The New York Yankees have been missing Aaron Judge’s services since May 31. The Yankees won 10 of their next 15 games, but lately they have fallen badly, losing eight of their last 10 games, including being swept in the four-game series against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park.
On June 4, Judge was officially diagnosed with a fractured first right rib. At the time, it was reported that the back-to-back MVP would undergo imaging again in four to six weeks. Another update on the hitter dropped on Tuesday by manager Aaron Boone.
On the Talkin’ Yanks podcast, Boone said Judge is still “probably a couple weeks” away from reimaging. This means it could be six weeks since the last imaging was done. Boone also suggested that the recovery is going well but Judge is still away from engaging in baseball activities.
“He’s starting to feel better,” Boone said on Tuesday. “He was uncomfortable there for a while. It seems like the normal stuff is starting to feel better, so hopefully that’s a good sign of some healing, but he’s still not able to do much, and certainly not able to do any baseball activities yet.”
Judge can do some lower back activities in the weight room, but that’s about it when it comes to rehabbing. According to Boone, Judge is “taking things slow” and is not rushing to go for another imaging.
Aaron Judge May No Longer Be Eligible For MLB Stats Leaderboard
Aaron Judge has missed 26 straight games due to a fractured rib. In this stretch, the Yankees have gone 12-13, also losing their lead in the AL East lead to the Tampa Bay Rays most recently.
That’s not the only disappointment for the fans of the Yankees star.
According to Talkin’ Yanks, Judge will no longer have enough plate appearances to qualify for MLB’s stats leaderboard.
MLB requires a player to average 3.1 plate appearances per team game to qualify for the official statistical leaderboards. Over a full 162-game season, that’s 502 plate appearances. This means that even if Judge finishes with 480 plate appearances with a batting average of .352, he won’t be crowned as the official batting champion. Sure, MLB can add hitless at-bats to extend that margin, but that will significantly drop his average.
So far, in 59 games this season, the reigning MVP is hitting .248/.375/.533 with 17 home runs and 38 RBIs.
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