Latest on Yankees' Aaron Judge injury: When will he be ready?

by Felix Pantaleon

Yankees right fielder Aaron Judge talked to reporters following a 7-2 win over the Twins at Target Field in Minneapolis, Minn. on Monday, September 10, 2018 (9/10/18). Judge is on the disabled list with a broken right wrist.

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MINNEAPOLIS — No commitment yet from Yankees slugger Aaron Judge.

“No idea,” he said.

Judge had been asked when he thinks his fractured right wrist will be game ready and when he’ll return to the Yankees’ lineup, following a 7-2 drubbing of the Twins at Target Field on Monday.

“I don’t want to put myself in a box either by saying a date and not making it. When I’m out there, I’m out there,” he said.

Still, he added, he’s “moving forward.”

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On Monday, that meant taking batting practice swings on the field for the first time since Kansas City’s Jakob Junis’ 94-mph fastball hit him on the wrist July 26. He’s been on the disabled list ever since.

The 26-year-old said his swings have been encouraging.

“We’re ahead of schedule, I feel like,” Judge said. “We’re on the track and we just have to keep moving forward. I have to keep going with my progression and keep going forward until the day I get out there.”

What did Judge get most from taking BP from coaching assistant Brett Weber?

“Just seeing a live arm. Impacting a baseball. That’s what the real test has been,” he said.

And as for some of the mammoth shots he hit — do those tell him anything?

“I’m not even worried about that,” Judge said. “I’m just worried about seeing how my wrist feels and how it’s going to feel the next day and making sure my mechanics are all right. That’s the biggest thing.”

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