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Vlad Guerrero Jr.’s finger bloody mess after Yankees’ Aaron Hicks spiked him

Adam Weinrib
Adam Weinrib

Yanks Go Yard

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 12: Vladimir Guerrero Jr. #27 of the Toronto Blue Jays points during the bottom of the first inning of the game against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium on April 12, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Dustin Satloff/Getty Images)

The New York Yankees were victimized by Vlad Guerrero Jr.’s red hot bad in the top of the first inning on Wednesday evening before Aaron Hicks’ clean enacted some unintentional revenge.

After shortstop Bo Bichette corralled a Hicks grounder deep in the hole and lost his footing with two outs in the second, he attempted to throw the runner out, but ended up skipping the toss in the general direction of first base.

Guerrero Jr. nabbed it, but too late to record the out — and, unfortunately, right on time to put himself in the line of fire.

In an attempt to steady himself, the 2021 MVP placed his hand directly into the path of Hicks’ stride, and when the dust settled, one finger on his right hand was a bloody mess, massacred by a metal cleat.

Somehow, some way, Guerrero Jr. stayed in the game, despite this direct hit:

Yankees’ Aaron Hicks stomped on Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s finger

Would you like to see a closeup? Of course you wouldn’t.

But you’ll scroll anyway.

Believe it or not (of course you can believe it), Guerrero Jr. got his revenge immediately, because this is a Yankees game.

With two outs in the third, Gerrit Cole allowed a double into the gap off the bat of Bo Bichette, giving Guerrero Jr. the chance to absolutely destroy a two-run home run into the left-field bullpen despite actively missing the use of one of his fingers.

I mean … just look at this! Under 10 minutes after this digit was split, Guerrero was tomahawking a 99 MPH fastball in off the plate out of the ballpark.

Nothing Cole can do about that, but … also … shouldn’t he be able to do something about that?!

Hitting that pitch with that exit velocity with nine fingers should not be physically possible. Alas … Yankees rivals getting the last laugh. They always find a way.

What a painfully obvious, yet nearly physically impossible, outcome.

Adam Weinrib

Adam Weinrib

Adam Weinrib is a Content Director on the FanSided network, and has been the co-editor at Yanks Go Yard for 6 years. He also co-hosts The Baseball Insiders Podcast thrice weekly, alongside FanSided MLB insider Robert Murray, as well as the Yanks Go Yard Podcast. Previously, he was a Senior Editor at 12up.com, and has been covering MLB and NFL for 10 years. He was also a headline and features contributor at ClickHole and Onion Sports, as well as the Associate Producer of the ESPN 30 for 30 film "Believeland". An avowed fan of the New York sports teams -- specifically the Yankees -- as well as the North Carolina Tar Heels, you can find Adam complaining mid-game on Twitter, as well as on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn if the game goes really poorly.