very well be again in every week. He may very well be again in 4. I don’t know. We’ve obtained to get to a degree the place we’re beginning to transfer the ball from a bodily exercise or baseball standpoint.”
It’s no secret that Decide is the cornerstone of the Yankees roster, and the final two weeks have solely underscored his significance to the lineup. From June 4 to June 16, Yankee batters have hit a collective .205/.264/.361, with a 71 wRC+ that ranks because the third-worst in baseball throughout that span.
Some reinforcements could also be on the best way within the type of Harrison Bader, however he opted to increase his minor league rehab stint most likely by way of the weekend. As Boone advised the New York Every day Information’ Gary Phillips and different reporters, Bader wished greater than only one rehab recreation to make sure that his proper hamstring pressure was absolutely healed. Bader was positioned on the IL on Might 29, and between this absence and a left indirect pressure that value him over the primary month of the season, the outfielder has performed in solely 26 video games this season (hitting .267/.295/.511 with six house runs in 95 plate appearances).
On the pitching facet, Carlos Rodon is slated to start his minor league rehab task on Tuesday. Between a forearm pressure after which a again downside, Rodon has but to make his Yankee debut since becoming a member of the membership on a six-year, $162M free-agent deal in December. Early July is Rodon’s goal date, as Boone stated the plan is for Rodon to make three rehab outings with steadily rising pitch counts.
