Yankee right fielder Aaron Judge works out at Yankee Stadium on Thursday, August 9, 2018 (8/9/18) while rehabbing his fractured right wrist. Judge is on the 10-day disabled list at the Yankees begin an 11-game homestand.
NEW YORK — There’s still no clear answer on when the Yankees will get two of their biggest bats back.
Yankees manager Aaron Boone didn’t update timetables for when right fielder Aaron Judge (fractured right wrist) or when catcher Gary Sanchez (right groin strain) could come back off the disabled list.
Judge ran the bases at Yankee Stadium on Thursday, before the Yankees started a series with the Rangers.
Boone said the 26-year-old slugger will continue working on his range of motion in the wrist. Boone said once Judge no longer feels pain doing those types of exercises, he’ll be allowed to swing a bat and that Judge’s recovery should progress rapidly.
Sanchez has been working out at the team’s player development complex in Tampa. Sanchez has been running on the treadmill and is scheduled to run on the field. He’s been doing hitting and throwing drills and the team will have him fly back to New York on Sunday, Boone said.
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Here are some Yankees notes leading into Thursday’s game, courtesy of Yankees PR:
AT A GLANCE: The Yankees begin a season-long 11-game homestand, with 4G vs. Texas (tonight-Sun.), 1G vs. the Mets (Mon.), 3G vs. Tampa Bay (8/14-16) and 3G vs. Toronto (8/17-19)… went 3-4 on their seven-game road trip, sweeping 3G at Chicago-AL after being swept in 4G at Boston.
>> Have won three consecutive games after a season-long five-game losing streak… is just their second winning streak longer than 2G since 6/22 (won three straight from 7/28-31).
STAND IN THE PLACE WHERE YOU ARE: The Yankees kick off a season-long 11-game homestand tonight… Elias confirms that this is their longest homestand since they played home games on 13 consecutive days from 6/14-26/05, and went 8-5 vs. Pittsburgh (3-0), Chicago-NL (3-0), Tampa Bay (1-3) and the Mets (1-2).
>> Starting tonight, will play 18 of their next 24 games at home… are also in the midst of playing 19 of their first 29G following the All-Star break at Yankee Stadium (so far, are 5-3 at home and 4-6 on the road).
STRIKE FORCE: Yankees pitchers recorded 12 more strikeouts on Wednesday at Chicago-AL to finish the series with 43K, a club record for a three-game series… broke the previous mark of 42K, set from 5/5-7/17 at Chicago-NL… had 20K on Tuesday, just the second time in franchise history to reach 20K in a single game.
>> Have 60K in 40.2IP over the last four games.
>> Have a 10.01 K/9.0IP ratio (1134K/1,019.1IP), which would be the third-highest single-season figure in Major League history, behind the 2018 Astros (10.59) and 2017 Indians (10.08)… have struck out 26.7% of batters faced… rank second in the Majors in strikeouts (Houston-1,218).
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