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NEW YORK – Aaron Judge remains in a holding pattern, regarding his recovery from a first right rib fracture.
Dallas area specialist Dr. Gregory Pearl provided his medical opinion, which was in line with the Yankees team physician, Dr. Christopher Ahmad.
“There’s healing going on, but still not able to start any baseball activities,’’ Yanks manager Aaron Boone said after Saturday evening’s scheduled game vs. the Dodgers was postponed due to a rainy forecast.
Judge feels improved, but he won’t be cleared to graduate beyond lower-body exercises until the fracture is fully healed.
The slugging Yankees captain and reigning AL MVP needs to “get to a point where he’s asymptomatic, where you ramp up more upper body stuff,’’ said Boone.
“Until it heals more, we’ve got to be smart here,’’ said Boone, citing concerns about any setbacks that could wipe out Judge’s 2026 season entirely.
Following this conservative route, Judge and the Yankees believe he’ll return to the lineup at some point this season. Judge will go for a third re-imaging at a date to be determined.
Judge has not played since May 31. On Saturday, he was transferred to the 60-day injured list, accommodating right-hander Bradley Hanner's signing a big-league contract (he remains at Triple-A Scranton).
One year and one week after his second Tommy John surgery, Clarke Schmidt faced live hitters.
“Went great. Nice and easy,’’ said the Yankees’ right-hander after his 15-pitch session at Yankee Stadium, facing teammates Anthony Volpe and Ali Sanchez.
“Felt good to have some competition…and get some cleats on the dirt. So, I was excited,’’ said Schmidt, who is now in an every four-to-five day throwing program.
Schmidt anticipates being able to pitch in the majors this season, and he’s willing to serve in any role – whether it’s as a starter, or out of the bullpen.
“That’s like the only thing on my mind right now,’’ Schmidt said of impacting the 2026 pennant race in any capacity. “I know how talented we are’’ and I’m “open to anything.’’
To this point, it’s “been a very seamless rehab’’ for Schmidt, who underwent internal brace (less invasive) surgery.
Schmidt threw just fastballs – sinkers, four-seamers, cutters – on Saturday, and the training staff instructed him to throttle back from throwing in the 94-mph range.
“I want to kind of touch the gas pedal a little bit and then dial back down,’’ said Schmidt, who hit 95-mph during warmups.
Meanwhile, Max Fried (elbow bone bruise) came out of Friday night's initial minor league rehab start in good shape.
"Watched his whole outing. He felt really good,'' Boone said of Fried's three-inning, 52-pitch outing at Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.
Fried is due to start again on Thursday, at which point the Yankees will evaluate if he's ready to join their rotation.
This article originally appeared on NorthJersey.com: Update on Aaron Judge condition, Yankees' Clarke Schmidt throws live
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Dallas area specialist Dr. Gregory Pearl provided his medical opinion, which was in line with the Yankees team physician, Dr. Christopher Ahmad.
“There’s healing going on, but still not able to start any baseball activities,’’ Yanks manager Aaron Boone said after Saturday evening’s scheduled game vs. the Dodgers was postponed due to a rainy forecast.
Judge feels improved, but he won’t be cleared to graduate beyond lower-body exercises until the fracture is fully healed.
The slugging Yankees captain and reigning AL MVP needs to “get to a point where he’s asymptomatic, where you ramp up more upper body stuff,’’ said Boone.
“Until it heals more, we’ve got to be smart here,’’ said Boone, citing concerns about any setbacks that could wipe out Judge’s 2026 season entirely.
Following this conservative route, Judge and the Yankees believe he’ll return to the lineup at some point this season. Judge will go for a third re-imaging at a date to be determined.
Judge has not played since May 31. On Saturday, he was transferred to the 60-day injured list, accommodating right-hander Bradley Hanner's signing a big-league contract (he remains at Triple-A Scranton).
Clarke Schmidt throws live
One year and one week after his second Tommy John surgery, Clarke Schmidt faced live hitters.
“Went great. Nice and easy,’’ said the Yankees’ right-hander after his 15-pitch session at Yankee Stadium, facing teammates Anthony Volpe and Ali Sanchez.
“Felt good to have some competition…and get some cleats on the dirt. So, I was excited,’’ said Schmidt, who is now in an every four-to-five day throwing program.
Schmidt anticipates being able to pitch in the majors this season, and he’s willing to serve in any role – whether it’s as a starter, or out of the bullpen.
“That’s like the only thing on my mind right now,’’ Schmidt said of impacting the 2026 pennant race in any capacity. “I know how talented we are’’ and I’m “open to anything.’’
To this point, it’s “been a very seamless rehab’’ for Schmidt, who underwent internal brace (less invasive) surgery.
Schmidt threw just fastballs – sinkers, four-seamers, cutters – on Saturday, and the training staff instructed him to throttle back from throwing in the 94-mph range.
“I want to kind of touch the gas pedal a little bit and then dial back down,’’ said Schmidt, who hit 95-mph during warmups.
Meanwhile, Max Fried (elbow bone bruise) came out of Friday night's initial minor league rehab start in good shape.
"Watched his whole outing. He felt really good,'' Boone said of Fried's three-inning, 52-pitch outing at Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.
Fried is due to start again on Thursday, at which point the Yankees will evaluate if he's ready to join their rotation.
This article originally appeared on NorthJersey.com: Update on Aaron Judge condition, Yankees' Clarke Schmidt throws live
Continue reading...
