{"id":598028,"date":"2026-02-18T06:16:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T06:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/598028\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T06:16:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T06:16:15","slug":"yankees-news-judge-back-to-feeling-confident-in-elbow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/598028\/","title":{"rendered":"Yankees news: Judge back to feeling confident in elbow"},"content":{"rendered":"

New York Post | Greg Joyce<\/a>: Aaron Judge\u2019s barking elbow was a major concern for the Yankees last summer, with the ailment costing the captain some time and production in July and August. But after the season, team doctors told Judge he wouldn\u2019t require surgery, and Judge says his elbow is now fully good to go. \u201cIt\u2019s feeling great,\u201d Judge said on Monday. \u201cHaven\u2019t had any issues so far. I think we\u2019re ready to go. I\u2019m throwing out there confident\u201d.<\/p>\n

New York Daily News | Gary Phillips<\/a>: It wasn\u2019t too long ago that the Yankees were known for their super bullpens. A decade ago they trotted out the trio of Aroldis Chapman, Andrew Miller, and Dellin Betances, and a few years later they added big signings like Zack Britton and Adam Ottavino to the mix. These days, though, the Yankees don\u2019t spend on top dollar relief pitchers, preferring to stock the bullpen with a mix of trade acquisitions and lower-profile upside arms. Brian Cashman says it\u2019s not team policy to avoid top relievers on the free agent makers, but the proof is in the pudding: the Yankees haven\u2019t made a significant free agent relief signing since giving $27 million to Ottavino seven years ago.<\/p>\n

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FanGraphs | Eric Longenhagen<\/a>: We\u2019ve got another Top 100 prospect list for your perusal, this time from FanGraphs. Konnor Griffin comes in at number one, the Pirates infielder solidifying himself as the best prospect in the sport. As for the Yankees, it\u2019s the same story we\u2019ve heard across the board this offseason, as there\u2019s some really exciting premium talent at the top of the farm system, but a lack of depth after that. George Lombard Jr. is unsurprisingly the top-ranked Yankee, though Longenhagen and Co. are a bit lower on him than some other prospect hounds, putting Lombard at 49. Elmer Rodr\u00edguez, Dax Kilby, and Carlos Lagrange follow Lombard in short order.<\/p>\n

SNY | Tom Hanslin<\/a>: A small but important injury update here, as Cam Schlittler threw a bullpen session yesterday. The right-hander was dealing with a back inflammation last week when he reported to camp and had been throwing off flat ground, so it\u2019s good to see that he\u2019s right back throwing off a mound just a few days later. \u201cWent good. Something we weren\u2019t overly concerned about, just being where we are in the calendar,\u201d Aaron Boone said. \u201cJust wanted to make sure it didn\u2019t turn into something bigger. Everything went well, accordingly.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York Post | Greg Joyce: Aaron Judge\u2019s barking elbow was a major concern for the Yankees last…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":598029,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[41],"tags":[3090,257851,3960,40617,257853,723,257852,10626,1266,2228,62,9073,67,132,68,227009],"class_list":["post-598028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-aaron-judge","tag-adam-ottavino","tag-aroldis-chapman","tag-cam-schlittler","tag-dellin-betances","tag-florida","tag-george-m-steinbrenner-field","tag-giancarlo-stanton","tag-mlb","tag-new-york-yankees","tag-sports","tag-tampa","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us","tag-zack-britton"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116090174533493213","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=598028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598028\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/598029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=598028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=598028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=598028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}