Aaron Decide harm: Yankees place slugger on 10-day IL

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The New York Yankees positioned Aaron Judge on the 10-day injured checklist on Sunday with a proper flexor pressure as fears had been calmed over hypothesis that the harm might have been extra severe.

An MRI confirmed that Decide didn't have any acute harm to his ulnar collateral ligament, which might have seemingly required Tommy John surgical procedure and an prolonged keep on the IL. He missed simply his second recreation of the season because the crew misplaced to the Philadelphia Phillies .

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The New York Yankees' Aaron Decide (99) celebrates within the dugout after hitting a two-run dwelling run in opposition to the Toronto Blue Jays within the sixth inning of a baseball recreation in Toronto on Wednesday, July 23, 2025. (Jon Blacker/The Canadian Press by way of AP)

He had a platelet-rich plasma injection, and he might return to motion wherever from 10 to 14 days.

"You by no means wish to go within the tube. It’s by no means enjoyable. You don’t know what’s going to point out up," Decide stated. "That’s why I form of pushed off loads of that imaging and stuff like that, as a result of if I don’t know what’s occurring, it could possibly’t harm you, I suppose."

Yankees supervisor Aaron Boone breathed a sigh of reduction.

"All in all, we received excellent news at this time," he stated. "I believe all of us form of feared the worst."

Decide admitted to Boone on Friday that he had been having bother throwing previous 60 toes.

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New York Yankees' Aaron Decide walks off the sector Trent Grisham, from left, throughout a baseball recreation in opposition to the Atlanta Braves, Sunday, July 20, 2025, in Atlanta. (AP Photograph/Mike Stewart)

"We’re going up in opposition to a Phillies crew, they will hit the ball over the park. I simply didn’t wish to put our pitchers in jeopardy, simply not have the ability to come up and make a play for them," he stated.

The roster choice was retroactive to Saturday, and the Yankees traded for Amed Rosario, who the crew acquired in a take care of the Washington Nationals, to take his spot.

Decide was placing collectively one other MVP-like season. He received the American League MVP final season and in 2022.

This 12 months, Decide is main the majors in batting common (.342), on-base share (.449), slugging share (.711), OPS (1.160) and hits (129). He has 37 dwelling runs and 85 RBI.

New York Yankees' Aaron Decide leaves the sector within the ninth inning of a baseball recreation in opposition to the Atlanta Braves, Saturday, July 19, 2025, in Atlanta. (AP Photograph/Mike Stewart)