DENVER — Josh Donaldson is headed for an MRI exam, and possibly the injured list.
The veteran third baseman sustained a right calf injury while running out a ground ball in the seventh inning of the Yankees’ 6-3 win over the Rockies at Coors Field on Saturday night.
Donaldson came up hobbling halfway down the line after tweaking the calf before he jogged off the field gingerly.
“We’ll see,” manager Aaron Boone said. “He’s going to get testing and stuff, but it wasn’t great.”
Donaldson, who missed nearly two months with a hamstring strain earlier this season, also tweaked his calf last weekend against the Cubs but in a different spot, according to Boone.
“It’s been kind of off and on all year,” Boone said.
Asked if the Yankees would summon a player from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Sunday in case Donaldson has to go on the IL, Boone said “maybe.”
Donaldson, who served as the Yankees’ DH for the fourth straight game, went 0-for-4 and is now hitting just .142 on the season with a .659 OPS.
Aaron Judge took batting practice on the field for a second straight day, continuing to make progress in his rehab from a torn ligament in his right big toe.
“He did more stuff today moving around and running,” Boone said. “It went well.”
Jonathan Loaisiga (elbow surgery) is getting close to facing live hitters, according to Boone. The right-hander could return to the bullpen at some point in August if everything continues to go as planned.
The Yankees expect Frankie Montas (shoulder surgery) to join them in Anaheim during their next series, against the Angels.
The rehabbing right-hander is scheduled to see Dr. Neal ElAttrache, who is based in Los Angeles and performed Montas’ arthroscopic surgery in February.
Boone, who said the appointment was a follow-up, added that Montas has not yet advanced to throwing off the mound.
Montas “had a couple days where he wasn’t throwing,” Boone said, but he has since resumed playing catch after he started his throwing program on May 30.
