
September 8th, 2026
Aaron Judge came back to the New York Yankees.
He was away for 99 days.
He had a broken rib.
He played right field on Tuesday night.
He batted third.
The game was against the Colorado Rockies.
Aaron Boone is the Yankees manager.
He said Judge will not play the whole game.
He will likely rest for one day during the series.
Judge missed 84 games.
His last game was on May 31.
He wanted Boone to put him in the game.
This was after Trent Grisham hurt his leg on Friday night.
Grisham is the centerfielder.
Boone said no.
He said Judge had final checks to do.
Judge practiced hitting on Monday.
He was activated that night.
Boone, the training staff, Brian Cashman, and Hal Steinbrenner talked about it.
Cashman is the general manager.
Steinbrenner is the owner.
Judge got hurt on April 26.
He tried to catch a ball in Houston.
He hit .263 with seven homers in 31 games.
Then he went on the injured list.
The Yankees won 45 games and lost 39 without him.
Their batting average was 29th out of 30 teams.
Boone said the team stayed strong.
But they had hard times with hitting.
New York had 81 wins and 62 losses before the game.
They were four games behind Tampa Bay.
Tampa Bay leads the AL East.
They were two games ahead of Boston.
Boston is the top wild card team.
Last year, Judge hit .331 with 53 homers.
That was his best.
He won his third MVP award.
Fernando Cruz is a reliever.
He has a small tear in his elbow.
He said no to surgery.
Ryan Weathers is a left-handed pitcher.
He is getting better from a forearm injury.
September 8th, 2026

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