Thursday was supposed to be a day of celebration for the New York Yankees after they acquired left-handed starter J.A. Happ from the Toronto Blue Jays to shore up their rotation.
Alas, the day took a turn for the worse during their game against the Kansas City Royals. That’s because Aaron Judge departed after being struck on the wrist by a pitch from Jake Junis. Judge stayed in the game and singled in his next at-bat. He was then removed and has since been ushered to a local hospital to undergo an MRI, where it was discovered that he’d suffered a chip fracture:
This really, really stinks.