In eight games since he returned off the IL, he was hitting. That would be a huge blow to the Yankees lineup because he’d been swinging a hot bat since he came back on September 3rd from the wrist fracture he suffered on August 3rd. If this oblique injury is as significant as the one Judge had it’s hard to envision Edwin returning during the postseason either. The Yankees seem somewhat optimistic right now but we all remember Aaron Judge straining his oblique back on April 20th and he didn’t return from the IL until June 21st. Following his fifth-inning walk he stayed in the game to run, but the next time he was due up in the seventh he was pinch-hit for by Mike Ford.Įncarnacion will travel to New York for more testing to get an official diagnosis but if he did, in fact, strain his oblique he’s definitely out for at least the rest of the regular season. The Yankees are hopeful that it’s just a minor injury because he played through it and launched another home run during his second at-bat of the game.
Earlier this week they lost Mike Tauchman for the season to a calf strain and on Wednesday it was pretty much confirmed that Aaron Hicks is likely done for the season as well after receiving a second opinion on his right elbow.Īfter the game, Aaron Boone told reporters that Encarnacion felt the oblique issue early in the game but that it didn’t affect him while swinging.
Injuries have been the theme of the 2019 season for the Yankees up to this point and with just 15 games to go, that continues to be the case. The Yankees swept their doubleheader against the Tigers but in the process, Edwin Encarnacion left game one early with a left oblique strain. The injury comes at the worst possible time with the playoffs just over three weeks away.
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