New York Yankees shortstop Didi Gregorius has been cleared for baseball activities, manager Aaron Boone said during a pregame interview with ESPN 98.7 on Wednesday.
Gregorius tore cartilage in his right wrist sliding into home with the winning run in Saturday’s game against the Baltimore Orioles. Boone initially said he feared Gregorius would not return in the regular season and might miss some of the postseason.
Gregorius, however, predicted on Monday that he would be back this week.
“He got good news, cleared to go,” Boone said. “He might be down there as we speak doing his tee and toss. He should be able to get all his work in today and hopefully everything goes well. We are very optimistic with where’s he at.”
Gregorius is batting .268/.336/.498 with 27 home runs and 86 RBIs.
The Yankees close out the season with a three-game series against the Red Sox in Boston.
New York has already clinched a wild-card spot, but have not clinched homefield advantage over the Oakland Athletics.