Yankees place Aaron Judge on 10-day IL
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Yankees' slugger Aaron Judge has been diagnosed with a stress fracture of his first right rib, per manager Aaron Boone. The 27-year-old will rest for the next two weeks before he is re-evaluated.
Judge authored a .272/.381/.540 batting line with 27 home runs in 102 games around the oblique injury. Our Latest MLB Stories Red Sox top prospect smashes 497-foot HR in Triple-A
The public diagnosis, while vague, at least ruled out a fracture, which would have been more serious. But the injury is evidently severe enough that Judge will be sidelined for at least a while.
But the diagnosis raised more questions about the Yankees’ handling of injuries, particularly because Judge’s dates to last season. In right field on Sept. 18, Judge made a diving attempt on a ...