July 27: The Yankees announced that Judge has been placed on the 10-day disabled list. Infielder Tyler Wade is up from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to take his spot on the roster for the time being. The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal first reported (via Twitter) that Wade would be recalled.
July 26: The Yankees announced after tonight’s game that an MRI revealed a chip fracture in Aaron Judge’s right wrist — specifically, in the ulnar styloid bone. He’ll head to the disabled list and won’t be able to swing a bat for an estimated three weeks, though he won’t require surgery. Judge sustained the injury when he was hit on the wrist by an errant fastball from Royals righty Jakob Junis.
Obviously, the significance of any absence for Judge can’t be undersold when the Yankees are just four and a half games back from the Red Sox for the division lead in the American League East, though surely the Yankees are breathing at least a mild sigh of relief. Given the proximity of the fracture to Judge’s hamate bone, the 2017 AL MVP runner up could’ve faced a considerably more significant stay on the disabled list and surgical repair if the pitch had caused a hamate fracture.
That said, Judge is in the midst of yet another brilliant season, hitting .285/.398/.548 with 26 home runs. He’s leading the team in that category as well as on-base percentage, slugging percentage and RBIs, among other offensive categories. With Judge on the shelf, the Yankees will presumably deploy Giancarlo Stanton as the primary right fielder, with Brett Gardner in left and Aaron Hicks in center field.
Were Judge in line for a lengthier absence, it’d be conceivable that Yankees GM Brian Cashman would be motivated to add a bat to replace the lost production. But with Judge apparently likely to return by mid-August, it’s unlikely that the injury will prompt a significant move; even after Judge had sustained his injury, for instance, Fancred’s Jon Heyman tweeted that while the Yankees have considered Mike Moustakas previously, they still believe his asking price to be too high. Furthermore, Joel Sherman of the New York Post tweets that he suspects the Yankees will stick with internal options rather than pursuing even stopgap options on the trade market (e.g. Cameron Maybin, Jose Bautista).
Imagine if Cashman got Harper now
Shades of what happened to Jim Rice late in the ’75 season come to mind MB?
Wasn’t alive then.
lol, sweet!!
it was some good times
Very strange how people down vote your comment historically referencing an injury that was similar to Judge’s, and had very real impact on the 1975 season… but ignorance is bliss
Sorry, but the mention of Jim Rice puts fear in me. Wicked Fear.
Funny I don’t remember a Jim Rice ever playing for the Yankees.
He didn’t, he beat them so badly in his career, it felt like he owned them. .330 .387 .582 .968 Wowsers
and like Judge, neither of them hit outside their little league-sized home field ballparks
Do you baseball much ? Judge has hit the longest home runs ever at Citi Field and Safeco and has the only one ever to hit the roof in Miami. Maybe you should stick to another sport…
Here we go. Really man? Don’t be butthurt cuz Judge is the man
Guess ur another never saw Rice or would realize ur comment is 100% wrong in HIS case. Rice lost many HR’s that turned into singles because of the wall. His power was to LF, but he hit hard liners that mostly had fairly low trajectory. His power played everywhere.
Make such a negative and untrue comment with regards to a HOF player, make sure witnessed them.
Timing is everything. Rice was injured at the end of the year and missed the full playoffs. For those too young to remember, view the Time-Life DVD set of the series. Quality is what it is but 40+ years later it still shines among all of the best played Series. Cecil Cooper was also young but he was overmatched as his replacement.
Rice played on the BoSox his entire career…
Interesting! Instead of throwing top prospects to the Nationals I’m sure Cashman would wait till off season to make such a huge move.
Geeze, where is Manny when you need him??
I am waiting for replies that says LAD
Can see Moustakas!!
Matt Adams name drop.
You know Harper is hitting .216 right?
I’m glad someone finally said it
MB,
Ya just never know with Cashman, lol
What an awesome thought.
Does this suck? Of course it does. But you still have an entire starting OF in Gardner-Hicks-Stanton. The Yankees will just have to bring someone up, probably Frazier when healthy, or Torreyes or Austin.
omg, lol, all three of these players still do not make 1 JUDGE.
We will survive is my point
It was meant to be we got Stanton
Rosenthal just made a statement on the MLB NET.
that Cashman might find a righty hitter who can contribute. He likes to fix things..
Can you imagine how Judge feels? Does anyone think he could have surpassed his 2017 season. I feel terrible for him and Sonny who happens to be coming along!! Hope his thumb is okay!
Grab SDP’s Wil Myers
They’re all worth 2.8 WAR so they are worth one Judge plus 2.9 wins.
Wow … who’s next?
Saw this live, and it could have been so much worse.
This team’s depth will now be tested, Fortunately, OF is one Yankees’ deepest position, alongside the game’s best Bullpen (Yank Bullpen going at a historic rate) Get better soon Judge.
I too saw it live, and Judge should have turned his back. It’s instinct, I know, I get it
Perhaps the most astonishing part:
“Aaron Judge fractured his wrist, but stayed in long enough to hit a single, round the bases, and score.”
deadspin.com/aaron-judge-fractured-his-wrist-but-s…
That single was a swinging bunt because his wrist was too weak to swing. I knew he was hurt right then and there
Bunting is the worst, dumbest thing in baseball. Hitters are there to hit not purposely not hit to give their out away for nothing. Sure, lets have a guy who has practiced HITTING his whole life, go and do….something else?
I hate bunting and small ball way more than the shift. Station to station is where its at and more exciting. Homers & K’s > SB’s & bunting
You need a “historic bullpen” when your rotation is painfully average.
Average rotations don’t have legit Cy Young candidates and 4 starters who can put ace like numbers or average ones depending on day. It’s a shaky rotation for sure but certainly better than average.
“ace like numbers”….from Sonny Gray? He was at 5.34ERA last I checked. CC was an ace a decade ago, but he isn’t now. It’s Severino and guys who are pitching as #4-#6+ behind him.
Got the Royals a title.
Or a trade for Moose to DH.
wow, I was just thinking that!!
Heyman tweeted that a little while ago as well
Yea they should waste more prospects for something that’s not needed.
It won’t cost much to get a guy who’s coming off a worse season then he did last year when he hit nearly 40 homers.
They didn’t waste any prospects, lol
that is what I was thinking, should be somewhat cheap to acquire.
why would you want a dh?
that is where you would give a player
like a stanton a little rest.
you must have 10 guys that can dh
Sanchez and Judge are now both gone for at least 3 weeks so they don’t need the DH for rest, they need the DH for someone that can hit and hit with power. Once those 2 players get back, Moustakas can go to a bench bat which the Yanks are in dire need of anyway.
If the Yanks make the WS and all players are healthy, they will most likely carry 13 hitters into the series. Baring anymore trades that leaves a bench of:
Romine
Walker
Frazier
and who? Maybe Austin? Maybe Torreyes?
(and of course Garnder or Hicks in an NL park)
I’d rather have Moose coming in to pinch hit for a pitcher late in the game than Austin. So there is a need if they can get him for prospects they won’t use anyway.
imo – I would want someone who could also play the
outfield at this time if you are going to make a move
Agreed but that market seems thin. Also hopefully Frazier is back in a week so a backup for Andujar wouldn’t hurt if the cost is low.
Check with Tigers on Castellanos, god forbid Hicks gets injured…..already had a few DL stents last couple years.
Castellanos is one of MLB best hard-contact hitters, … who would thrive in the Yanks lineup.
Guess Frazier is off the market
He’s down with another concussion anyways he’s not an option.
Joel Sherman reported it will be 3 weeks before Judge can swing a bat in a game. If it takes that long before he can swing a bat in a game, he will be out longer for 3 weeks. He’ll have to do a rehab assignment to get some at-bats to get back in a groove. It’ll probably be closer to 4 weeks if you factor in a rehab assignment. Still, it is better than being out for the season for the Yankees.
Hopefully he will come back still hitting the same, way, I pray
It doesn’t really matter as long as he’s back by mid September. The only race in the AL this year is second wild card and maybe ALE.
Yes, as long as he is back which he will be.
It would be awesome is Sanchez comes back on fire, just saying.
cause Joel Sherman is always reliable..lofl
Jacoby time!!!!!!
Who?
Hmm.. Choo’s owed 50M next 2 yrs? JK pls don’t kill me
Would Jake Cave would probably have gotten this call up… ? Frazier…. DL. Judge…. DL. Ellsbury…. Always DL McKinney… Traded w/ Drury for Happ.
They could probably ask the Marlins about Derek Dietrich. Low risk, don’t give up any real prospects, at worst he just fills in at 1B and LF every few games. Can’t really go wrong.
Was thinking about him as well and the kids got talent so I would definitely give Jeter a call if I were Cashman.
I’m sure Jeter would give him to the Yankees for nothing like he did Stanton.. let the collusion continue
Even w/ all those OF hits, Stanton Gardner Hicks solid.
Hicks may have single-handidly saved today’s game with game ending assist gunning down Alex Gordon. Guy has arguably the strongest, most accurate throwing arm in the majors. It’s always a pleasure to watch him. Still remember that 105 MPH throw (ML record) threw the runner out.
Long story short, happy Hicks may finally see regular PT from 4th OF.
It was Danny Valencia at home against the A’s. He was playing LF. I remember
For those of you who didn’t see it, 105.5 MPH to gun the runner (Danny Valencia) out. (!!!)
amp.mlb.com/173513490-yankees-aaron-hicks-throws-b…
He was a starter all season.
Rotating OF-DH aside, I’m talking about Yankees’ OF hierarchy. He was 4th on the OF depth chart after: Judge, Stanton, Gardner. Is this not true?
I’m just a huge Aaron Hicks’ fan. Happy this moves him up OF depth chart, Maybe this provides an opportunity for Hicks to demonstrate he’s more than forgotten OF man
Off-topic, yet somewhat related… I still don’t believe Ellabury makes another start this year (due to DL)
X..I know you aren’t Wades biggest fan but he can play some left.
Lol Torreyes is our emergency catcher. (Before AAA) Hopefully it doesn’t come to that.
Wait, you were being serious?
What’s wrong with you? “Single-handily saved today’s game”? He threw Gordon out to end a 7-2 game. Gray pitched five scoreless, Didi hit a three run HR, but yeah, that throw to prevent it being 7-3 really saved the game.
If Gordon didn’t run…5 run deficit… With the bases loaded? You do realize Shreve was in there… correct?
Me too!! He is having his best year
Television doesn’t display Hicks’ greatness in defense. He gets an amazing jump on the ball off the bat, covers a huge space, can scale a wall to rob a homerun like very
few and has a rocket guided arm that throws laser beam strikes. I was at the stadium last night and it was a Hicks typically awesome play.
BTW-sitting behind home plate the sound of judge being hit sounded awe full. We were surprised that he continued in game.
Is this English?
Mr.Cashman, he was trolling..
PLZ ignore this message.
I hate that word “trolling” I follow this team quite alot, and just gave you proof of Cashman’s genius. All those OF hits, (that many people may not have been aware of) and yanks don’t need to make a desperation trade for OF. Only reason they traded Cave was because they never imagined it would get to a point where they might need him. And they still might not need him Lol. Yankees’ OF depth never ceases to amaze me
Mr. Cashman, if you’re reading this, thanks for all the work you’ve done throughout the years!
X..let it roll off your back on this one, but some things cross the line for sure.
I second that emotion!!
He is something!!!
Don’t you mean I second that motion?
X Cashman is the man,
I 2nd and 3rd that emotion
no, and yes, If you heard of Smokey Robinson, I second that emotion was great song of Motown
If you sing it, you will recognize it.
Xab, I don’t expect Cashman follows these blogs.
Cash=top mlb exec the past three straight seasons
Not sure why you got down voted so much. Yes, if they still had Cave he would have most likely been called up over Shane Robinson.
The Grandyman is probably the outfield move. If the Judge injury was one day earlier, the Happ trade might have been expanded.
Doesn’t matter who you aren’t winning the division without judge. Only Harper would fill a void like this. Don’t rush him, let him heal for the WC.
“Doesn’t matter who you aren’t” if you were trying to say Doesn’t matter you aren’t winning the division without Judge. They have Stanton and excellent depth in the system, so who knows. Nothing in sports is definite.
Kind of ironic that McKinney probably would have been the guy called up, had he not been traded a few hours earlier. Hopefully, Frazier recovers soon and can contribute while Judge is out.
No Judge no Sanchez for all of August…forget it.
Judge I get, but the way he’s been hitting and playing defense, losing Sanchez is addition by subtraction.
Hanley’s available to DH for the minimum.
I would definitely look into signing Hanley for a Minor league deal because he could supply some pop and let’s really hope Frazier gets healthy very soon as well as Gary Sanchez because I have a feeling Judge is going to be out for at least 4-5 weeks so something has to happen even if they have to go back to Baltimore and see if they will take a few low level prospects for Adam Jones.
I’ve heard it all now. wow
Torres, torreyes, Frazier, Stanton, sabathia and 10 million for Harper. Come on Cash!
Cashman would be immediately fired.
lol
Do they call up Florial to take that 4th OF spot until Judge is back or until Frazier is good to go
um
what
Frazier isnt good to go but theyre not just gonna call up Florial this early. He is still just in A+ ball. There are other people they can rely on. They dont really need to make many moves. Im pretty sure Wade can play LF and they still got some OF in AAA like Robinson i believe that if need be can fill in
Buh bye Yankees
This isn’t your Mets.
Mets have been buh bye for a couple years now. Losing Judge for a month is the proverbial straw.
It’s Florial time
Nice try. They were buh bye after going 11-1.
Couple yrs Sure… but also after couple weeks
All this dies is make us go grab a rental for the time being like Adam Jones or Corey Dickerson from the Pirates but someone who will come cheap and provide some power and can play a corner OF position if need be. Catch us at the Show brother! A place the Mets won’t be for 20 years!
I’m not denying that.
To clarify again, my name denotes the 3 teams I love, in the order I fell in love with them. The corresponding years are ’65, ’66 & ’67.
All those years growing up in Jersey. And yes…you can be a serious fan of three teams.
Bahahaha and will never be the Mets!!
The Mets are horribly run, I’m pretty sure we all can agree with that. So what I’m looking forward to is the Yankees having to face Oakland/Seattle in the play-in game. All of Cashman’s admittedly great maneuvering and Stanton gifted to him for spare parts….and they *still* are in trouble headed into the playoffs w a rotation of Severino, CC, Happ, and Gray. I still think OAK makes it and beats them in the play-in game.
Really get real bro!
Lol, cute that the loser thinks the mets are fine for just this season.
Maybe Cespedes can make it back for 2020 to have a decent year in his walk year for a 70 win team.
Shouldn’t you be playing-up the Red Sox angle?
I judge their order is priority to the person.
I assume they’re ordered by priority to the person. Idk Lol, there’s a method to my madness. Mets first, so they are a Mets fan, first and formost. Makes sense, Red Sox is last team in the name.
Read explanation a few posts above.
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Hicks Gardner and Stanton cannot play every day. Wade is gonna have to play some left field. No sense in making a trade
yes they can.
This is almost as bad as Tatis going down 🙁
How is this even close to a prospect going down, try harder.
Jose martinez to the yanks?
I agree depending on cost
Go get Harper!
Lucky it wasn’t worse and this will give the Yankees and Clint Frazier an opportunity for some regular playing time.
Good. Sporadic playing time is the worst thing for prospect development imo. Prove your haters wrong, and that you’re more than trade-bait. The floor is yours. Assuming come back from concussion in 3 weeks..
Unfortunately he’s still struggling with migraine/concussion stuff and is stuck on the dl. Major bummer. Every time there’s an opportunity, it seems like he’s hurt. Must be maddening for him.
Give Ellsbury a shot! Y’all know he’s not really injured!
What an ignorant statement. They have insurance on contract. Yanks would be engaging in insurance fraud.
Harper time!…jk. Frazier should be back from the concussion soon. Judge needs to rest up!
Austin/Walker platoon at DH for 3 weeks. They’ll be fine.
Austin was doing fine too at first..then Bird comes and the mojo went away.
No back to back wins in over a month.
Astonishing.
Austin struggles without regular ABs. He wasnt gonna get regular ABs with Bird and Walker at first. He was also streaky due to not getting regular ABs. He would do good and then he got suspended or hurt or sat for Walker and then it takes him a game or three to figure it out again
No back to back wins in over a month? The 3 times they have in the last 19 games don’t count?
His WAR is around 2.8 this season. Rick Porcello is 2.1 despite not playing every day. His annual salary is great but the DL stink mot a huge list.
His WAR is 5.4, not sure what stats you’re looking at.
Jakob Junis tweets.
twitter.com/jbljunis/status/342176543084269568?s=1…
twitter.com/jbljunis/status/490972589502648321?s=1…
What is this? Both those tweets were deleted.
Same injury Xander Bogaerts suffered a couple yrs ago. Took him a year to get back to normal. Good luck with that. Hate to see a Red Sox fan like Judge get hurt… 🙁
Who do the Yankees bring up? Frazier is on concussion protocol and McKinney just got traded to the Blue Jays.
Yanks added Shane Robinson to the 25 man roster.
July 27, 2018 Acquired LHP J.A. Happ from Toronto for INF Brandon Drury and OF Bill McKinney. Added LHP Zach Britton to the active roster. Optioned RHP Luis Cessa to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). Selected the contract of OF Shane Robinson from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.
Check with Tigers on Castellanos, god forbid Hicks gets injured…..already had a few DL stents last couple years.
Castellanos would be a GREAT get….but hopefully DET realizes what they have in him. Great contact, on a below market contract, with one more year of control. He wouldn’t be cheap.
Castellanos is strictly a DH….does nothing to help give either of the corner outfielders a day off…..he can’t play third let alone anywhere else……a definite no go.
Fundamentally, the only thing this really does is make it less likely they will catch the Red Sox, which was already unlikely. As long as Cashman doesn’t do anything stupid, they should be OK.
They are extremely thin with outfield options in the minors, presently…
heck, they brought up Shane Robinson, yesterday, before Judge got hurt
and he is 33 yrs old…lifetime .225 hitter with no power!
Maybe Adam Jones for 2 month rental…would come relatively cheap..still good defense….not having great offensive year, though
Why is everyone worried, this is where Elsbury returns and carries the offense for the Yankees
Judge being out for three weeks won’t matter. Outside of the Sox, NY plays KC, O’s, WhiteSox, Rangers, Mets and Rays for the next 3 weeks. Easy pickings.
Yanks toughest part of schedule is out of the way…EXCEPT for Red Sox, although, they’ve had a tough time, with Judge, against Tampa and Baltimore, this year
Lol but Judge doesn’t have a tough time against Baltimore. Not his fault rest of team does not pick up. Judge always mashes BAL pitching. For some reason, they are gifts to him, idk why he feasts on their pitching more than any other team.
I am optimistic that this is when Stanton will finally get hot and start truly mashing the baseball at an insane rate.
Though it must be frustrating for Frazier to FINALLY have a sustained opportunity to play and be on the DL again with concussion symptoms. This could have been his try-out for next season, now he’ll likely have to earn it in Spring Training.
With Judge the Yanks are 7 – 7 against O’s, Indians, Mets & KC , in their last 14. I guess they missed the “easy pickings” memo.
Indians are a 1st place team.
And as a Yankee fan my fingers are crossed that their struggles against the likes of the Mets, Rays, and O’s was a first half aberration, or bad luck. Perhaps rejuvenated from the acquisitions at the deadline their luck improves down the stretch.
Some perspective is in order though. The Yanks lost 3 of 4 against the O’s but it was in April, and one of the losses was an extra inning one-run game. They won 2 of 3 against the Mets in June, Swept a shortened 2-game set against the O’s just prior, and both of the Yanks early July losses to the O’s were one-run affairs, as were the two losses this past week against the Rays.
That said, the Yankees MUST take advantage and beat teams they should beat, regardless.
If they had won all of those one-run games against Baltimore and Tampa Bay, they’d be in first place. If they lose a wild card game, or even the ALDS, those are the games to blame it on.
The Yankees have a very soft schedule in August with lots of home games so they can probably weather the storm losing Judge for most of August. I expect that they will make a run at the Red Sox there schedule is that easy in August. Once September rolls around the schedule for the Yankees is significantly harder and lots of road games. It will be an interesting finish to the AL east. August is the key for the Yankees. As Red Sox fan if the Red Sox still have the lead after August I feel pretty good about winning the division.
Actually, that is what I meant…Judge has always crushed Orioles…team finds a way to lose to O’s and Ray’s…this year…even with him dominating O’s
Call the Tigers and check in on Castellanos, just in case.
Remember, the Yanks still want to stay under the Luxury Tax for this year.
That being said, Harper’s 21.65 million dollar contract could put them over. Moose at 6.5 million may be their route!
Is Adam Jones still a thing? He’s definitely cheaper than Harper or Moustakas and more solid than Joey Bats or Maybin.
Need a “David Justice” type player now.. Judge might not be same all season now.. hicks has never played a full season yet.. if Stanton struggles were dead in water.
Adam jones.. that can work. But if Harper is available go get him. We have a very good young core.. a almost superhero bullpen. Starters have looked solid. This team will be great for the next 5 years. I don’t wanna wait another year to win a World Series. Cash has done miracles.. he’s got one more up his sleeve.
Sucks that Judge got hurt and those wrist things can be a real issue hope he stays out until he is fully healed. As a Red Sox fan you want to win the division but not at the cost of an injury to a key player on your rival.
While I respect and applaud your gamesmanship, I can’t agree. Though I would never root for an injury, I wouldn’t be sad if Mookie Betts was out for a month down the stretch, and I certainly wouldn’t lament the opportunity for the Yankees to beat them just because the Sox aren’t at their best.
Again, much respect though.
they brought up the wrong Tyler
100% agree.
They shouldve never sent him down just for Bird in the first place.
If you think Austin is better than Bird, then there’s no helping you.
=(
Cole Calhoun. A better fielder and by hitting in Yankee stadium, he would hit a lot more hrs.
Kole Calhoun is having a god awful year, I’d rather see cashman himself suit up for a game.
The Yankees are THIN for OF right now, so looking outside the org could make sense. I think Joey Bats would be a great fit for them. Veteran hitter who has had a bounceback season and played better than most everyone expected. He has actually played decent corner outfield defense and could be a useful bat off of the bench. He is making the league minimum and is in a walk year. The Yankees could trade for him with a low-level prospect and some int’l $. Lord knows the Mets aren’t going to extract great value for him.
780 OPS & 116 OPS+ for the season and 821 OPS & 129 OPS+ since joining the Mets.
thinking it has to be an outfielder at a low
price, not a moustakas, choo type, just throwing
names out and do not know there status
but lefty dietrich/marlins, hamilton,duvall?/reds,
jbats, jones….
Diehard BoSox fan here wishing the big guy a speedy recovery. Can’t wait to see him compete again. Well, in a rivalrous sort of way.
The Yanks won’t get past the ALDS this year. It’s Redsox or Astro
Adam Jones…….?
not excited about that either
thinking defense help in a corner
outfield position