Yankees' Super Nervous, Judge Elbow Injured Except for PHI Game Selection, Pain X-Ray Examination Manager For Days

Jul 27, 2025

New York Yankees Aaron Judge is excluded from the starting lineup for the home game against the Philadelphia Phillies on the 27th (Korea time), raising concerns. ImagesYonhap News

Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees was examined for an elbow injury. I'm waiting for the results, but it may be difficult to play for a while.

The Yankees excluded Judge from the starting lineup in Game 2 of the three consecutive home games against the Philadelphia Phillies at Yankee Stadium at 2:05 a.m. on the 27th (Korea time).

Cody Bellinger was used in right field, Judge's position, and Trent Grisham was used in center field. The Philadelphia starter is left-hander Suarez.

Yankees manager Aaron Boone said in a pregame interview that `"Jersey has had a bad elbow for several days. We are waiting for the results of the X-ray examination" he said.

In the game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Center on the 23rd, Judge frowned as he caught Alejandro Kirk's deep fly to right field with one out and second base during the defense in the bottom of the seventh inning, threw hard into the infield, and bent and stretched his right elbow. Local media believe it was a precursor to an elbow injury.

Aaron Judge frowns against Toronto on the 23rd (Korea time) by bending his right arm after catching Alejandro Kirk's deep fly to right field and throwing the ball into the infield in the bottom of the 7th inning. Photo = MLB.TV Capture

Judge went 0-for-3 with one walk against Philadelphia the previous day. In the second half of the year, he slowed down a bit with a batting average of 0.160 (4 hits 0 for 25), two homers, four RBIs, and an OPS of 0.667 in seven games.

However, he leads the AL in most offensive categories, including batting average (0.342), scoring (90), hitting (129), RBI (85), on-base percentage (0.449), slugging percentage (0.711), and OPS (1.160). He has 37 homers, ranking second by two behind Seattle Mariners Cal Raleigh (39).

If Judge does not play as a substitute in the game, he will be recorded as the first absence of this season.

He played in all 103 games his team played until the previous day, and his only substitute appearance was as a pinch hitter in the eighth inning against the Kansas City Royals on June 13. At that time, Kansas City was scheduled to take a full rest in terms of physical fitness, but as the 0-0 balance continued, he struck out at the plate as a pinch hitter with no outs and no outs in the top of the eighth inning. The Yankees won 1-0 in the eighth inning with Paul Goldschmidt's timely hit with two outs and runners on first and second bases.