The New York Yankees will be without another all-star for the foreseeable future.
Outfielder Cody Bellinger has been diagnosed with a Grade 2 hamstring strain and will be sidelined for four to six weeks, manager Aaron Boone told reporters on Monday.
He was placed on the 10-day injured list on Sunday.
Bellinger said he felt tightness in his hamstring while rounding first on a double in the eighth inning of the Yankees’ 3-1 win over the Phillies on Saturday night. He waved off Boone and remained on base for the rest of the inning but walked slowly off the field and down the tunnel to the clubhouse after the third out.
Max Schuemann replaced Bellinger in left field in the bottom of the eighth.
Bellinger is hitting .259 with 11 homers and 53 RBIs in 102 games this season. He entered Saturday with 19 defensive runs saved, most in the majors, and was MVP of the All-Star Game on July 14 in Philadelphia.
Bellinger re-signed with the Yankees last winter for $162.5 million over five years and has been a key part of the offence. He was hitting .280 through mid-June before a slump dropped his batting average to .254 heading into the all-star break. He hasn’t homered in a month.
The Yankees have also been without Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton since May 31 and April 24, respectively.
At 59-46, the Yankees occupy the first AL wild-card spot and sit three games behind the Tampa Bay Rays for first in the AL East.
— With files from Associated Press