Saturday\u2019s 9-4 loss to the Phillies<\/a>. \u201cI never really had any elbow issues or anything like that, so you never know what you\u2019re getting into.<\/p>\n\u201cBut I\u2019m glad. It just is what it is.\u201d<\/p>\n
Aaron Judge suffered a flexor strain in his right arm. Robert Sabo for NY Post<\/p>\n
Aaron Boone said Judge likely will return as a designated hitter and then ramp up his throwing routine, perhaps as soon as the IL stint is completed. He added that Giancarlo Stanton might get some work and eventually see some action in the outfield until Judge is able to play defense again.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo acute injury to the UCL, so I think overall that\u2019s good news,\u201d Boone said. \u201cPart of this is with this strain, if he goes out there and plays with it, he could put that UCL in jeopardy. So we gotta get that healed up \u2026 and hopefully a few days in, he\u2019ll start swinging the bat again.\u201d<\/p>\n
The slugger winced after making a throw Tuesday night in Toronto, and said he felt it again on another throw later that night.<\/p>\n
The seven-time All-Star served as the DH Wednesday against the Blue Jays, but he returned to right field in the series opener Friday night against the Phillies.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just felt a little something trying to throw out a runner at the plate in Toronto, but you feel stuff throughout your whole body throughout a whole season and don\u2019t really think much of it,\u201d said Judge, who was seen before Saturday\u2019s game by team doctor Christopher Ahmad. \u201cIt was just not being able to throw the past couple of days.<\/p>\n
Aaron Judge #99 of the New York Yankees in the dugout after he scores on his 350th homer, a two-run shot during the 9th inning. Jason Szenes \/ New York Post<\/p>\n
\u201cI was pretty adamant about playing [Friday], but if I had to make a play for the team, not being able to do it, that kind of hurt.\u201d<\/p>\n
Losses the past two days dropped the skidding Yanks\u2019 record to 14-23 since June 13, and left them a season-high 6 \u00b9\/\u2082 games behind the first-place Blue Jays in the AL East entering Toronto\u2019s game Saturday night in Detroit.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019re gonna be just fine, guys are gonna step up,\u201d Judge said. \u201cBut I wanted to be out there for the team, and do my thing \u2026 especially this time of year. So you\u2019re upset. You always want to be out there playing.\u201d<\/p>\n
Aaron Judge hits a SAC fly allowing New York Yankees first baseman Ben Rice to score during the 7th inning at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York, USA, Friday, July 25, 2025. JASON SZENES\/ NY POST<\/p>\n
Judge flirted with hitting .400 through the first two months of the regular season, and he still leads the majors at .342 with 37 home runs, two behind league leader Cal Raleigh of the Mariners.<\/p>\n
Judge leads the majors in batting average, on-base percentage (.449), slugging percentage (.711) and OPS (1.160), and his AL-high total of 85 RBIs has him in the running for the triple crown.<\/p>\n
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The 33-year-old Judge has missed significant time to injuries multiple times in parts of 10 seasons in The Bronx, including lengthy absences due to wrist and shoulder ailments.<\/p>\n
The Yanks signed Judge to a nine-year contract worth a team record $360 million after he eclipsed Roger Maris\u2019 AL record with 62 home runs in 2022. The seven-time All-Star fell a few homers short of matching that number last season with 58 in his second MVP campaign.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was OK with [the diagnosis], especially when you may fear the worst,\u201d Boone said. \u201cSo I think all in all we got good news today, but as you guys know he wants to be out there every single day. He wanted to play today.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut he\u2019s onboard and understands and hopefully this is something that serves everyone well, and this 10-day, two-week period is a good healing time.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There was a feeling of relief more than devastation Saturday with the Yankees after Aaron Judge learned his…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":95411,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[3090,5229,1266,405,403,2228,5226,5225,5228,5227,62,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-95410","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-aaron-judge","9":"tag-america","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-city","13":"tag-new-york-yankees","14":"tag-newyork","15":"tag-newyorkcity","16":"tag-ny","17":"tag-nyc","18":"tag-sports","19":"tag-united-states","20":"tag-united-states-of-america","21":"tag-unitedstates","22":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","23":"tag-us","24":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114922401567321547","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95410","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=95410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95410\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}