Yankees' Jazz Chisholm Jr. Says MRI on Oblique Injury Revealed '3 High-Grade Tears'

New York Yankees infielder Jazz Chisholm Jr. suffered "three high-grade tears" in his right oblique, according to MLB.com's Bryan Hoch.

The extent of the injury was revealed in an MRI on Thursday, according to Hoch.

The Yankees subsequently placed Chisholm on the injured list retroactive to Wednesday, and manager Aaron Boone told reporters on Friday that Chisholm could miss four to six weeks.

Chisholm suffered the injury during a first-inning at-bat in the Yankees' 15-3 win over the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday. He told reporters on Saturday that the injury feels better than how "it looks on the scan."

"Three. Three different ones," Chisholm said about the tears. "That's why I'm really surprised about where it's at, because it doesn't feel like three. Doesn't even feel like as bad as the first time I tore my oblique two years ago."

Chisholm told reporters he's focused on strengthening and core exercises while recovering from the injury.

"Kind of a day-to-day process, right now, just seeing how it feels every day, see if it just keeps getting better every day like how it has been," Chisholm said.

Chisholm said the four-to-six week recovery timeline is "what we're planning on trying to get to, if not before."

Chisholm said after the game that he felt the injury while swinging at a foul ball on the first pitch he faced during Tuesday's game in Baltimore.

He stayed in the game to hit a triple before he was replaced by a pinch runner and taken out at the recommendation of his coaches, per Hoch.

Chisholm has had an inconsistent start to the season so far, slashing .181/.304/.410 with seven home runs through 30 games.

His move to the IL coincided with the recall of infielder Jorbit Vivas from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.

Vivas, who made his MLB debut on Friday, will get the chance to "play a lot" in Chisholm's absence, Yankees manager Aaron Boone told reporters on Friday. The infielder is ranked as the No. 19 prospect in the organization by MLB Pipeline.