{"id":903363,"date":"2026-09-24T05:34:05","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T05:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/903363\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T05:34:05","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T05:34:05","slug":"mlb-insider-makes-aaron-judge-statement-amid-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/903363\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB Insider Makes Aaron Judge Statement Amid Injury"},"content":{"rendered":"

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NEW YORK, NY – SEPTEMBER 29: Aaron Judge #99 of the New York Yankees looks on while walking back to the dugout after hitting a ground out in the third inning against the Toronto Blue Jays at Yankee Stadium on September 29, 2017 in the Bronx borough of New York City. (Photo by Abbie Parr\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, the New York Yankees<\/a> played two games against the Tampa Bay Rays<\/a> in the Bronx.<\/p>\n

After winning by a score of 2-0 in the first game, they lost the second 6-1.<\/p>\n

With the loss, the Rays clinched the American League East title.<\/p>\n

That said, the Yankees are still headed to the 2026 MLB<\/a> playoffs.<\/p>\n

Yankees have clinched a higher seed than the Red Sox, which means they will host Boston in the three-game Wild Card series in the likely event that the two teams meet in the postseason next Tuesday through Thursday <\/p>\n

Insider Makes Judge Statement<\/p>\n

\n\"\"<\/a>GettyAaron Judge #99 of the New York Yankees reacts after striking out in the fourth inning against the Tampa Bay Rays at Yankee Stadium on April 20, 2024 in New York City.\n<\/p>\n

The Yankees continue to play without Aaron Judge<\/a> who was placed back on the injured list.<\/p>\n

MLB.com wrote<\/a> (on September 22): \u201cMRI taken Sept. 17 in Phoenix revealed strain to soleus muscle, sustained Sept. 16 in Minnesota. Received a platelet-poor plasma (PPP) injection Sept. 21. Has a \u201cmoderate grade\u201d strain and is not expected to be active for an AL Wild Card Series, manager Aaron Boone confirmed Sept. 22.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, ESPN\u2019s Buster Olney was asked about Judge in an interview<\/a> with ESPN New York.<\/p>\n

Host: \u201cWe know he\u2019s not going to play in the three-game potential playoff against the Red Sox<\/a>. Do we see him at all in this postseason?\u201d<\/p>\n

Olney: \u201cIt\u2019s possible\u2026 But the question, of course, for the Yankees is: what kind of fit is he when he does come back, and how do you squeeze him in? Because you would be robbing Peter to pay Paul in order to get him back in the lineup. There\u2019s just not a great way to do it unless he\u2019s playing right field, and I can\u2019t imagine that\u2019ll necessarily be an option. As great as Aaron Judge has been, we saw during his version of spring training in September where he had 13 strikeouts in 23 at-bats\u2014clearly his timing was off, and now he sits down again. If you bring him back in October, are you going to put him in the lineup and make him a target for the opposing manager, for the opposing team, given the fact that he hasn\u2019t played any live games? At this point, it would seem to be a long shot that he\u2019s going to be a factor.\u201d<\/p>\n

Looking At Judge And The Yankees<\/p>\n

Judge is in the middle of his 11th season at the MLB level (all with the Yankees).<\/p>\n

He is batting .241 with 57 hits, 18 home runs, 41 RBIs, 45 runs and five stolen bases in 66 games this year.<\/p>\n

The Yankees are the second-place team in the American League East with a 90-67 record in 157 games.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tBen Stinar<\/a> Ben Stinar has been covering the NBA for over seven years.\u00a0
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\nHe has written for OnSI, Forbes, Amico Hoops, The Big Lead and had a podcast with former All-Star Jameer Nelson. More about Ben Stinar<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Getty NEW YORK, NY – SEPTEMBER 29: Aaron Judge #99 of the New York Yankees looks on while…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":903364,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[64,63,591,85],"class_list":["post-903363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/903363","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=903363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/903363\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/903364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=903363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=903363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=903363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}