Yankees’ Oswaldo Cabrera begins doctor visits as potential surgery looms after gruesome injury

SEATTLE — Oswaldo Cabrera has begun visiting doctors back in New York, but there are more left to see before he makes a decision on surgery.

The Yankees utilityman, who broke his ankle in a gruesome play at the plate Monday night at T-Mobile Park, flew back home on Tuesday and then saw the first ankle specialist on Wednesday morning, with an MRI on tap.

But Cabrera is scheduled to gather multiple opinions from different doctors, manager Aaron Boone said Wednesday, to figure out exactly how he will proceed.

Yankees utilityman Oswaldo Cabrera suffers an ankle injury on May 12, 2025. Getty Images

Boone had said on Tuesday that surgery was potentially “in play” as early as Thursday, but it remains to be seen when that will happen.

If and when Cabrera does undergo the knife, what it looks like in there around his ankle — i.e. if there is any ligament damage or how complicated the fracture is — will determine whether or not he has any chance of playing again this season.

Oswaldo Cabrera is loaded into an ambulance after suffering an injury on May 12, 2025. Getty Images

“I think everything’s on the table until we get all the opinions,” Boone said Wednesday morning. “And then if we do surgery, what exactly is in there? And then you have a better idea of the timeline.”