The New York Yankees finally have a timeline for Cody Bellinger’s return to the lineup, and it is not the one the club had hoped for. With the August 3 trade deadline just a week away, the list of roster holes the Yankees need to address keeps growing. General manager Brian Cashman already has to shop for a bullpen arm, catching reinforcements, and an impact bat. Now, with Bellinger out for almost six weeks, the Yankees will also need help in the outfield.

Cody Bellinger pulled his hamstring while rounding first base in the eighth inning on Saturday. He initially stayed on the field despite the discomfort and waited until the inning was over before exiting the game. Once the game was over, Bellinger revealed it wasn’t the brightest idea he had at the moment.

“I think as the at-bat went on, I felt like it probably wasn’t the smartest decision to stay, you know what I mean?” Bellinger described, per YES Network on X. “So, at that point, I came to the dugout, and I was like, let’s just, let’s take it in.”

Though the outfielder initially thought he could power through the pain, it did not happen. After exiting the game early during the Yankees’ 3-1 win over the Phillies, Bellinger has been out of the lineup ever since. The Yankees had placed him on the 10-day IL and called up Spencer Jones to replace him on the roster.

The 31-year-old was scheduled to undergo further evaluation on Monday to determine the severity of his injury.

Before the Yankees took on the Chicago White Sox, manager Aaron Boone revealed that Bellinger has a Grade 2 hamstring strain. It means he will be out for four to six weeks while the Yankees try to hold on to their playoff spot.

“Grade 2 strain, so probably a 4-to-6-week situation,” Boone told the reporters, per SNY. “The good thing is he’s obviously able to move around right now, so we’ll continue to do that and just allow this thing to heal and get him right.”

Bellinger’s absence is a huge blow to the Yankees, with Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton still not having a timeline for return. Judge has not played a game since May 31, while Stanton has been out since April 24 with a calf strain. The Yankees need outfield help to get through the next few weeks.

“Obviously we’ve had some tough, tough injuries to some really important people,” Boone said. “But again, that is part of it. And as I said, the season waits for no one. It creates an opportunity, legitimately does, for one or more people to go plug that hole — to develop, to grow — and we feel very much that we have capable people out there, capable guys who are capable of going out there and performing at a high level. We’ve got to weather that storm, and confident we can do that.”

Following a mid-June slump that ended right before the All-Star break, Bellinger was batting .259 with 11 home runs and 53 RBIs. He has not hit a homer in a month. However, he was one of the best defensively, with 19 DRS.