Judge has torn toe ligament; offers no timetable
by 0 
1 Related
Judge’s comments come two days after the Yankees said the slugger could potentially start baseball activities this weekend. Judge did rehab work in a pool Wednesday and was hoping to progress to throwing and light hitting.
Manager Aaron Boone said Saturday he expects Judge to return this season but did not provide any guarantees.
“The reality is, we’re without him right now and we’ve got to find a way to get it done,” Boone said. “We have the people in there to get it done, we just got to do a better job right now of putting pressure on the opposing pitchers and defense.”
Judge suffered the injury June 3 after slamming his toe against a bullpen gate at Dodger Stadium while making a catch in the outfield.
He spent time on the 10-day IL in late April and May because of a right hip strain. The Yankees, who beat the Texas Rangers 1-0 on Saturday, are 31-19 with Judge in the lineup and 11-16 when he’s on the IL.
Judge set an American League record with 62 home runs last year. He is hitting .291 with 19 homers and 40 RBIs in the first season of a $360 million, nine-year contract he agreed to during the offseason.
Information from Reuters and The Associated Press was used in this report.
