Yankees’ Aaron Judge Sends 2-Word Injury Message After Being Held Out of Outfield
August 25, 2025
2,837
By
Aaliyan Mohammed is a Newsweek contributor based in Atlanta, GA. His focus is MLB content. Aaliyan has been with Newsweek since 2024 and previously worked at MLB.com, Wisconsin Sports Heroics and Heavy.com. He is a graduate of Mississippi State University. You can get in touch with Aaliyan by emailing a.mohammed@newsweek.com
Aaliyan Mohammed
Contributing Sports Writer
news article
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources.
Share
✓ Link copied to clipboard!
English (Original)
Español
中国人
Français
Deutsch
Portuguese
हिन्दी
Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content.
🎙️ Voice is AI-generated. Inconsistencies may occur.
The New York Yankees have struggled since the start of June, and Aaron Judge’s injury is not helping them out.
While Judge is back in the lineup, he has been unable to play in the outfield as he recovers fully from his flexor strain. As a result, the Yankees are having to use Giancarlo Stanton in the outfield and giving him off days, with nowhere to put him in the lineup, since Judge is the designated hitter.
Having Judge back in the outfield guarantees that he and Stanton can both be in the lineup. Judge is not too happy about being held out of the outfield.
ST LOUIS, MISSOURI – AUGUST 15: Aaron Judge #99 of the New York Yankees in the dugout prior to the MLB game against the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium on August 15, 2025 in… ST LOUIS, MISSOURI – AUGUST 15: Aaron Judge #99 of the New York Yankees in the dugout prior to the MLB game against the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium on August 15, 2025 in St Louis, Missouri.
Judge went on to talk about how he prides himself on playing both sides, and wants to be able to contribute to the game on defense. Judge still figures to be the MVP favorite in the American League, but that does not seem important at this point.
The Yankees need Judge to get back in the field to get their best lineup out day in and day out. They entered Monday as a wild card team with plenty of work to do in order to win the division.
There is no timeline on when Judge will be able to throw again, but at this point, his absence from the outfield has already been longer than many expected.
More MLB: Yankees’ Legendary All-Star Catcher Being Called For As Aaron Boone Replacement
Um die besten Erfahrungen zu bieten, verwenden wir Technologien wie Cookies, um Geräteinformationen zu speichern und/oder darauf zuzugreifen. Wenn Sie diesen Technologien zustimmen, können wir Daten wie das Surfverhalten oder eindeutige IDs auf dieser Website verarbeiten. Die Nichteinwilligung oder der Widerruf der Einwilligung kann bestimmte Merkmale und Funktionen beeinträchtigen.
Functional
Always active
The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
Preferences
The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
Statistics
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes.The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
Marketing
The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
