The 37-year-old Goldschmidt, who signed a one-year, $12.5 million deal over the winter to be the Yankees' primary first baseman, has been among the club’s offensive standouts this spring, hitting .323 with three homers and a 1.259 OPS in 12 games. The four-time Gold Glove award winner has been his usual solid self in the field.

That’s why alarms went off for Yankees fans when Goldschmidt was subbed out of Monday’s 6-5 walk-off loss to the Blue Jays in the bottom of the third. Goldschmidt revealed that he exited the game with a sore back.

Goldschmidt left the game after the third inning, which caused concern. However, Goldschmidt reassured everyone after his exit that he left the game early for precautionary reason