Aaron Judge placed on 10-day IL with calf strain — SkimNews
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- Yankees announced Friday they are placing Aaron Judge on the 10-day injured list with a right calf strain; the roster move will be made Saturday.
- Aaron Judge's IL placement could be backdated to Thursday, leaving open the possibility he returns for New York's regular-season finale on Sept. 27.
- Judge was pulled from Wednesday's loss to the Twins after telling the team he felt tightness in his lower right leg during the first inning — the same game in which he ran to the gap in the outfield to track down a ball an inning earlier.
- Since returning last week from a broken rib that kept him out more than three months, Judge hit 4-for-26 with 13 strikeouts and one extra-base hit across seven games.
- The Yankees have clinched at least a wild-card spot but trail the first-place Tampa Bay Rays by five games in the AL East entering Friday.
- Judge is hitting .241 with 18 home runs and 41 RBIs in 66 games this season.
Why it matters: With Judge potentially out through the regular-season finale and the Yankees trailing the Rays by five games in the AL East, New York must close out the season without its three-time MVP, who was hitting .241 with 18 home runs in 66 games.
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