Yankees 9-5 Since Judge Injury, Reds 5-10 Since De La Cruz Injury

The New York Yankees are 9-5 since Aaron Judge last played on May 31, while the Cincinnati Reds are 5-10 since Elly De La Cruz was injured the same day. Judge suffered a stress fracture in his right rib cage in a 13-8 win over the host Athletics and was placed on the injured list with a four-to-six-week evaluation timeline announced by the team.

The Yankees lost 5-1 to the Chicago White Sox on Thursday after committing baserunning mistakes and receiving one home run from Ryan McMahon.

New York won four consecutive games before Thursday, scoring 33 runs and collecting 46 hits. The team has performed better without Judge than it did during his previous long absence. In 2023, Judge fractured a toe and missed nearly two months; the Yankees went 19-23 in that span.

Giancarlo Stanton has been sidelined since late April with a right calf strain, and Trent Grisham has been out since straining his right hamstring on June 12. 395 with 17 hits in 43 at-bats during a 10-game hitting streak. 325 with 25 hits in 77 at-bats over his past 19 games.

Manager Aaron Boone said Thursday, "Good players that are playing with real purpose. 217 since De La Cruz's injury and have scored three runs or fewer in nine of their past 15 games. They suffered a 9-1 home loss to the New York Mets on Wednesday after allowing 15 hits in the series finale.

The Reds are 15-27 since winning 20 of their first 31 games. De La Cruz is expected to begin a minor league rehab assignment on Friday.

Manager Terry Francona said, "I do think for us to be the team we want to be, we have to play very clean baseball. " Right-hander Cam Schlittler will start for the Yankees on Friday. 18 ERA in his past three starts.