The New York Yankees have been sorely missing their captain of late. They're toiling through their longest losing streak of the season, a skid that reached seven games on Wednesday after the Detroit Tigers handed the Yankees a 6-2 defeat in 11 innings and brought out the brooms in the Bronx. New York (48-38) has now been swept two series in a row and is staring up at the Tampa Bay Rays in the AL East standings.
Aaron Judge hasn't played since May 31. He's been on the injured list for nearly four weeks with a stress fracture of his right rib, an injury he believes sprouted while he dove for a ball in shallow right field on his 34th birthday amid a 7-4 loss to the Houston Astros.
Normally, the seven-time All-Star can effect change with his play. He's a three-time AL MVP, after all, and the owner of the ****** le for two seasons running. For now, though, he's sidelined. He told reporters Wednesday prior to the Yankees' series finale versus the Tigers that he had no injury update for them and wouldn't until he received new scans.
"You know how it goes around here — guys can feel good, feel bad, but you've got to wait on images," he said, per The ****** ociated Press.
When Judge was diagnosed with his injury, the Yankees said he'd have additional imaging in approximately four to six weeks.