Aaron Judge came back to the New York Yankees.

He was away for 99 days because he broke a rib.

On Tuesday night, he played right field and batted third.

The game was against the Colorado Rockies.

Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Judge would not play the whole game.

He also said Judge would likely rest for one day during the series.

Judge missed 84 games.

His last game was on May 31.

He tried to get Boone to let him play.

This was after centerfielder Trent Grisham hurt his hamstring on Friday night.

Boone said no.

He said there were still some final things they wanted Judge to check.

Judge practiced hitting on Monday.

That night, he was added to the team.

This happened after talks with Boone, the training staff, general manager Brian Cashman, and owner Hal Steinbrenner.

Judge got hurt on April 26.

He was trying to make a diving catch in Houston.

Before he went on the injured list, he batted .263 with seven homers in 31 games.

Without him, the Yankees won 45 games and lost 39.

During that time, their batting average was 29th out of 30 major league teams.

Boone said the team stayed strong, but they had times when they really struggled to hit.

New York started the game with 81 wins and 62 losses.

They were four games behind Tampa Bay, who leads the AL East.

They were two games ahead of Boston for the top wild card spot.

Last year, Judge hit a career-high .331 with 53 homers.

He won his third MVP award.

In other news, reliever Fernando Cruz decided not to have Tommy John surgery.

He had a partial tear in his elbow ligament.

Left-hander Ryan Weathers kept recovering from a forearm strain.