The New York Yankees will wrap up their melancholic 2023 season without their star first baseman. According to Aaron Boone, the team will tread carefully and shut down Anthony Rizzo for the rest of this campaign.
Rizzo’s season had been going so well early on, as he continued his 32-homer form from 2022 that earned him a new two-year, $40 million contact by batting .304/.376/.505 with 11 long balls and a 145 wRC+ through the end of May. But he took a drastic turn in production on May 28th, when suffered a pretty nasty collision with Fernando Tatis Jr.