‘Punch in the face’: Yankees’ Harrison Bader reacts to surprise injury

TAMPA — It looked like a normal swing and miss. Yankees center fielder Harrison Bader whiffed on a 93.3-mph cutter from Cardinals right-hander Wilking Rodríguez, a strikeout to begin the fifth inning on Wednesday at Steinbrenner Field. Bader didn’t realize it at the time, but that was probably the last pitch he’ll see in Grapefruit League play this spring. The outfielder strained his left oblique on that pitch. He called the injury a “punch in the face” and a surprise on Saturday, speaking to reporters for the first time since...