Updated: Yankees' Aaron Judge takes another crucial test in return try (VIDEO)

by Felix Pantaleón

Yankees right fielder Aaron Judge (fractured right wrist) took batting practice on the field for the first time since going on the disabled list on July 27.

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Updated 7:15 p.m.

Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Aaron Judge’s first on-field batting practice session since going on the disabled list in late July went “really well.”

“A typical Aaron Judge BP, putting on a show,” Boone said. “It went really well. Another big step for him to get out on the field and now we’ll start hopefully — as he bounces back, we’ll ramp that up and start to really talk about building up the endurance.”

The team is still figuring out how it will get Judge into game shape.

“That’s something we’ll weigh,” Boone said. “We’re not at the point where we’d throw him into games yet. If and when that time comes, he may be able to go get simulated at-bats in Tampa, if we decide to go that route. If the Railriders becomes an option, we’ll consider that. We just want to get through these next couple of days where he starts ramping up the amount of swings out on the field and continues to build that momentum.”

MINNEAPOLIS — Yankees star Aaron Judge had said he hoped to take batting practice on the field at some point during a series with the Twins this week.

Didn’t take long.

Judge seemed to have no trouble with BP at Target Field on Monday afternoon.

With coaching assistant Brett Weber throwing, Judge completed a full round of swings. Then he played catch with manager Aaron Boone.

Andujar to left field?

Judge seemed to be in good spirits while joking around with Tyler Austin, a Twins first baseman whom the Yankees traded (alongside a minor-league pitcher) before the deadline in exchange for pitcher Lance Lynn.

We’ll have more from Judge and Boone when media availability begins shortly.

A few more BP swings from @thejudge44, including a HR into the right field flower bed: pic.twitter.com/sH4ICQ2MnN
— Bryan Hoch (@BryanHoch) September 10, 2018

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PROSPECT SPOTLIGHT

Tyler Nunez, a C from Lake Nona HS, is a 6'2 190lb athletic catcher who provides strength with the bat and glove. During BP, Tyler stuck with a middle of the field approach while staying on a line. He impacted the ball well with his compact and direct path, T90EV. He showed off his real athleticism behind the plate by posting a 2.04 pop time while staying around the bag on every throw. He is a good looking athletic uncommitted catcher to keep an eye on.