TAMPA — For the second straight spring, Chase Hampton has a flexor strain, but this one might have some longer-lasting damage.
Hampton, one of the Yankees’ top pitching prospects, also “has something going on with the UCL,” manager Aaron Boone said in an update that did not sound promising, and was back in New York undergoing testing on Wednesday.
“We’ll see what we have here,” Boone said after workouts at Steinbrenner Field. “But having an uneven season last year with some injury, he’s pretty bummed about that.”
Hampton flashed in his first big league camp last year but then suffered a flexor strain late in camp after not recovering well from a live batting practice session.
He did not pitch until July and then had his season ended early by a groin strain.
The 23-year-old said last week he was hoping to advance to facing hitters if he got through his high-intensity bullpen session on Friday without issue, but instead it sent him for the MRI tube and likely a lengthy absence this season.
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