{"id":77077,"date":"2024-06-17T21:18:49","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T01:18:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=77077"},"modified":"2024-06-17T21:18:49","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T01:18:49","slug":"yankees-injuries-lefty-slugger-rizzo-dominguez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/06\/17\/yankees-injuries-lefty-slugger-rizzo-dominguez\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s Next for the Yankees Amid a Rash of Injuries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was not a good weekend for the New York Yankees. Not only did they lose 2 of 3 to rival Boston Red Sox, but they lost two key players to injury. At Fenway Park on Sunday, the Yankees saw lefty slugger <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/r\/rizzoan01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-06-17_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anthony Rizzo<\/a> go down with an injury after a collision with Red Sox pitcher <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/bernabr01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-06-17_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brennan Bernardino<\/a> in the seventh inning. And on Saturday in Scranton\/Wilkes-Barre, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/05\/15\/yankees-prospects\/\" target=\"_self\">star prospect<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/d\/dominja01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-06-17_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jasson Dominguez<\/a> exited the game with left-side discomfort. Right off the bat, things aren&#8217;t looking too great for either of them.<\/p>\n<h2>Yankees Lose Lefty Slugger Rizzo with Arm Injury<\/h2>\n<h3><strong>Lefty First Baseman Set to Miss Time<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Rizzo immediately looked to be in pain, and he took a little while to get up after the collision. After leaving the game, the Yankees&#8217; first baseman was given a fluoroscope, but it turned up negative. However, he was further examined in New York on Monday, and Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic reports Rizzo could miss four to six weeks with a fractured arm.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Anthony Rizzo is going to miss time with an arm fracture <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Kws6FDZEwG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/Kws6FDZEwG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Talkin\u2019 Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TalkinBaseball_\/status\/1802844697469087970?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 17, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>After the game, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/j\/judgeaa01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-06-17_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aaron Judge<\/a> had the following to say about his teammate and good friend: &#8220;You don&#8217;t see that [pain] from Rizz. Usually, he leads Major League Baseball in hit-by-pitches, so he&#8217;s good with dealing with pain. He&#8217;s tough.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It seems that <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/06\/10\/yankees-trade-deadline-approach\/\" target=\"_self\">Rizzo just can&#8217;t catch a break<\/a>. After suffering a major concussion almost exactly a year ago, his bat has not been the same. In June, his numbers are extraordinarily bleak: he is 5-for-48 with just three RBI and a single homer.<\/p>\n<p>However, he showed some promise of returning to form in the Yanks&#8217; series against the Kansas City Royals. Judge also commented on this, and assured reporters that health is more important than numbers: &#8220;The past week or so, the guy has been swinging the bat well and came up with some big hits. He had a homer against Kansas City. We&#8217;re going to miss him, but the first thing is health.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Dominguez Has a Setback in Triple-A<\/h3>\n<p>As for Dominguez, his IL stint comes just days after finishing his rehab assignment due to a torn UCL. It looked as though &#8220;the Martian&#8221; had an awkward check-swing in his final at-bat on Saturday, tweaking something in the oblique area.<\/p>\n<p>Though the team hasn&#8217;t provided specific information on the nature of the injury, manager <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/managers\/booneaa01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aaron Boone<\/a> did say that it was severe enough to warrant going to the 7-day IL. Dominguez has been tearing up the minors this season, batting .356 with a 1.013 OPS in 23 games across Single, Double, and Triple-A.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Fans Will Have to Wait<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Though no injury comes at a convenient time, now certainly isn&#8217;t the worst for Dominguez to go down. Even though fans have been clamoring for the front office to call him up to the big leagues, there&#8217;s no room for him anywhere in the lineup, and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/06\/03\/yankees-are-breaking-records\/\" target=\"_self\">the team is winning<\/a> without him. So, unfortunately, Yankees fans will have to wait a little longer before they see their star prospect back in the Bronx.<\/p>\n<p>Fans certainly do not have the same sentiment towards Rizzo. New Yorkers are cruel as it is, but when their first baseman has a .630 OPS and a -0.4 brWAR, they show zero mercy. Even before his injury, there was talk that the Yankees might try to replace Rizzo if he didn&#8217;t improve. Now, those conversations are a lot more real.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Options at<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>First<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>For now, the most likely scenario is that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/l\/lemahdj01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-06-17_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DJ LeMahieu<\/a> will take over duties at first, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/c\/cabreos01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-06-17_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oswaldo Cabrera<\/a> takes his spot over at third. But this isn&#8217;t a permanent solution, even if Rizzo returns relatively soon. Their first baseman out with injury may be the omen the Yankees needed that the position could be a problem for them down the line, so don&#8217;t be surprised if Brian Cashman is actively seeking out a first baseman <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/06\/14\/which-yankees-prospects-trade\/\" target=\"_self\">this July<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As terrible as it is for Rizzo and Dominguez, these two injuries likely won&#8217;t have too big an impact on the team. The Yankees will keep doing what they&#8217;re doing, with the hope that when Rizzo and Dominguez return, they&#8217;ll be ready to make a splash on the field.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Photo Credit: \u00a9 Eric Canha-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was not a good weekend for the New York Yankees. Not only did they lose 2 of 3 to rival Boston Red Sox, but they lost two key players to injury. At Fenway Park on Sunday, the Yankees saw lefty slugger Anthony Rizzo go down with an injury after a collision with Red Sox [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5148,"featured_media":77093,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,2,1071],"tags":[1787,501,67,696,2513,2970,5927],"class_list":["post-77077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-yankees","category-featured","category-mlb","tag-aaron-boone","tag-aaron-judge","tag-anthony-rizzo","tag-dj-lemahieu","tag-injured-list","tag-jasson-dominguez","tag-oswaldo-cabrera"],"modified_by":"Lewis Masella, Site Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5148"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77077"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77077\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}