In multiple waves late Monday night, many Yankees players and staffers made the trip to Harborview Medical Center to visit Oswaldo Cabrera.
The club’s third baseman had just broken his left ankle on a gruesome play at the plate in the ninth inning of the win over the Mariners at T-Mobile Park, but when the Yankees entered his hospital room, they found the same Cabrera as always.
“Classic Cabby, he was in amazing spirits and making us feel good and grateful to see us all,” manager Aaron Boone said Tuesday. “I would say he’s doing great. Honestly, it’s Cabby. He was smiling, happy and trust he’s in good hands.”
Cabrera and the Yankees will get more information in the coming days on what exactly he is dealing with and just how long he will be out.
He flew back to New York on Tuesday, via the Steinbrenner family’s private jet, and will see a foot and ankle specialist, Dr. Justin Greisberg, on Wednesday for more tests and evaluation with surgery potentially in play on Thursday.
It was not immediately clear whether Cabrera has suffered any ligament damage in addition to the fractured ankle, but that could become clear during surgery.
Yankees infielder Oswaldo Cabrera suffers a leg injury against the Mariners on May 12, 2025.
“All things considered, the early rounds of things, good news considering — they didn’t have to do emergency surgery and things like that,” Boone said. “Hopefully over the next couple days we know exactly what we’re dealing with and start the mending process.
“If and when they do surgery, they’ll go in there and get a better idea when they’re in there of what exactly is needed and then we’ll see.”
The injury occurred as Cabrera scored on a sacrifice fly, but he had to avoid a tag on a throw up the line, and as he pivoted back toward the plate, his ankle gave out while he reached to tag home.
Head trainer Tim Lentych immediately raced out to Cabrera, who was writhing on the ground in pain and slapping the dirt. Lentych essentially bear-hugged him as other medical personnel called for the ambulance from center field.
The Yankees placed Cabrera on the 10-day injured list Tuesday — strictly a procedural move and likely a precursor to the 60-day injury list — and activated DJ LeMahieu off of it after the veteran infielder missed the first month and a half of the season with a calf strain.