We lastly discovered the true nature of Aaron Judge’s toe harm on Saturday.
The Yankees celebrity slugger advised reporters forward of Saturday afternoon’s recreation in opposition to the Rangers that he has greater than only a sprain, he has a torn ligament in his massive proper toe.
He stated he’s nonetheless coping with ache when he walks. The information comes two days after the Yankees had stated Judge might probably begin baseball actions this weekend.
Judge, who was formally positioned on the injured record on June 7 (retroactive to June 4), harm his toe when he made a spotlight reel catch on J.D. Martinez on June 3 in opposition to the Dodgers in Los Angeles and crashed via the portion of the outfield fence that doubled because the door to the Yankees’ bullpen.
“I’m not giving you any timeline,” Judge advised reporters on the Stadium. “There’s no need. I’ve just got to get better and then I’ll be out there.”
The Yankees desperately miss Judge’s presence within the lineup. He was hitting .291/.404/.674 with 19 house runs and 40 RBI in his first 49 video games for the Bombers.
“I don’t think too many people have torn a ligament in their toe,” Judge stated. “If it was a quad we’d have a better answer. If it’s an oblique or hamstring we got timelines for that. With how unique this injury is and it being my back foot which I push off of and run off of, it’s a tough spot.”
Somewhat over every week in the past Judge obtained a second PRP injection on the ailing toe.
Judge, who did rehab work in a pool on Wednesday, stated the following step is “maybe play catch, maybe take some dry swings.”
Judge cashed in on his record-breaking ‘22 campaign in which he broke Roger Maris’ American League house run file with 62 and was named the AL MVP when he signed a nine-year, $360 million contract in December. Later that month, Judge was named the sixteenth captain within the storied historical past of the franchise and first since Derek Jeter retired.
The Yankees (41-35) are a a lot totally different staff when their largest menace is sidelined by harm. Entering Saturday’s recreation, the Bombers are 10-16 this season with out Judge.
This is Judge’s second stint on the IL this season. He missed 10 video games at first of May after struggling a proper hip pressure attempting to steal third base in a recreation in opposition to the Minnesota Twins on April 26.
“He’s out right now,” Boone stated Saturday when quizzed about when Judge might return to motion. “So just trying to, obviously, get him well and back as soon as possible, but whether we had a defined day where he’d be back in, the reality is we’re without him right now and we got to find a way to get it done.”
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