Yankees' Anthony Rizzo shut down with post-concussion syndrome

NEW YORK -- Yankees first baseman Anthony Rizzo will miss the remainder of the season with post-concussion syndrome.

"Anthony is going to be shut down for the year," New York manager Aaron Boone said before Tuesday night's game against Detroit. "I would say everything is going well. His most recent checkup was all of the things we're looking for as far as there's improvements and where he is, but still hadn't been cleared yet to play.

"So they want to do at least another checkup in probably another couple of weeks. So we were just kind of up against the clock, but he's continuing to work out. He's continuing to make all the right cognitive improvements."

Rizzo was placed on the injured list…