Judge Aaron Injury: Yankees Place Illinois 10 Days of Slugger Hits
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The New York Yankees have been placed Judge Aaron Sunday’s 10-day injury list was accompanied by tension in the right flexor as fears subsided at speculation that the injury could be even more serious.
MRI showed that the judge had no acute damage to his ulnar collateral ligament. When the team lost, he missed only the second match of the season Philadelphia Phillies.
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New York Yankees Aaron Judge (99) celebrates in the dugout after hitting a two-run home run against the Toronto Blue Jays in the sixth inning in Toronto on Wednesday, July 23, 2025. (Jon Blacker/The Canadian Press via AP)
He was receiving platelet-rich plasma injections and was able to return to action for 10-14 days.
“You don’t want to go to the tube. That’s never fun. You don’t know what’s going to show up,” the judge said. “That’s why I pushed away a lot of that kind of imaging and stuff like that because if you don’t know what’s going on, it can’t hurt you.”
Yankees manager Aaron Boone sighed at Ahrelief.
“Overall, there was good news today,” he said. “I think we all feared the worst.”
The judge admitted to Boone on Friday that he struggled to throw past 60 feet.
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New York Yankees Aaron Judge leaves Trent Grisham from the left on Sunday, July 20, 2025 during a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
“We play against the Phillies team. They can hit the ball on the park. I didn’t want to put the pitcher in danger.
The roster decision was retroactive to Saturday, with the Yankees taking his place in a deal with Amed Rosario, which the team acquired on a contract with Washingtonians.
The judge had put together a season like another MVP. He won the American League MVP last season in 2022.
This year, judges lead majors with batting average (.342), on-base percentage (.449), slugging rate (.711), OPS (1.160), and hits (129). He has 37 home runs and 85 RBIs.
New York Yankees Judge Aaron will leave the field on Saturday, July 19, 2025, in nine innings of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves in Atlanta on Saturday, July 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
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Yankees I was able to use him right away. The team was 56-48 and finished second in the American League East.
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