{"id":849838,"date":"2026-08-10T03:52:24","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T03:52:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/849838\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T03:52:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T03:52:24","slug":"al-east-notes-judge-crochet-arrighetti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/849838\/","title":{"rendered":"AL East Notes: Judge, Crochet, Arrighetti"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aaron Judge<\/a> was cleared to begin some upper-body training and light running drills earlier this week, in the slugger\u2019s first bit of increased on-field activity since he was placed on the injured list on June 2.\u00a0 Judge told MLB.com\u2019s Bryan Hoch<\/a> and other reporters on Wednesday that the stress fracture in his right rib is still giving him a bit of discomfort as he gets back up to speed, saying, \u201cyou\u2019re going to feel it, but it\u2019s healing up.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yankees manager Aaron Boone said the club will gradually ramp up Judge\u2019s prep work as his rib gets closer to 100 percent.\u00a0 Despite these steps forward over the last few days, the bottom line is that the Yankees still don\u2019t have a set timeline for Judge\u2019s return to action.\u00a0 In an appearance today on MLB Network Radio on SiriusXM<\/a>, New York GM Brian Cashman said \u201cwe need the whole engine firing on all cylinders.\u00a0 We don\u2019t need [Judge] to blow a tire elsewhere because of the downtime and the lack of conditioning, et cetera.\u00a0 So he\u2019s got to be properly tuned up so we can get the player we expect when he\u2019s ready to go.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Judge, Boone, and Cashman all said Judge will certainly play again in 2026, a return before the end of August may be unlikely, given how the three-time MVP is still in the early stages of his rehab process.\u00a0 New York\u2019s offense has scored only 226 runs in the 59 games since Judge last played, and only the club\u2019s outstanding pitching has kept the Yankees on top in the AL wild card race.<\/p>\n

More from the AL East\u2026<\/p>\n

Garrett Crochet<\/a> started throwing earlier this week, marking the first time Crochet has thrown since a lat strain shut down his previous throwing progression in June.\u00a0 In an interview with WEEI.com\u2019s Rob Bradford<\/a> on Wednesday, Crochet said he \u201cfelt really good\u201d in the aftermath, but acknowledged that he may not have enough time to be fully built up for a return to the Red Sox rotation by season\u2019s end (or into the playoffs).\u00a0 As such, Crochet is open to a bullpen role if necessary, as he is \u201clooking forward to helping this team in any way I can.\u00a0 I\u2019ve been on the sidelines for three months, and\u2026it just makes me hungrier and hungrier to want to join and just contribute because these guys have stepped up and posted all year.\u201d\u00a0 Crochet had a 6.30 ERA over six starts before shoulder inflammation sent him to the IL in late April, and the setback of the lat strain has made 2026 almost a lost year for Crochet after he was the AL Cy Young Award runner-up in 2025.\u00a0 Boston\u2019s rotation has still been among the best in baseball even with Crochet out, so the idea of Crochet re-emerging as another weapon within the club\u2019s strong bullpen would make the Sox pitching staff even scarier as they surge towards a postseason berth.
\nSpencer Arrighetti<\/a> made an early exit from his Triple-A rehab start on Thursday due to some continued discomfort in his right foot.\u00a0 Arrighetti was placed on the Astros\u2019 15-day IL due to nerve irritation in his right foot on July 25, though the issue didn\u2019t prevent the Blue Jays from acquiring<\/a> Arrighetti in a one-for-one swap for Daulton Varsho<\/a> at the trade deadline.\u00a0 As Arrighetti explained to Sportsnet\u2019s Arden Zwelling (links<\/a> to X<\/a>), the foot issue only resurfaces as he pitches deeper into the game, as the right-hander felt good in throwing bullpen sessions.\u00a0 Arrighetti is able to keep throwing during this latest stage of the treatment process, which has included a cortisone shot and potentially a change in his mound footwear.\u00a0 While it looks like the setback may be relatively minor, it still isn\u2019t clear exactly when Arrighetti might be ready to make his debut on Toronto\u2019s active roster.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aaron Judge was cleared to begin some upper-body training and light running drills earlier this week, in the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":808746,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[6097,64,63,6104,591,29676,85],"class_list":["post-849838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-aaron-judge","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-garrett-crochet","tag-mlb","tag-spencer-arrighetti","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=849838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849838\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/808746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=849838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=849838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=849838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}