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<\/a><\/p>\nSEATTLE, WASHINGTON – MAY 12: Oswaldo Cabrera #95 of the New York Yankees is taken away in an ambulance during the ninth inning against the Seattle Mariners at T-Mobile Park on May 12, 2025 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Steph Chambers\/Getty Images) Getty Images<\/p>\n
After the game, many of his teammates \u2014 including Aaron Judge and Anthony Volpe \u2014 went to the hospital to visit him. Cabrera said that meant a lot to him.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s all that matters. That\u2019s why I love those guys so much,\u201d he said. \u201cIn the good times, they are there, but also in the bad times, they are there, too.\u201d<\/p>\n
The next day, Cabrera flew back to New York. He underwent surgery to repair the ankle on May 15th, thus ending his season. At the time, he was playing well, batting .243 (26-for-1o7) in 34 games with four doubles, one home run, 11 RBI, 11 walks and 17 runs. He was starting at third base, but also saw action at second base, left field and right field. Rehabbing the injury was hard, even for the always-upbeat Cabrera. But he worked his way back and continues to do so.<\/p>\n
\u201cObviously, it was a lot of things with the ankle and we are trying to fix it and get it better every single day,\u201d Cabrera said. \u201cEvery day is much better, but at the same time, the tough part is getting my rhythm back after a year of not doing baseball stuff. That\u2019s the challenge that I have right now. It\u2019s nothing I cannot do. That\u2019s why I come here every day and try my best every single day.\u201d<\/p>\n
Often in football, running backs who are returning from a knee injury must make that first cut or take that first hit to know mentally that they are fully recovered. For Cabrera, the biggest obstacle at spring training he had to overcome in his mind was sliding.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was running 100 percent, I was doing everything 100 percent. Now let\u2019s see how it feels sliding the bases,\u201d he said. \u201cThat was the biggest step. I was in a short distance and coming in slow and sliding. After the first one or two, I was like, \u2018No, I have to do it real.\u2019 So I went and ran like normal and sliding. After that, it was like, I\u2019m good.\u201d<\/p>\n
Perhaps the biggest thing the 27-year-old Venezuelan gained from going through the injury was a greater appreciation for baseball.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s made me feel blessed every single day to play,\u201d Cabrera said. \u201cPitch by pitch I feel blessed.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Yankees optioned Cabrera to the RailRaiders in March. He appeared in 32 of the team\u2019s first 36 games and batted .217 (26-for-120) with six doubles, one triple, two home runs, 12 RBI and 13 walks.<\/p>\n
While it is not exactly the start to the season he hoped for, Cabrera is starting to show signs of breaking out. He has hit safely in seven of his first eight games in May, including a combined 5-for-6 effort with four doubles in a doubleheader on May 1st against the Buffalo Bisons.<\/p>\n
One thing Cabrera is not doing is using his injury as an excuse for his slow start.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m just trying to find the best version of what I am,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019ve been trying different things at the plate. That\u2019s why we are maybe not at the spot we want. But I know I\u2019m going to get there. I\u2019ve been there before, so I\u2019m not worried. I know I can make it happen.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"May 12th marks an anniversary that Oswaldo Cabrera isn\u2019t necessarily celebrating. It was on that day last year…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":188659,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179,68986,65905],"class_list":["post-188658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news","tag-yankees-minor-league-recaps","tag-yankees-prospects"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188658"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188658\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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