Betances’ lost season

NEW YORK — As CC Sabathia walked off the mound Wednesday night, the first person to greet him was Dellin Betances. The big Yankees reliever was wearing a large walking boot on his left foot that went almost to his knee. That is to protect the Achilles tendon he partially tore on Sunday and will keep him out of the rest of the season.

The emotional moment when Sabathia hugged his teammates, in likely his final Yankee Stadium start, was the first glimpse we’ve had of Betances since his injury was announced.

It was a sobering sight, but he will not need surgery, according to manager Aaron Boone.

“Dellin saw Dr. (Martin) O’Malley for a second opinion. He is not recommending surgery as well. So I believe he’ll be a walking boot for another four weeks and then they’ll kind of reevaluate where he is,” Boone said. “But the belief is he would not need surgery. I guess t hat could possibly change, but they feel pretty confident this is something that will not need surgery.”

According to Dr Brian Sennett, chair of Sports Medicine at Penn Medicine, Betances should be able to have a full recovery and be ready for spring training.

“Overall prognosis is good and he should be ready for spring training. Just poor timing to return this year due to the fact that the World Series will be over in approximately six weeks,” Sennett said.

That is approximately how long it takes the tendon to heal, he explained. Betances is “lucky” in that he did not completely rupture the tendon.

Judge rests: Aaron Judge was out of the lineup Thursday night after a rough landing on a diving catch in Wednesday night’s loss to the Angels at the Stadium. Judge dove to try and catch Albert Pujol’s fifth-inning single and then spent the rest of the inning trying to stretch the shoulder out.

It was a concern for Boone, but the Yankees slugger said he was fine and remained in the game. So Thursday’s day off was a precaution.