NEW YORK -- New York Yankees first baseman Anthony Rizzo is scheduled to start baseball activities on Sunday after getting a blood patch to aid in his recovery from an epidural injection to treat his ailing lower back.
The slugging first baseman received the epidural injection on Thursday to help with his chronic lower-back tightness, which led him to miss four games in early July and another five games in early August. Nonetheless, Rizzo was not placed on the injured list until Sept. 6 (retroactive to Sept. 3) after he was unable to engage in baseball activities due to migraines that stemmed from the epidural.