JUDGE COMES CLEAN ON HIS INJURY

Source: NY Post

Well we finally have a true indication of the depth of Aaron Judge's injury. It only took three weeks to reveal, keeping fans' hopes alive that the captain would be back in the lineup before the end of June. I was predicting after the All Star Break, but that ship likely has sailed as well. Judge himself came clean on his injury and Fans, it is not good.

Before Saturday's game against the Texas Rangers, Aaron Judge shared with the media the true essence of his injury—a torn ligament in his right big toe which causes pain when he walks.

"I don't think too many people in here have torn a ligament in their toe. If it was a quad, we'd have a better answer. If it's an oblique or hamstring, we have answers and a timeline for that. With how unique this injury is, and it being my back foot, which I push off of and run off of, it's a tough spot," said Judge as reported by ESPN.

When we first learned about the injury following Judge's wall smashing catch in right field against the Dodgers in early June, the team shared that Judge was dealing with a contusion and a sprained ligament in his right big toe. Now, we are hearing that the ligament is torn and the time on the IL including rehab will be a much more advanced injury, with very little indication when he will return.

Look I get it. The team did not want to deliver the grim news too early, because maybe there was hope that the initial treatment would actually work. But fans are annoyed and took to social media to share their displeasure of the lack of information about their key player.

The Yankees simply have little to no offense without Judge in the lineup. They score 3 or less runs. They seems to fall apart in the field. The Yankees will be lucky to finish third in the AL East and have an opportunity for a play-in game come October. Because without a backbone, the Yankees can't hold themselves up. 

--Suzie Pinstripe
BYB Senior Managing Editor
Twitter: @suzieprof