The New York Yankees announced on Wednesday that their star slugger Aaron Judge had been placed on the 10-day injured list with a sprained big toe. Judge suffered the injury after making a highlight-reel catch in a 6-3 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Yankees made several other moves, placing RHP Ryan Weber on the 60-day injured list and signing outfielder Billy McKinney to a major league contract.
Speaking with reporters on Wednesday, the Yankees’ manager Aaron Boone said that Judge’s X-Ray test showed there are no breaks or fractures in his big toe.
“I think it definitely could have been worse,” said Boone. “I feel like he’s going to be all right, he just needs some time now. Hopefully, it’s on the shorter side of things, but the biggest thing is getting the swelling out of there. Look, any time you lose Aaron Judge for any amount of time, and he goes on the IL — hopefully, it’s a short one — you don’t like that.”
The play that caused Judge to injure his toe has already been labeled as the catch of the season. With the Yankees up 5-3, the reigning AL MVP made a full-speed run to catch a ball launched by Dodgers’ J.D. Martinez in the right field. While doing so, he crushed into the bullpen gate, stubbing his big toe in the process.
