New York Yankees star Aaron Judge was hit by a Jakob Junis pitch in the first inning of Thursday’s game and suffered a chip fracture in his wrist. Judge remained in the game and had another at-bat before manager Aaron Boone took him out of the game in the fourth inning.
Judge will not require surgery, but he won’t be able to swing a bat for at least three weeks. One scout speculated that even when Judge returns, he may not be 100 percent, according to Bleacher Report.
The Yankees are 4.5 games behind the Red Sox in the AL East, but New York is comfortably in control of the top Wild Card slot in the AL – but Yankees fans aren’t taking the news very well.