As Yankees hitters wrapped up a meeting before Thursday’s series finale against the Guardians, Oswaldo Cabrera rolled into the clubhouse with his knee resting on a padded scooter.

“It’s so bad,” the utilityman said of life on wheels. “I don’t like it, but it is what it is. I have to do it, and I hope to be out of this scooter soon.”

Cabrera fractured his left ankle trying to score in Seattle on May 12 . The incident caused a somber scene near home plate, as Yankees teammates, coaches and personnel huddled around the always-affable 26-year-old before an ambulance took him off the field and to a nearby hospital.

On Thursday, Cabrera said the pain he felt that night was an 8-out-of-10. “It was a high number,” he added. Asked to recount the evening, he called it a “sad” one.

“It was

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