Aaron Judge

Yankee slugger Aaron Judge will miss the team's Thursday night matchup with their rival Red Sox, as the 30-year-old is dealing with lower body soreness.

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When healthy, Aaron Judge is easily one of the best players in all of baseball. Over the past several years, the New York Yankees veteran slugger.

MLB on FOX tweeted about the home run and how it was in fact a grand slam, with a cool graphic of Judge below the caption. For all of the talk about Kyle Schwarber‘s recent hot streak, Judge is on one of his own. When healthy, Aaron Judge is easily one of the best players in all of baseball.

New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge rejected a seven-year, $213.5 million contract before Opening Day and will become a free agent after the season.

New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge won't participate in Thursday night's series-opening lineup against the Red Sox at Fenway Park.

It’s difficult to question the Yankees’ injury prevention squad, at this point, and they did a great job getting Judge off his feet in 2021 when similar issues arose. Add in Rafael Devers returning for the Sox after a short absence, and it’s a frustrating note to enter a series on after so much momentum was accrued on Wednesday night. Neither does Joey Gallo, no matter what spot in the lineup he’s in.

Aaron Judge is not in the Yankees' lineup for the start of their series against the Red Sox in Boston Thursday night.

Judge is out of the lineup for Thursday's game against the Red Sox. Judge isn't known to be nursing an injury, but since he most recently received a ...

The New York Yankees will be without star outfielder Aaron Judge due to an injury on Thursday when they take on the Boston Red Sox.

The Yankees are coming off a beatdown of the Pittsburgh Pirates, during which they ran up the score to 16-0. In his absence, Aaron Hicks will slot in at center field, while Joey Gallo shifts to right field. The New York Yankees will be in hostile territory on Thursday as they kick off a series against the Boston Red Sox. Unfortunately, they’ll be without their biggest bat and team leader in Aaron Judge. Manager Aaron Boone revealed, via The Michael Kay Show, that Judge is dealing with “some kind of lower-body soreness thing.”

You'd be hard-pressed to find a better player in Major League Baseball right now than Yankees' Aaron Judge, who's having an MVP caliber...

Hal Steinbrenner already stated on Wednesday that he wants Judge to be in pinstripes for life. The Yankees have extensive cash flow to extend Judge on a mammoth contract, and there’s no chance they’re getting a hometown discount given his prospects. So I do believe the biggest ROI for the Yankees is keeping Aaron Judge versus any other player. … The Dodgers are always in play, and you mentioned his hometown club, the San Francisco Giants. The formula with the Giants, they filled that stadium up for 10 years with one marquee player (Barry Bonds). However, despite his unbelievable season, the Yankees find themselves in a peculiar spot regarding his contract extension. You’d be hard-pressed to find a better player in Major League Baseball right now than Yankees‘ Aaron Judge, who’s having an MVP caliber season.

New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge isn't in the starting lineup for Thursday's road game against the Boston Red Sox due to lower-body soreness.

Matt Carpenter is serving as the designated hitter and DJ LeMahieu is starting at first base. Rizzo is batting .223 with 22 homers and 52 RBIs in 77 games. “It’s not something I’m overly concerned about,” Boone told reporters before the game.

The latest: Boone first said that Judge had been dealing with discomfort in his lower body, then he pointed to Judge's calves as being the source of the issue.

“Just something that I don’t want to mess with, especially with where we are in the season that I don’t want to become an issue.” Boone said that he expected Judge to be able to play Friday. Judge had three hits in Wednesday’s 16-0 win over the Pirates, but he had hit just .186 over his previous 12 games. You try and get into a position for it to calm down.” He added, “I’m an emergency player right now. The latest: Boone first said that Judge had been dealing with discomfort in his lower body, then he pointed to Judge’s calves as being the source of the issue.

New York Yankees OF Aaron Judge is managing lower body tightness, per manager Aaron Boone, keeping him out of the starting lineup against the Boston Red ...

"It's been more the last couple of days," the skipper said. "Just the last couple of nights, he's been dealing with some tightness in his lower half," Boone said. "Not something I'm overly concerned about, but more importantly just want to be something we get out ahead of and make sure that it doesn't turn into something big," Boone added.

New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge leads the majors with 30 home runs this season. He'll take aim at the Green Monster this weekend during a four-game ...

He deserves all the accolades and everything. He worked his (expletive) off in the offseason.” “He was pretty involved in trying to be the best player he could. And even back then, Refsnyder could see that Judge was a star in the making. Please consider supporting us with a subscription. I think the umpires respect his eye a lot more. He deserves everything. People see what he does on the field but off the field he just works like a maniac. ... He made a huge mechanical adjustment between ‘17 and ‘18 and all credit to him. As for Refsnyder, he’s hitting .308 in 18 games with the Red Sox. And he’s no stranger to the Boston-New York rivalry, since Refsnyder made his MLB debut with the Yankees in 2015, and proceeded to play in 94 games over three seasons, hitting .241. “I remember my agent texted me about him,” Refsnyder said, per Masslive.com. “They were pretty excited about getting him out of Fresno State. They said he was obviously super raw. There’s not many off-the-field distractions with Aaron. ... He’s obviously 6-foot-7 so his strike zone is a lot different.

New York Yankees stars Aaron Judge and Anthony Rizzo were held out of Thursday night's series opener against the Boston Red Sox to rest some ailments.

Boone said that if the game was at a crucial point in the season, both Judge and Rizzo would undoubtedly be in the starting lineup. Yesterday, I made a lot of progress and today I'm making a lot of progress," Rizzo said of the spasm, which he said tends to resolve itself usually in 6-8 days. The Yankees split the two-game series in Pittsburgh, with Rizzo out of the lineup both games due to "lower back stiffness." that was in April (of 2018) to be super cautious just because it was April. I don't foresee that happening now. He's been able to kind of navigate through these last couple of days but, especially getting in as late as we did last night, just not something I want to mess with right now." "The last couple of nights [he's] just been dealing with some tightness in his lower half, so just felt like today was the day that I needed to have him down.

BOSTON — Aaron Judge, who leads the major leagues with 30 home runs and is on pace for 59 blasts, visits Fenway Park for the first time this season when the ...

“The highest-leverage, best reliever he’s always going to see. “He’s always going to face the best relievers after his second or third at-bat,” Refsnyder said. He deserves all the accolades and everything. “So I think he battled that early on,” Refsnyder said. “I think he was probably getting calls that weren’t strikes just because you don’t really see many guys of his stature in the box. “I think the umpires respect his eye a lot more. But he also led the league that year in walks (127). He struck out in 44.2% of his 95 plate appearances in 2016 as a rookie, then led the league with 208 strikeouts in 2017. “We started hanging out in spring training,” Refsnyder said. “I remember my agent texted me about him,” Refsnyder said. Both Refsnyder and Judge are represented by the same agency, PSI Sports Management. They selected Judge one year later in the first round.

Aaron Judge was not in the lineup Thursday night for the first of four games against the Red Sox at Fenway Park.

Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner addressed the Aaron Judge contract situation amid the slugger's monster 2022 season.

It certainly hasn’t impeded the Yankees much in that regard. We’re just not going to,” Steinbrenner said Wednesday afternoon. However, Judge rejected the Yankees’ $213.5 million offer on Opening Day. All he’s done since is hit homers at a torrid pace, equaling the scientifically altered Barry Bonds with 30 dingers before the All-Star break.

Outfielder Aaron Judge is on the verge of making Yankees history if he can hit three or more home runs before the All-Star break.

Can Judge hit three more homers over the weekend and tie Maris’ 33 bombs before the break? (Babe Ruth hit 32 in three seasons — ‘21, ‘28 and ‘30 — but all came before the first All-Star Game in ‘33.) Judge is also the second player in American League history with multiple seasons of 30 or more homers before the All-Star break, joining Ken Griffey Jr. (’94, ‘97 and ‘98).” The slam at PNC Park in Pittsburgh helped propel a 16-0 win, to avenge a loss on Tuesday against the bucs.