WATCH: Yankees’ Aaron Judge crushes home runs as return looms

Yankees right fielder Aaron Judge takes a second straight day of batting practice at Target Field on Tuesday.

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MINNEAPOLIS — Day 2 appeared to go smoothly.

For the second straight day, Yankees right fielder Aaron Judge took on-field batting practice at Target Field.

He didn’t seem to have any trouble in the workout, hours before the Yankees were set to face the Twins on Tuesday.

We’ll have more from manager Aaron Boone and Judge later. Watch the video of Judge hitting bombs above.

Judge also took batting practice on Monday. Afterward, he said it was a good step his rehab.

He’s been on the disabled list since a fastball fractured his right wrist July 26. The Yankees hope he can return soon and be 100 percent for the Oct. 3 American League Wild Card Game.

9 Yankees on the hot seat

Notes before Tuesday’s game, via the Yankees:

AT A GLANCE: The Yankees are 4-3 on their nine-game, 10-day road trip… are 1-0 in their three-game series at Minnesota… won 2-of-3 at Seattle after losing 2-of-3 at Oakland… following an off day Thursday, return to the Bronx for their final homestand of the season, incl. 3G vs. Toronto (Fri.-Sun.), 3G vs. Boston (9/18-20) and 3G vs. Baltimore (9/21-23).
>> Are 36G over .500, tying their season-high watermark (fifth time, first since they were 89-53 at the end of play on Saturday)… prior to this season, had not reached 36G over .500 since they were 86-50 at the end of play on 9/4/10… have not reached 37G over .500 since they finished the 2009 season with a 103-59 record (44G over .500).

WALK THIS WAY: Yankees batters tied a season high with 10BB on Mon. at Minnesota (also had 10BB on 7/7 at Toronto)… have an AL-high 181BB in 49G since the All-Star break, second in the Majors (Los Angeles-NL, 201BB).
>> OF Aaron Hicks leads the Majors with 41BB since the All-Star break… OF Andrew McCutchen has 8BB in his last 6G… the two combined to draw 5BB on Monday.

JUST DU IT: 3B Miguel Andujar hit a two-run double on Mon. at Minnesota, his 40th double of the season… is tied for sixth-most in the Majors… is tied with Bob Meusel (1920) for third-most by a Yankees rookie in a season, trailing only Joe DiMaggio (44 in 1936) and Hideki Matsui (42 in 2003)… is the first 40-double season by a Yankee since Robinson Cano had 41 in 2013.
>> Joins Joe DiMaggio (1936) as the only rookies in Yankees history to hit at least 40 doubles and 20HR in a season… joins the Dodgers’ Corey Seager (2016) as the only rookies to accomplish the feat in the last 12 seasons (since 2007).
>> Has 42 doubles through 137 career games, tied for 10th-most in Major League history through 137G… his 67XBH through 137G are third-most in Yankees history (DiMaggio-88, Meusel-70).
>> Leads Major League rookies in BA (.298), hits (151), doubles, RBI (79), XBH (65) and OPS (.852)… is tied with Gleyber Torres for the AL rookie lead with 23HR.

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