Wang Injured During Finale

Chien-Ming Wang injured himself rounding 3rd and running home in the top of the 6th inning against the Houston Astros. As he neared home, he immediately began to limp and when he touched homeplate he was apparently favoring his right knee, although he also seemed to point to his shin area when the trainers ran out. Wang had to be helped off the field and while that sounds really bad, remember, he also just ran in from 3rd while injured (albeit slowly), so it’s not as if he couldn’t put any pressure on the leg at all. Eh, this is a tough break for Wang and the Yanks (he was pitching a gem). Hopefully he won’t miss more than a start or 2 (let’s hope that his knee is okay).

More on Wang’s injury later…

UPDATE – PA is reporting that the injury is to Wang’s foot. PA is also going worst case scenario, saying that Wang will likely be out for a long time. Honestly, I saw Albert Pujols run out of the batter’s box the other day and grab his leg. Then he hit the ground and had to be carried off the field. His injury was scary but was found out to be a strained calf. He’ll be out for about 3 weeks, which isn’t season-ending by any means (especially with the AS break coming up). I’m just trying to put things in perspective for Yankee fans before I jump to the worst possibly outcome (3 weeks isn’t that much time).

UPDATE – I’m not watching YES (MLB.TV doesn’t allow it), but I’m hearing that after the game, reports are that Wang has a “sprained foot” or that he sprained the “top of his foot”, which is obviously, very ambiguous. Hopefully, we’ll hear more definitive news by the end of the day. A sprain would be lovely though, given the alternatives that are being tossed around.

UPDATE – So the injury is currently being called a sprain and there was no damage to Wang’s achilles tendon or ankle. That eliminates some time consuming injuries but a bone fracture wasn’t ruled out. We’ll hear more tomorrow after the Yanks conduct some more tests on Wang. He’s currently in a soft cast and moving around albeit on crutches.