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Unfortunately for the Yankees, Aaron Judge’s injury was not a day-to-day situation. The Yankees announced Friday that the star slugger is headed to the 10-day injured list with a calf problem, according to The Post’s George A. King III. This is a big blow to the Yankees, especially considering Judge’s hot start. Judge blasted nine …
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Reliving the past is one way to briefly escape the mess we’re all in, and so without much else going on, Yankees minor leaguer Ben Ruta dug through boxes from his childhood when he came across a dream he had written about in 2004 and his mother had saved all these years. The fantasy had …
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They have lost Giancarlo Stanton for who knows how long due a problem with a hamstring that supports a ripped upper body. Aaron Judge, who led the AL in homers with nine and RBIs with 20 going into Thursday’s action, missed Wednesday’s game due to lower-body tightness. Aaron Boone was hopeful he would get Judge …
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On YES last Friday, David Cone said it as a brief aside, as if it were a throwaway thought barely worth his breath. In the bottom of the sixth of a scoreless game, Rays catcher Mike Zunino squared to bunt on the first two pitches, both balls. He then flew out on a 2-0 count. …
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With Aaron Judge sidelined by lower-body tightness, Aaron Boone turned to Clint Frazier in right field Wednesday night against the Braves. In his first game of a bizarre season, Frazier did his best Judge impersonation in front of Hal Steinbrenner, who watched from his box with general manager Brian Cashman, and helped carry the Yankees …
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Aroldis Chapman doesn’t know exactly when he will be ready to anchor the Yankees’ bullpen, but he has more information on that situation than he does about how he contracted the coronavirus that put him on the COVID-19 injured list to start the season. Chapman tested negative during the intake process but positive shortly after …
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So there is something up with Aaron Judge. The Yankees star right fielder was left out of the lineup Wednesday against the Braves due to lower-body tightness, Aaron Boone told reporters. “We’re hoping to get out ahead of and hopefully prevent an injury moving forward,” Boone said. Judge exited Tuesday’s win against the Braves before …
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Giancarlo Stanton left a game this weekend for a pinch hitter and went directly to the injured list with a strained hamstring. So when Mike Tauchman surfaced from the dugout in the sixth inning Tuesday night to hit for Aaron Judge, the empty Yankee Stadium seats whispered to each other, “Is Judge hurt?’’ Considering the …
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Clint Frazier made a major upgrade moving from the Yankees’ alternate site to Yankee Stadium on Tuesday. Now, the next move will be from the bench to a spot in the lineup. Officially recalled on Tuesday, the outfielder wasn’t in Aaron Boone’s lineup against Braves right-hander Touki Toussaint, but the plan is for Frazier, who …
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People involved in making decisions about what the trade landscape will look like as the Aug. 31 deadline approaches believe the Yankees won’t add a difference-maker to their lineup. With 16 teams making the postseason, a sub .500 club at the deadline could believe it has a chance to play in October even if it …
Unfortunately for the Yankees, Aaron Judge’s injury was not a day-to-day situation. The Yankees announced Friday that the star slugger is headed to the 10-day injured list with a calf problem, according to The Post’s George A. King III. This is a big blow to the Yankees, especially considering Judge’s hot start. Judge blasted nine …
