Washed out. A terrible investment. Injury-prone. A walking disabled-list waste of life.
Each of these terms can be used to describe beleaguered New York Yankees outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury. The veteran missed the entire 2018 season with hip and oblique injuries, and the saga isn’t over yet.
Per manager Aaron Boone in his first press conference of 2019, Ellsbury is dealing with plantar fasciitis. As a result, Ellsbury will keep recovering at his Arizona home and won’t report to Spring Training until March.
GM Brian Cashman later confirmed Ellsbury’s injury to reporters, including Dan Martin of The New York Post:
“It didn’t make sense for him to come out here at this point,’’ said Cashman, who added the plantar fasciitis popped up again “four or five weeks ago’’ after he began running on an anti-gravity machine.