MIAMI — Common sense tells you there is no relationship to any of this, ache to pain to strain to train. This isn’t the flu, you know? There is no correlation, no connection, between Aaron Judge’s wrist and Didi Gregorius’ heel and Aroldis Chapman’s knee.
You can’t catch a contusion from a teammate.
It just does seem that way, sometimes. It seems that even as the Yankees climb ever higher over .500, even as they inch their way back into the Red Sox’s stratosphere, even as they find ways to win games like Tuesday night’s 12-inning, 2-1 marathon over the Marlins … well, there always seems to be someone limping off the field.