Yankees slugger Aaron Judge will be activated from the injured list before Tuesday's game against the Rangers, manager Aaron Boone said after his team lost its fourth straight Monday.
on Tuesday, when their captain is eligible to come off the 10-day injured list after being sidelined because of a flexor strain in his right elbow.Though Boone didn't reveal then what the specific plans were, he had said before the game that Judge would be the designated hitter when he first returned to the lineup. He said the outfielder could also play catch while in Texas, which would help determine when he could return to playing in the field.
Judge hasn't played since July 25 because of the elbow strain. An MRI showed no acute damage to his ulnar collateral ligament and he had a platelet-rich injection July 27, when he was put on the IL in a move retroactive to the previous day. The first time Judge said he felt pain in the elbow was July 22 at Toronto, after he made a strong throw home whensingled to right. An inning later, Judge winced after catching a fly in the right-field corner and throwing to second basemanThe Yankees arrived in Texas after being swept in a three-game series at Miami and falling to third place in the AL East behind Toronto and Boston.
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