Judge out of Yankees’ lineup after banging proper toe whereas making spectacular catch

LOS ANGELES — Yankees slugger Aaron Judge is hoping {that a} couple days off might be all he must relaxation his bruised proper toe.

Judge was 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 recreation at Dodger Stadium.

The reigning AL MVP acquired therapy on his foot Sunday and can endure assessments in New York on Monday to evaluate if the harm is past a bruise.

“It was a little sore. So I think not playing today was a little precautionary,” Judge mentioned after the Yankees’ 4-1 victory on Sunday. “It was kind of bad all the way through. Once the adrenaline kind of wore off, it got a little worse and there was a little bit of swelling.”

Manager Aaron Boone mentioned he doesn’t assume Judge would want to go on the injured record, however that it’s one thing they may monitor the subsequent couple days.

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

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

When requested about the opportunity of touchdown on the IL, Judge mentioned: “I really don’t care at this point. If I’m on it, I’m on it. But I’m trying not to be. I’ve got no answer yet. But I’m hoping today and tomorrow, having a little bit of rest it’ll be good to go.”

Judge knocked open the door of the visiting bullpen whereas making the catch on J.D. Martinez’s liner into the appropriate subject nook with Max Muncy on first base and no one out. Judge made the catch an instantaneous 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 mentioned earlier than Sunday’s recreation that he hopes the Dodgers or MLB would tackle probably including padding to the concrete step under the bullpen door.