NEW YORK.- The New York Yankees They prepare to begin the playoffs of the Major Leagues baseball without its star, Aaron Judgedue to the right calf injury he suffered last week.
Judge, triple award winner MVP (Most Valuable Player) of the American Leagueyou would lose the Wild Card Series that starts on Tuesday, in which the Yankees can clash with their archrivals, the Boston Red Sox.
“We are planning as if he (Judge) was not going to be part of that,” the Mules manager said this Tuesday, Aaron Booneabout the first round of the postseason.
Judge, 34, was included on the New York team’s injured list last Saturday, three days after retiring from a game against the Minnesota Twins due to a sprained calf.
Boone said Tuesday that the injury is “moderate.”
Judge received an injection of platelet-poor plasma on Monday and will not engage in physical activity for the next few days, his manager said.
The gunboat suffered this mishap only a week after reappearing, after three months out due to a rib fracture.
The “Bronx Bombers”, whose last title World Series Dating back to 2009, they occupy second position in the division American League East with a record of 89-66, six wins behind the leaders, the Tampa Bay Rays.
Barring a collapse by Tampa Bay in this final week of the regular season, the Yankees will face the Red Sox in the Wild Card Series for the second consecutive year.
Italy wins the mixed relay
The Italian team, led by Elisa Longo Borghini and Filippo Ganna, was proclaimed world time trial champion in mixed relay in the World road cycling this Tuesday in Montreal.
Italy won by nine seconds ahead of the French team in this recently created test, premiered in 2019 in the World Championships and of Europe.
“Finally!” celebrated Ganna, runner-up in Sunday’s individual time trial, behind the Belgian Remco Evenepoel.
“It’s the first time for us. We’ve suffered a lot. We’ve been chasing this title for a while. The rainbow will remain a special moment for the rest of our career,” he added.
