Veteran Yankees infielder DJ LeMahieu exited the first game of his rehab assignment Tuesday night with soreness in his injured right foot and will return to New York to be re-examined by a team physician.
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The veteran infielder exited the first game of his rehab assignment with soreness in the foot, the Yankees announced. According to the team, he will return to New York to be re-examined by a Yankees physician. LeMahieu struck out leading off the game for the Double-A Somerset Patriots. He then played third base in the bottom of the first inning but didn't take the field for the bottom of the second.A few hours earlier, Yankees manager Aaron Boone said there was a chance LeMahieu could rejoin the Yankees next week inLeMahieu, the oldest player on the Yankees' 40-man roster at 35, sustained the injury when he fouled a pitch off his foot in a spring training game on March 16.
A two-time batting champion, LeMahieu struggled in the first half last season before a strong second half, finishing with a career-low .243 batting average with 15 home runs in 136 games.
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