Two days later, Jordan Montgomery and the Yankees seem to have dodged the issue that the left-hander couldn't on Sunday night time.
After Montgomery took a 102 mph comebacker off the knee within the first inning of Sunday’s loss to the Crimson Sox — and stayed within the recreation to throw 3 ¹/₃ innings — there was “a little bit concern” in regards to the quantity of swelling he nonetheless had within the space Monday night time, in keeping with supervisor Aaron Boone.
However Montgomery had his knee drained after which underwent an MRI examination and CT scan in a single day. On Tuesday, the outcomes of these checks left the Yankees feeling higher about his standing.
“He was considerably higher at present,” Boone stated Tuesday earlier than the Yankees‘ 4-0 win over the Blue Jays. “Once I walked in, he was on the [trainer’s] desk and a lot of the swelling was out of there. He’s shifting round properly at present. … So inspired how he got here in at present.”
Montgomery threw off flat floor Tuesday and is scheduled to throw a bullpen session Wednesday, holding him in line to make his subsequent scheduled begin, Friday at Baltimore.
“[Monday] night time, there was a little bit little bit of concern simply with the quantity of swelling in there and ensuring all the pieces was sound,” Boone stated. “We’ll see how [Tuesday] goes after which hopefully bullpen [Wednesday], and we needs to be good. Positively a great flip in a single day.”
Aaron Hicks, who hit a two-run homer within the second inning Tuesday, made his first begin in left area since 2017, shifting over from his regular spot in heart to assist get Giancarlo Stanton into the outfield.
With Anthony Rizzo serving as DH, Stanton began in proper with Aaron Decide shifting to heart. Hicks moved again to heart within the ninth, when Joey Gallo got here in for protection in left, with Decide going to proper.
Boone pointed to “the large left area” at Yankee Stadium as why he went with Hicks in left as a substitute of Stanton. Whereas Stanton began 10 video games in left area final season — when Hicks was on the injured listing many of the yr — all of them got here away from Yankee Stadium.
The Yankees had Hicks work in left area at occasions throughout spring coaching to organize for nights like Tuesday. His first take a look at got here within the second inning, when he almost let a fly ball recover from his head earlier than reaching as much as make the seize.
“Identical to my first route, it was type of shaky to start with,” Hicks stated. “However as soon as I began to get a little bit extra snug on the market, it was all proper.”
The Yankees held a pregame second of silence for the victims of Tuesday morning’s subway capturing in Brooklyn.
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