{"id":327896,"date":"2026-08-23T18:10:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T18:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/327896\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T18:10:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T18:10:07","slug":"yankees-cody-bellinger-hamstring-back-after-missing-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/327896\/","title":{"rendered":"Yankees’ Cody Bellinger (hamstring) back after missing 25"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW YORK — The Yankees<\/a> activated Cody Bellinger<\/a> from the injured list Sunday after the outfielder missed 25 games with a strained left hamstring.<\/p>\n

Bellinger batted fourth and started in left field for his first game since July 25 in Philadelphia<\/a>. Bellinger suffered a Grade 2 strain after running the bases following a double and the Yankees said he would miss four to six weeks.<\/p>\n

“Very excited,” manager Aaron Boone said before the finale of a three-game series with Toronto. “He’s had a pretty good rehab process here and he’s got tested well enough the last two nights and obviously been able to get a handful of at-bats here. So I feel like he’s ready to roll and excited to get him back.”<\/p>\n

Bellinger is hitting .259 with 11 homers and 53 RBIs in 102 games this season. He batted .228 in New York’s first month after losing Aaron Judge<\/a> to a stress fracture in his right rib, but was hitting .372 in 12 games before getting injured, though he entered Sunday with a 31-game homerless streak — the second longest of his career.<\/p>\n

After batting .272 with 29 homers and 98 RBIs last season, Bellinger re-signed with the Yankees last winter for $162.5 million over five years and was the MVP of the All-Star Game on July 14 in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n

The Yankees went 14-11 in Bellinger’s absence and began Sunday three games behind the Rays<\/a> in the AL East. New acquisition Heliot Ramos<\/a> started 15 games in Bellinger’s absence and will likely see time in right field when the Yankees are facing a left-handed starter.<\/p>\n

To make room for Bellinger, Max Schuemann<\/a> was optioned back to Triple-A Scranton\/Wilkes Barre. Schuemann is hitting .194 in 42 games for the Yankees and was recalled Friday when Ryan McMahon<\/a> went on the IL with a sprained left thumb.<\/p>\n

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