ST. PETERSBURG, Florida – Aaron Judge will be back in lineup and on the right field for Saturday’s game against the Rays after losing the previous two games with pain on his left flank.
When asked what he told the judge was ready to return, Aaron Boone said, “He.”
The judge last played on Tuesday and sat down on Wednesday, before Thursday’s day off.
Boone said the judge wanted to play on Friday, but the coach preferred to be cautious with the injury-prone slugger who has had rib and oblique problems in the past.
“It’s always good to write your name there,” Boone said. “We are just trying to be careful with him soon [in the season], not wanting this to become something that becomes a problem. We hope that we will be able to overcome it ”.
The referee scored a goal in each of his previous two games, but on Wednesday he was not comfortable on the bases or on the field.