Oswaldo Cabrera’s highway to restoration has begun.
The Yankees’ beloved utilityman introduced he underwent profitable ankle surgical procedure Thursday after struggling a damaged ankle in a ugly play on the plate Monday evening in Seattle.
“My return to the sphere begins in the present day,” Cabrera wrote in an Instagram put up late Thursday evening.
“Because of you, I really feel extra motivated than ever. So, with the power l’ve all the time had and all this stunning power that you just all give to me, I inform you that I’ll return, and I’ll return even stronger to proceed giving my finest daily. I LOVE U.”
The Yankees anticipated the surgical procedure to find out whether or not or not Cabrera has an opportunity to play once more this season, based mostly on what the medical doctors discovered after they acquired a greater look inside.
It was not instantly clear if Cabrera suffered any ligament injury along with the fracture.
Within the meantime, Cabrera known as Monday “such a tragic evening” that originally left him with “many damaging ideas” after the painful damage occurred.
However he stated the outpouring of help he acquired from household, buddies, followers, brokers, coaches and teammates put a “large smile” on his face.
Plenty of Yankees gamers and staffers, together with Aaron Choose, Anthony Volpe and Aaron Boone, went to go to Cabrera within the hospital late Monday evening earlier than he was discharged.
Cabrera’s teammates have been distraught and crushed when he was taken off the sphere in an ambulance however gained some solace after they noticed him in good spirits later that evening or Tuesday morning within the resort foyer earlier than he flew again to New York.
“Possibly it’s as a result of it’s solely after going via one thing like this that you just understand the love that surrounds us,” Cabrera wrote.
“And TODAY, after a profitable surgical procedure with a superb medical group and God, with my mother and father, my fiancée and my agent, my coronary heart full of affection, I need to THANK YOU ALL. Thanks for worrying about me, for each message, for preserving me in your prayers, for making me really feel so supported. That is one thing that my household and I’ll always remember!”
