The Yankees are placing defending AL MVP Aaron Judge on the 10-day injured list, manager Aaron Boone told the team’s beat after tonight’s loss to the White Sox (relayed by Erik Boland of Newsday and Brendan Kuty of the Athletic). Judge has a bruise and ligament sprain in his injured right big toe.
Judge suffered the injury on Saturday. Pursuing a J.D. Martinez fly ball to the warning track, he crashed into the right field wall. The 6’7″ outfielder knocked through the wall with his upper body but struck his foot against its concrete base. He finished out that game but hasn’t played since upon reporting toe discomfort. (Ken Rosenthal of the Athletic reported this evening the Dodgers are adding a layer of padding at the bottom of the wall in response to the injury.)
The Yankees can backdate Judge’s IL placement to Sunday, so he’ll only officially be out for another week. Whether he’ll be able to return when first eligible isn’t clear, though he appears to have avoided a fracture that’d have raised the specter of a particularly lengthy absence. Judge has already been on the IL once this season. He returned after a minimal stay last month with a right hip strain.
Frustrating as the health issues have been, Judge is again playing at an MVP level. While he was never expected to repeat last year’s record-setting 62 homer season, he’s barely taken a step back. Judge carries a .291/.404/.674 slash over 213 trips to the plate. Among hitters with 200+ plate appearances, he ranks sixth in on-base percentage, second in homers and first in slugging.
New York is already without Harrison Bader due to injury. The Yankees’ outfield looks particularly rough with Judge joining him on the shelf. Left field has been a revolving door all season. New York ran an outfield trio of Jake Bauers, Isiah Kiner-Falefa and Willie Calhoun this evening. Oswaldo Cabrera is on the MLB bench, while Franchy Cordero is on optional assignment and could be recalled to replace Judge on the roster.
Boone also told reporters that starter Nestor Cortes has been diagnosed with a strain in his throwing shoulder (via Jack Curry of the YES Network). Boone had already said Cortes was headed to the 15-day IL due to shoulder discomfort. That’ll be made official tomorrow with Randy Vásquez expected to be recalled to start in his place. The Yankees haven’t provided an indication of how long they expect Cortes to be sidelined.
Shocker
Toe ya so.
Yeah no surprise here.
Like they didn’t know three or four days ago.
It’s just so rare for the Yankees to have another injured player!
Judge at 50% would hit better than tonight’s lineup.
JD did crush one off Hendricks. Hope he keeps it up.
Hendriks is a hero.
Good news it ain’t broken I guess.
Oh no!
Cortes as well.
Quite a bad Judge of distance from the warning track, no?
degrom fan making an injury joke today takes guts
Agreed. Perhaps Mr. deGrom will be able to elbow his way back into the Texas rotation late in 2024.
Money well spent by Texas!
Amputate and get him back in there.
An injured toe stands before you. How will you remove it?
a) Electric band saw
b) Sawzall
c) Scissors
d) Karate
e) Use harsh language and a stick
The Saergent Hulka Big Toe?
Here come the Judge, here come the Judge, there go the Judge
Doesn’t have good judgement here
Why there isn’t already padding is beyond me. Just like it takes fans getting seriously hurt by foul balls repeatedly for MLB to finally install netting.
LMAO!! Another made of glass player!!
I know this isn’t the trainers fault but it feels like the Yankees get hurt more than anyone. I would fire the whole medical team and trainers. I never seen a team get this hurt so much. Stanton Donaldson severino Rondon hicks judge a few years ago, bader, this is just a few names.
This is a freak injury due to the cited play.
in my experience every fan thinks their team’s medical staff is incompetent
“I know this isn’t the trainers fault but… I would fire the whole medical team and trainers.”
I would hate to work for you.
“I just feel like firing someone… hey you..”
Love everyone saying made of glass blah blah blah. Dude is the best player in the world and went all out running full steam into a concrete wall. Made the catch and stayed in the game. You all would be ecstatic to have judge on your team for the offense the defense and the health. His injuries are flukes and the result of going all out all game every game.
Sounds like copium
Sounds like steroids without testing……
Yes, every team would want Judge on there team.
No, Judge is not the best player in the game. He Finally had a Healthy great year, but almost everyone would take Ohtani over him. You know, that guy that could of easily won the MVP again last year. 😉
Could have.
Didn’t.
And shouldn’t have.
You know a lot of the HRs from judge were tested and they were balls from 2019 right? MLB needed that record to be broken.
@LonnieB- ok, dude you we’re actually there? Why not say you don’t like Judge and get it over with? Ridiculous comment! Smh.
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Either way he had to still make contact and I actually really like judge. I don’t think he will last long just based on his pure mass.
Also just because your name is captain judge and you love him doesn’t mean that you aren’t wrong. Cardinals people loved them some McGuire and he still won’t make the HOF.
That’s not exactly right, but it’s closer than some of the other conspiracy theories. None of Judge’s HR balls were tested, but a sample of balls from Yankee Stadium were. Some were found to be left overs from 2021.
Switch there uniforms last year and Ohtani is back to back MVP.
Keeping it real, Judge is the best power hitter today thou, but not even best hitter. I’d take many of players over him, with 2 out in the 9th, bases loaded, down a run, needing a single to win the game.
@Plugnplay-nah, definitely taking Judge, besides YOUR MVP can’t pitch in NY, so keep him in LA. Ohtani MVP? But he wasn’t. I was thinking YOUR other player named Trout (when healthy) is the best player in the game, right?
Ohtani, wasn’t he that guy who got shelled on the big stage…nah…. and was it Judge’s choice to get hit in the wrist with a 90 plus pitch.
100% most of his IL stints were from being the great player he is – broken wrist being hit by pitch, broken rib diving for a ball, running into a gate to catch a ball, he’s not made of glass like Stanton is
Then maybe the issue is that he needs to stop going all out when approaching the wall and other barriers. I’m sure Yankees fans would’ve preferred he let that ball drop for a double and not get hurt on the play.
Chavez Latrine
Miguel Andujar is available… maybe trade for Aaron Hicks?
Turning into Trout. That encompasses everything.
Terrible take, Trout has a lot higher % games played average. I didn’t look it up, but one shouldn’t have to.
I just looked it up. Surprised!
Trout also stopped playing defense and running the bases before Judge did. So I agree it’s a stupid take, because I hadn’t considered Judge has actually been better.
Trout might have another thyROID issue in the near future.
Nelson Muntz: Haa Haa.
Goofy Judge would have been better off not running into a wall. Yanks would win more games with him in the lineup than preventing that run from scoring. In any case Go Dodgers.
Better judgment on avoiding injuries would make Judge better. Save a run then miss ten games makes Judge’s smarts come into judgement.
Fred Lynn (1975 MVP and Rookie of the Year) recently said his biggest regret was the amount of time he spent injured (because of being overly aggressive on defense).
We all knew last year was his big career “sign me a monster extension” year. Now we get the same Judge every other year.
Since you have knowledge, by “alot”..how many exactly? Did they test only his or others? Why did they need it broken? Its not like he broke the mlb record..he broke a former yankees record.
Judge’s reaction, as well as Boone’s, suggests this will be longer than 10 games.
they said hopefully in 14 days
Yup. I have no doubt. And if so, will be a real problem to stay competitive.
Oh, no! Big toe got a Boo Boo!
Man, athletes nowadays are so weak and incapable of dealing with a bit of pain. Rub some dirt on it like we used to and get back on the field.
Agree!! No more Cal Ripkens anymore..
Might be time to make Judge the 1st baseman.
Yanks should look into a deal for Max Kepler. Shouldnt require much to get him, he’d solidify OF defense, be a late inning defensive guy when AJ is back, and their offense could easily absorb Kepler’s weak bat.
This offers the question: Would the Dodgers be adding that padding had it been Joe Schmoe the outfielder for a visiting team who got hurt on that concrete base rather than superstar Aaron Judge?
Probably not. Hard to not do anything when the Dodgers have national reporters asking questions.
We wiped our asses with the Yankees on Friday. Idk what happened Saturday Sunday.
Wrap it and get back out there!
This is the second time he has been out already and this young season due to some type of ailment. Unfortunately, when a team has so much money invested in a player, it’ll most insurers that sort of thing will happen and that he will play less often since they must protect their huge investment now. Vicious cycle .