New York Yankees Get Great News Regarding Health of Star Outfielder Aaron Judge
The New York Yankees, still not done with this season, got some good news regarding the looming offseason on Tuesday as manager Aaron Boone announced that superstar Aaron Judge will not need surgery on the toe he injured earlier this season.
The following update comes from the Rotowire fantasy baseball portal:
Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Tuesday on Jomboy Media's "Talkin' Yanks" podcast Tuesday that Judge won't require surgery on his right big toe.
ANALYSIS
Judge had indicated previously while he was still on the injured list that he might need offseason surgery to repair the ligament tear in his toe. However, it would appear that an operation isn't going to be necessary and the toe should heal on its own. Judge is sporting a .260/.456/.460 batting line with three home runs and five RBI in 16 games since returning from the IL.
All in all, Judge is hitting .284 this season with 22 home runs and 45 RBI. The catalyst of the Yankees lineup, he has a 1.043 OPS.
New York needs him to get hot if they wish to have any chance of making noise in the American League for the rest of the season. At 60-59, the Yanks are just one game over .500 and they are 5.5 games back of the third and final wild card spot.
They'll take on the best team in baseball, the Atlanta Braves, on Tuesday night. First pitch is set for 7:20 p.m. ET as Luis Severino pitches against Bryce Elder.
Severino is 2-7 while Elder is 8-4 on the year.
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