Readers' Thread: Yankees and Injuries

SSTN Admin
Sep 14
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September 14, 2025

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Ok, my friends, this is a serious post.

Let's see if we, as a team, can make a comprehensive list of the known times that the Yankees have played players they knew were injured, along with the timelines. I'll start with some. Hopefully readers can fill in the gaps and add more.

May ___, 2023 to _________2023 : Anthony Rizzo plays ____ games with a concussion.

_____ 2023 to ________2023: Jose Trevino plays _____ games with a broken hand.

May____, 2025 to September ___, 2025: Antony Volpe plays _____ games with a torn labrum.

_______, 2025 to ______, 2025: Mark Leiter, Jr. pitches _____ with a broken leg

8 Comments

Alan B.

Sep 14

2017: Aaron Judge: July-August, shoulder

2023: Aaron Judge:, July through rest of season - toes

2023: Jose Trevino: admitted from Spring Training till season ending surgery in July

2022: Clay Holmes: July, back

2025: Austin Wells: circulatory issues, known about in July, but who knows the whole timeline?

2025: Johnny Lasagnya (Loaisiga), his whole active roster time. I made the comment from his first rehab outing

2022-23: DJ LeMahieu, foot

2021-2023: Luis Severino - breaking down every year, so was he ever really even 90% healthy?

And I'm not even going to list all the guys that came of the DL, who clearly not yet ready to play MLB, but are on the active roster. And YES, I said th…

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etbkarate

Sep 14

Rizzo, 46 games

fuster

Sep 14

imagine having the gall to send a man with a fatal illness out onto the field of play

and, once all was revealed to the public, send him out once more for a display of gratitude that became a testament to the man's largeness of spirit.

Alan B.

Sep 14

Replying to

Lou Gehrig stepped away from the game due to his yet unknown illness. What this post is about is about the Yankees either hiding or knowingly sending guys out medically proven injured. We aren't talking about Don Mattingly playing with his back issue from 1991-95. He had games that he didn't play.

Paul, I'm going all caps here, so please read it first before asking me to change it:

THE YANKEES THIS PAST WEEK ADMITTED THAT THEY KNEW THAT VOLPE WAS PLAYING WITH A PARTIALLY TORN LABRUM, LET HIM TAKE ALL SORTS OF ABUSE FROM BOTH FANS & ALL THE DIFFERENT FORMS OF MEDIA.

This is what was the real driving force is, combined with the Anthony Rizzo announcing his…

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