Judge out of Yankees’ lineup after banging right toe while making spectacular catch

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Yankees slugger Aaron Judge is out of the lineup for Sunday’s collection finale towards the Los Angeles Dodgers after he banged his proper huge toe whereas making a spectacular working catch in proper subject in the course of the eighth inning of Saturday’s sport at Dodger Stadium.

Manager Aaron Boone stated the reigning AL MVP is receiving remedy on his foot. Boone stated he doesn’t assume Judge would wish to go on the injured listing, however that it’s one thing they are going to monitor the subsequent couple days.

The Yankees are off on Monday earlier than returning dwelling to start a six-game homestand on Tuesday towards the Chicago White Sox.

“He was pretty sore last night and this morning. He seemed a little bit better moving around this afternoon,” Boone stated.

Judge knocked open the door of the visiting bullpen whereas making the catch on J.D. Martinez’s liner into the proper subject nook with Max Muncy on first base and no one out. Judge made the catch an on the spot earlier than working into the bullpen door, which got here partly open when he hit it.

The Yankees went on to win the sport 6-3.

Boone stated earlier than Sunday’s sport that he hopes the Dodgers or MLB would tackle presumably including padding to the concrete step under the bullpen door.

Judge leads the American League with 19 dwelling runs, together with 13 in his final 19 video games. He can also be batting .348 with 24 RBIs since May 13.