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Aaron Judge's Rib Fracture Not Healed Enough to Resume Activities, Though He Expects to Return This Season
A scan this week showed Aaron Judge's stress fracture in his right rib has not healed enough for baseball activities. The Yankees outfielder and manager Aaron Boone said on July 17 they expect him to return this season.
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A scan performed this week showed Aaron Judge's stress fracture in his first right rib has not healed enough for him to resume baseball activities. ESPN reported. The New York Yankees outfielder last played on May 31.
Judge said on July 17 that he does not know why he would not return this season. He described feeling better than when he initially suffered the injury diving for a fly ball in late April. Judge said he endured a couple of tough weeks when he could do little but is now feeling 10 times better.
He has been limited to incline walking on a treadmill and neck exercises. Judge hit 16 home runs with a 1.047 OPS in 43 games through May 12. 550 OPS in his next 16 games. General manager Brian Cashman said Judge probably made the injury worse by playing through it.
Judge sustained a stress fracture in nearly the same spot and a partially collapsed lung in March 2020. The Yankees entered Friday's series opener against the Los Angeles Dodgers with a record of 18-19 without him after going 36-23 with him in the lineup. Manager Aaron Boone said on July 17 he feels good about the fact that Judge will be back.
