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The Guardian
3 days ago
- Sport
- The Guardian
Yankees' Aaron Judge heads to injured list but avoids serious elbow damage
Yankees captain Aaron Judge, his teammates and New York's fan base exhaled Saturday when the two-time AL MVP learned he has a flexor strain in his right elbow but no acute damage to his ulnar collateral ligament that might cause a long-term layoff. Judge was sent for an MRI on Saturday and missed just his second game this season, a 9-4 loss to Philadelphia. He had a platelet-rich plasma injection and will go on the injured list but hopes to return to action in 10 days to two weeks, initially as a designated hitter. 'You never want to go in the tube. It's never fun. You don't know what's going to show up,' Judge said. 'That's why I kind of pushed off a lot of that imaging and stuff like that because if I don't what's going on, it can't hurt you, I guess.' Judge leads the major leagues with a .342 batting average and 1.160 OPS. He has 37 home runs and 85 RBIs for a New York team that opened a seven-game AL East lead by late May but started Saturday a season-high 5 1/2 games back of first-place Toronto. 'All in all, we got good news today,' Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. 'I think all of us kind of feared the worst.' Knowing how tough Judge is, Boone had been worried. Judge told Boone of throwing difficulty during Friday's 12-5 loss to Philadelphia. 'I couldn't throw past 60 feet,' Judge said. 'We're going up against a Phillies team, they can hit the ball over the park. I just didn't want to put our pitchers in jeopardy, just not be able to come up and make a play for them.' Boone received results of the scan just before the start of Saturday's game, when team officials were getting some more evaluation. Because pain impacted his throwing but not hitting, Judge fought going on the IL. 'With that strain, then if you go out there and play with it you put the UCL in jeopardy, so we got to get that healed up,' Boone said. Boone said it was too soon to determine whether highly regarded prospect Spencer Jones will be brought up from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Judge likely won't throw for 10 to 14 days, then will need a few days throwing to build back arm strength before returning to the outfield. 'I really was reluctant about going on any IL or anything like that,' Judge said. 'I was like, 'If I can hit, let me hit.'' he said. 'I'll start DHing, I think, once this 10th day is up.' Giancarlo Stanton, the team's primary DH, will start to work out in the outfield next week in order to help fill in for Judge. 'It's never a relief knowing he's going to be out at all, but for what it is, I guess you could say best case,' Stanton said. Judge said he first felt the pain in the sixth inning of Tuesday's game at Toronto, when George Springer singled to right in the sixth inning off Jonathan Loáisiga. Judge made a strong throw home in an attempt to prevent the tying run, but Davis Schneider just beat catcher Austin Wells' tag. An inning later, Judge winced after catching Alejandro Kirk's seventh-inning fly in the right-field corner and throwing to second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr as Dante Bichette tagged up and went from second to third. Judge was seen by a Yes Network camera clenching his right hand in a fist. 'He's about as tough as they come and for him to even show any vulnerability or pain or whatever,' Boone said. 'I knew we had an issue probably. And so any time you can fear the worst with that, but that's why you wait to react, though. ... We got the MRI and got a clear diagnosis with it.'
Fox News
3 days ago
- Sport
- Fox News
Yankees place Aaron Judge on 10-day IL as slugger avoids worst
The New York Yankees placed Aaron Judge on the 10-day injured list on Sunday with a right flexor strain as fears were calmed over speculation that the injury could have been more serious. An MRI showed that Judge did not have any acute damage to his ulnar collateral ligament, which would have likely required Tommy John surgery and an extended stay on the IL. He missed just his second game of the season as the team lost to the Philadelphia Phillies. He had a platelet-rich plasma injection, and he could return to action anywhere from 10 to 14 days. "You never want to go in the tube. It's never fun. You don't know what's going to show up," Judge said. "That's why I kind of pushed off a lot of that imaging and stuff like that, because if I don't know what's going on, it can't hurt you, I guess." Yankees manager Aaron Boone breathed a sigh of relief. "All in all, we got good news today," he said. "I think all of us kind of feared the worst." Judge admitted to Boone on Friday that he had been having trouble throwing past 60 feet. "We're going up against a Phillies team, they can hit the ball over the park. I just didn't want to put our pitchers in jeopardy, just not be able to come up and make a play for them," he said. The roster decision was retroactive to Saturday, and the Yankees traded for Amed Rosario, who the team acquired in a deal with the Washington Nationals, to take his spot. Judge was putting together another MVP-like season. He won the American League MVP last season and in 2022. This year, Judge is leading the majors in batting average (.342), on-base percentage (.449), slugging percentage (.711), OPS (1.160) and hits (129). He has 37 home runs and 85 RBI. The Yankees could use him back soon. The team is 56-48 and in second place in the American League East.
Fox News
4 days ago
- Sport
- Fox News
Aaron Judge to be Placed on the Injured List
Yankee's manager Aaron Boone announces Aaron Judge has a flexor strain in his right elbow and will be placed on the IL. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit
The Guardian
4 days ago
- Sport
- The Guardian
Yankees' Aaron Judge heads to injured list but avoids serious elbow damage
Yankees captain Aaron Judge, his teammates and New York's fan base exhaled Saturday when the two-time AL MVP learned he has a flexor strain in his right elbow but no acute damage to his ulnar collateral ligament that might cause a long-term layoff. Judge was sent for an MRI on Saturday and missed just his second game this season, a 9-4 loss to Philadelphia. He had a platelet-rich plasma injection and will go on the injured list but hopes to return to action in 10 days to two weeks, initially as a designated hitter. 'You never want to go in the tube. It's never fun. You don't know what's going to show up,' Judge said. 'That's why I kind of pushed off a lot of that imaging and stuff like that because if I don't what's going on, it can't hurt you, I guess.' Judge leads the major leagues with a .342 batting average and 1.160 OPS. He has 37 home runs and 85 RBIs for a New York team that opened a seven-game AL East lead by late May but started Saturday a season-high 5 1/2 games back of first-place Toronto. 'All in all, we got good news today,' Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. 'I think all of us kind of feared the worst.' Knowing how tough Judge is, Boone had been worried. Judge told Boone of throwing difficulty during Friday's 12-5 loss to Philadelphia. 'I couldn't throw past 60 feet,' Judge said. 'We're going up against a Phillies team, they can hit the ball over the park. I just didn't want to put our pitchers in jeopardy, just not be able to come up and make a play for them.' Boone received results of the scan just before the start of Saturday's game, when team officials were getting some more evaluation. Because pain impacted his throwing but not hitting, Judge fought going on the IL. 'With that strain, then if you go out there and play with it you put the UCL in jeopardy, so we got to get that healed up,' Boone said. Boone said it was too soon to determine whether highly regarded prospect Spencer Jones will be brought up from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Judge likely won't throw for 10 to 14 days, then will need a few days throwing to build back arm strength before returning to the outfield. 'I really was reluctant about going on any IL or anything like that,' Judge said. 'I was like, 'If I can hit, let me hit.'' he said. 'I'll start DHing, I think, once this 10th day is up.' Giancarlo Stanton, the team's primary DH, will start to work out in the outfield next week in order to help fill in for Judge. 'It's never a relief knowing he's going to be out at all, but for what it is, I guess you could say best case,' Stanton said. Judge said he first felt the pain in the sixth inning of Tuesday's game at Toronto, when George Springer singled to right in the sixth inning off Jonathan Loáisiga. Judge made a strong throw home in an attempt to prevent the tying run, but Davis Schneider just beat catcher Austin Wells' tag. An inning later, Judge winced after catching Alejandro Kirk's seventh-inning fly in the right-field corner and throwing to second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr as Dante Bichette tagged up and went from second to third. Judge was seen by a Yes Network camera clenching his right hand in a fist. 'He's about as tough as they come and for him to even show any vulnerability or pain or whatever,' Boone said. 'I knew we had an issue probably. And so any time you can fear the worst with that, but that's why you wait to react, though. ... We got the MRI and got a clear diagnosis with it.'
Yahoo
4 days ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
Yankees' Aaron Judge diagnosed with flexor strain, will be placed on IL
The New York Yankees are losing their MVP to the injured list, according to manager Aaron Boone. Aaron Judge, New York's superstar slugger and leading candidate in the AL MVP race, will be placed on the injured list with a flexor strain in his right elbow, Boone told reporters on Saturday. There is no tear to the UCL. The expectation is that Judge will only need 10 days away from the team and when he is available will ease back into the lineup as a designated hitter while beginning to throw before eventually returning to the outfield. [Join or create a Yahoo Fantasy Football league for the 2025 NFL season] Judge sat out Saturday's 9-4 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies due to an "elbow issue," as manager Aaron Boone described it beforehand. Boone added that Judge "couldn't really throw from the outfield" and underwent an MRI. It's unclear exactly when Judge initially suffered the injury. Judge was seen wincing and gripping his right hand after a throw during Tuesday night's win over the Toronto Blue Jays. The following day he did not play right field but served as designated hitter. Boone said the slugger was "OK." Since Tuesday, Judge was 1-for-10 at the plate; the lone hit was a home run in an 8-4 defeat to the Blue Jays on Wednesday. Saturday's game was the first he's missed all season. Judge is in an MVP race with Seattle Mariners star catcher Cal Raleigh. In 103 games, Judge leads the majors in batting average (.342), OPB (.449), slugging (.711) and OPS (1.160). Raleigh leads the majors in homers (39) and entered Saturday trailing Judge's 84 RBI by one.
