The New York Yankees' first month of the season has been one of the most forgettable months in team history, and not so much for the sub-.500 record. It's more so the number of injuries that they have already dealt with less than a month in to the season, and they added to that list in a big way this past weekend. The Yankees sent outfielder Aaron Judge to the injured list on Sunday with an oblique injury, making him the 13th player currently on the newly-named IL, which was formerly known as the disabled list. For now, Judge is on the 10-day IL, but there are more tests to be done on the oblique to find out the severity of the injury. The initial fear is that they may be without the slugger for a good amount of time.
The team is calling it a strained oblique, which was suffered in Saturday's win over the Kansas City Royals at Yankee Stadium. Judge lined a single in to right field, but came up limping down the first base line on the play and was taken out of the game. The right fielder went deep for the fifth time of the season earlier in the day.
He was officially placed on the injured list before Sunday's game against the Royals, which the Yankees won on a walk-off in 10 innings. Judge's luck has not been good against the Royals in his career, as he also broke his wrist on a hit by pitch against Royals' pitcher Jakob Junis on June 26th of last year, and he did not return until September 14th. When he went down, the Yankees went 25-20 after a 65-36 start, and then went on to win 10 of their last 16 games after his return. Judge is the 14th player overall to land on the IL for the Yankees this season, easily leading the entire league, as they sit one game over .500, 2.5 games behind the Tampa Bay Rays for first in the AL East.
The team is calling it a strained oblique, which was suffered in Saturday's win over the Kansas City Royals at Yankee Stadium. Judge lined a single in to right field, but came up limping down the first base line on the play and was taken out of the game. The right fielder went deep for the fifth time of the season earlier in the day.
He was officially placed on the injured list before Sunday's game against the Royals, which the Yankees won on a walk-off in 10 innings. Judge's luck has not been good against the Royals in his career, as he also broke his wrist on a hit by pitch against Royals' pitcher Jakob Junis on June 26th of last year, and he did not return until September 14th. When he went down, the Yankees went 25-20 after a 65-36 start, and then went on to win 10 of their last 16 games after his return. Judge is the 14th player overall to land on the IL for the Yankees this season, easily leading the entire league, as they sit one game over .500, 2.5 games behind the Tampa Bay Rays for first in the AL East.
