Yankees manager Aaron Boone did not call Aaron Judge’s condition an oblique injury on Friday. He didn’t even mean it was an injury. But the discomfort of the judge on the left will keep him away from the New York team for at least another day, as the team decided to be cautious about the star gunner.
“I felt like I wanted to wait at least another day,” said Boone, whose Yankees were facing the rays on Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg. “She had a good day of treatment in the afternoon. Same thing this morning. He hit the cages this morning and did well.
“I insist, I just felt that it is a situation where I want to give him at least one more day and see how things are in 24 hours. It’s just a matter of thinking long term and not forcing anything to be sure. “
Boone said the judge was subjected to “various tests” with the resistance and conditioning equipment, but that the MRI was not recommended.
After dropping the fence for the second game in a row on Tuesday, Judge left the group on Wednesday against Baltimore. At the time, Boone pointed out that the referee had a painful left side and that the team did not want the coach to sneak in. Asked if the discomfort affects an oblique muscle, Boone said it is simply “general discomfort.”
Twice in his major league career, the judge lost time to tense his oblique muscles, including a two-month stretch in 2019.
“We try to take all of that into account, understanding that we’re also talking about a very strong player who is proud to come out when he can,” Boone said. “Certainly, given the history of that injury, we don’t want it to get worse.”