Yankees first baseman Luke Voit, the MLB's reigning home run leader, will miss the first month of the regular season following an MRI revealing a partial meniscus tear in his left knee.
Yankees' manager Aaron Boone said Saturday that Voit decided to have surgery on his knee, which will take place next week in New York. According to Boone, Voit—who hit 22 home runs in last year's shortened—is expected to miss three weeks of baseball activity and could rejoin the roster in May.
Voit had an MRI exam on Friday. According to the Associated Press, Voit's MRI led to discussions on whether the slugger would go through a treatment program and try to play through it or have surgery and start the season on the injured list.