Aaron Judge Going on IL With Flexor Strain, Per Yankees Manager Aaron Boone

New York Yankees star Aaron Judge was out of the lineup on Saturday against the Philadelphia Phillies due to an elbow injury. After the team’s 9-4 loss, manager Aaron Boone revealed that the Yankees will place Judge on the injured list as the outfielder recovers from a flexor strain, according to SNY.

“Overall, we got some good news. It is going to require an IL stint with the thought it’s right about that 10 days and those few days coming off, probably in DH mode and then starting throwing in around then,” Boone said about Judge’s elbow injury. “And then, hopefully, get back to the outfield shortly thereafter…as long as the symptoms are what they need to be.”

Before the game, Boone didn’t speculate whether the injury involved Judge’s ulnar collateral ligament, saying that “hopefully it’s something that is manageable, and we can get through.”

A two-time AL MVP, Judge leads the major leagues with a .342 batting average and 1.160 OPS. He has 37 home runs and 85 RBIs for a New York team that opened a seven-game AL East lead by late May but started Saturday a season-high 5 1/2 games back of first-place Toronto.

Judge winced at Toronto on Tuesday after catching Alejandro Kirk’s seventh-inning fly in the right-field corner and throwing to second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. as Dante Bichette tagged up and went from second to third. Judge was seen by a YES Network camera clenching his right hand in a fist.

“He had a throw in Toronto where it zinged him, it hurt,” Boone said.

Judge was a designated hitter the following day in Wednesday’s series finale, which Boone said then was planned. He was in right field for Friday’s series-opening 12-5 loss to Philadelphia, then was out of the lineup for the second time this season.

“Felt like he was fine on the off day and then just last night was really dealing with it. He couldn’t really throw well from the outfield,” Boone said.

Boone said Yankees team physician Dr. Christopher Ahmad was to read the imaging Saturday.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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