Yankees May Place 1B Paul Goldschmidt on IL With Knee Sprain

Paul Goldschmidt has a low-grade proper knee sprain and the New York Yankees might place the veteran first baseman on the injured listing forward of his return to St. Louis this weekend.

The Yankees will consider Goldschmidt throughout their day without work and can determine earlier than Friday’s recreation in opposition to the Cardinals if he will probably be positioned on the IL.

“He’s coping with one thing so we’ll see if it’s an IL scenario,” supervisor Aaron Boone mentioned after Wednesday’s 4-1 loss to Minnesota. “He was fairly sore final evening and this morning. Appears like he’s doing fairly a bit higher proper now so we’ll see.”

Goldschmidt was injured chasing down a foul pop by Byron Buxton within the third inning of Tuesday’s 9-1 victory. Goldschmidt overran the ball alongside the grime monitor close to the Yankee dugout and slipped earlier than making the catch on the grass whereas barely falling down.

“Once I type of overran it and dove again, hit my knee on the bottom I assume,” Goldschmidt mentioned. “I felt that it was sore yesterday however clearly was in a position to play by way of it.”

Goldschmidt stayed in Tuesday’s recreation and hit a double within the seventh earlier than being lifted with the Yankees holding an eight-run lead.

“As I used to be going to going again to my place, I used to be like ‘that type of harm,’ however stuff like that occurs,” Goldschmidt mentioned. “So simply felt like I may proceed to play, which I did and it was positive.”

Goldschmidt, who’s hitting .404 off left-handed pitching this yr, didn’t begin Wednesday and didn’t pinch hit when Austin Wells batted and struck out in opposition to left-handed reliever Kody Funderburk within the seventh.

Signed to a one-year, $12.5 million contract in December following six seasons with the Cardinals, the previous NL MVP is hitting .276 with 10 homers and 40 RBIs in 112 video games this season. He additionally has a .996 fielding proportion and has been charged with three errors in 745 probabilities this yr. 

Ben Rice made his twenty sixth begin at first base Wednesday and Cody Bellinger has made two begins at first this season. Bellinger has began 273 video games at first base throughout his nine-year profession.

“He’s been an enormous a part of his staff,” Bellinger mentioned about Goldschmidt. “He’s a vacuum over there. I performed first earlier than and I’m actually appreciative what he does on the defensive facet.”

The Yankees try to carry on to the third wild card spot within the AL, with the Guardians sitting one recreation behind them within the standings. They’re 4-8 in August, and simply 29-35 because the begin of June. 

The Related Press contributed to this report.

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