BALTIMORE – Aaron Judge is playing regularly and produces when he is on the field, so this season has improved on what he has done in previous years so far, when he has been on a long run with various injuries. The time was missed.
Still, anxiety and suspense were hardly overcome by the judge’s health condition when he was not in the lineup for a 7–0 win over the Orioles after being eliminated in the ninth inning of Tuesday’s win, whether manager Aaron Boone Was called “lower skin suppleness” with “
Boone said he expected the judges to be in the lineup for Thursday’s game of the day, but deliberately refused to go into further specifics, even when unclear, pressed on Wednesday.
Boone said before the game, “He’s a little bit banged up in the journey.” “I would say many parts of the lower body [are sore]”
Boone did not elaborately defend what troubled the judge, stating that “many small things that pop up.”
“A lot of times it’s absolutely distinctly specific,” Boone said. “And other times it’s a little gray, a little gray and a little wear and tear, so it’s got to leave it.”
Yanke’s outfield depth hit after Giants’ trade in exchange for leftie reliever Wandy Peralta, and Boone said the organization would likely negotiate to use Giandello Stanton in the coming weeks.
“We’ll probably talk about keeping that option open,” Boone said. “He gets free, one short, DH spot in a day.”
But that step does not seem imminent.
To all the understandable attention surrounding the judge’s absence, he entered this season, leaving only one teammate – DJ Lemahieu and Glibber Torres – behind in plate appearances.
And his OPS .885 is the highest in the lineup so far.
His strike rate is also the lowest of his career, and his average exit velocity of 97.5 mph is a career high.
Still, the judge – who turned 29 on Monday – has already dealt with an equally ambiguous side issue, costing him two games earlier this month, which apparently cost him one game. Was due to take a lot of swings during which he was serving as DH on 4 April. .
Now, in the midst of a 13-game stretch on the schedule without a day off, Boone said he would look to get a break at some point about all of his regulars.
But the manager said: “It’s been over the last few days and trying to come up with something, especially in this grueling stretch season. … I hope he’s there [Thursday]”
For players like LeMahieu and Torres, those games looked more like the rest of the day and were not being held out of the lineup to prevent an injury spurt.
The judges missed at least nearly a third of the regular season in the last three years – playing in 112, 102 and 28 games respectively.
Boone said he still expected the judge to play 140 or 150 games this year, a goal the judge also expressed earlier this month.
In Judge’s absence on Wednesday, Clint Frazier, who struggled with Brett Gardner, started in right field, as well as – on the left. And Aaron Hicks was at the center to complete a trifecta of unproductive offensive players in the outfield. Gardner and Hicks combined to go 0-for-7, but Fraiser was 2-for-4 with a solo homer and a double.
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