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Yankees’ Castro might be out for season
- Updated: September 19, 2016
BOSTON — The Yankees believe that Starlin Castro’s first season in pinstripes could be over after he was diagnosed with a Grade 1 strain of his right hamstring, sustained in a 6-5 loss to the Red Sox on Saturday at Fenway Park.
Jacoby Ellsbury also sustained a right knee bone bruise in the game, as both players returned to New York to have MRIs performed at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, where they were examined by head team physician Christopher Ahmad.
Castro’s strain is the least severe of three possible grades, but such an injury typically takes at least two weeks for recovery.
Considering the Yankees have just 13 games remaining after Sunday’s series finale against Boston, manager Joe Girardi said that he would consider it “a bonus” if Castro appears in another regular-season game.
“It’s hard to say. It really just depends on how quickly he heals,” Girardi said. “Hopefully it’s not too long. Hopefully it’s not more than a week, but still I think that’s probably pushing it. …
