{"id":126542,"date":"2025-08-07T14:27:21","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T14:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/126542\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T14:27:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T14:27:21","slug":"aaron-judge-returns-to-yankees-lineup-in-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/126542\/","title":{"rendered":"Aaron Judge returns to Yankees’ lineup in Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) \u2014 Aaron Judge was back in the lineup as the designated hitter for the New York Yankees on Tuesday night following a 10-day stint on the injured list<\/a> with a flexor tendon strain in his right elbow.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s still no clarity on when the All-Star slugger will return to the outfield.<\/p>\n

Judge went 0 for 3 batting third in a 2-0 loss to the Texas Rangers<\/a>. Manager Aaron Boone said Judge is supposed to start a throwing program Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Boone all but ruled out Judge returning to the outfield as early as the next couple of days.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t want to get ahead of myself,\u201d Boone said. \u201cSee how that first day goes. From there, we\u2019ll probably have a better idea after a day or two of that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked how long he thought the first throwing program would last, Judge said, \u201cNo idea. But we\u2019ll see how it goes tomorrow and hopefully I can get out there. Because we need all the big boys in the lineup.\u201d<\/p>\n

Boone said the leading hitter in the majors came away from a trip to the team\u2019s spring training facility in Tampa, Florida, ready to swing the bat \u2014 and test the capabilities of his arm.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think he\u2019s been pretty upbeat about it,\u201d Boone said. \u201cI think down in Tampa, did a lot of things. Didn\u2019t throw, but did a lot of things in kind of preparation for that throwing. So far, so good. So hopefully when he does start that throwing program, it goes well and he can progress fairly quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Judge played for the first time since July 25<\/a> coming off the elbow strain. An MRI showed no acute damage to his ulnar collateral ligament and he had a platelet-rich injection July 27, when he was placed on the IL in a move retroactive to the previous day. The first time Judge said he felt pain in the elbow was July 22 at Toronto, after he made a strong throw home when George Springer singled to right.<\/p>\n

Judge is hitting .339, still comfortably leading the majors, is tied for fourth with 37 homers and is fifth with 85 RBIs.<\/p>\n

New York has lost five in a row, and the Yankees have fallen to third place in the AL East behind Toronto and Boston. They were in first place to start July, but are six games behind the Blue Jays. They hold the second wild-card spot but are just a half-game ahead of the Rangers, who have spent most of the season under .500.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve got some work to do,\u201d Judge said. \u201cA lot of things to clean up. But the boys in here are fired up to change all that and get things right. We\u2019ve got a great ballclub in here. It\u2019s a lot of mistakes all around. Some mental mistakes, some physical mistakes. We\u2019ve got to fix them now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Judge\u2019s return was part of a bevy of roster moves, headlined by the Yankees sending reliever Jake Bird to Triple-A Scranton\/Wilkes-Barre just five days after acquiring the right-hander from Colorado before the trade deadline.<\/p>\n

Bird allowed seven runs \u2014 six earned \u2014 in two innings over his first three appearances with the Yankees, capped by Josh Jung\u2019s three-run homer in the 10th inning of the Rangers\u2019 8-5 victory in the series opener. <\/p>\n

\u201cI think he got quite a bit of work there in the first half, a lot of success,\u201d Boone said. \u201cAnd he\u2019s had some struggles lately. We still think really highly of him and think he\u2019s not only going to help us this year in the short term but certainly in the long term, too. So hopefully this is something that does give him that little bit of a reset.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Yankees put newly acquired outfielder Austin Slater on the IL with a left hamstring strain. Slater, traded by the Chicago White Sox last week, exited in the second inning Monday night after running out a fielder\u2019s choice grounder.<\/p>\n

New York also activated right-hander Mark Leiter Jr., who has been out almost a month with a stress fracture in his leg. Right-hander Yerry de los Santos was recalled from Triple-A Scranton\/Wilkes-Barre and right-hander JT Brubaker was designated for assignment.<\/p>\n

Giancarlo Stanton, who has been the Yankees\u2019 starting DH for all of his 32 games this season, was displaced by Judge in the lineup. His 10th homer was a two-run shot in the fourth Monday that gave the Yankees a 5-4 lead over the Rangers. He missed the first 70 games<\/a> of the season with inflammation in the tendons of both elbows.<\/p>\n

Stanton was the potential tying run as a pinch-hitter in the ninth Tuesday night, but grounded into a double play started by a diving stop from Texas shortstop Corey Seager.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s the tough part,\u201d Boone said before the game. \u201cG\u2019s been in such a good place now for really most of the time he\u2019s been back. Just feel like he\u2019s putting together real consistent at-bats where he\u2019s a real threat all the time. That\u2019ll be tough to navigate these first few days.\u201d<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

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