Aaron Judge Nears Hitting Progression After Pool Work Phase
Per Bryan Hoch of MLB.com, pool work may be the final step before Judge begins a hitting progression in his injury recovery with the Yankees.
Pool work, the unglamorous but apparently load-bearing stage of Aaron Judge's recovery, may be the last box to check before the Yankees slugger begins a hitting progression, per Bryan Hoch of MLB.com.
The report stops well short of a timetable — no date, no ramp-up schedule, no return target is mentioned — so the operative word here is "may." What the update does establish is directional: Judge is moving forward, and the hitting progression phase is the next milestone to watch for.
What remains unconfirmed
Neither a start date for the hitting progression nor any broader return timeline is included in the report. Until the progression actually begins and produces results, the path back to the lineup stays open-ended.
The broader Yankees picture
Judge's update lands in the middle of a genuinely complicated stretch for the Yankees' roster. Max Fried is on the 15-day IL retroactive to Aug. 14 with a left elbow bone bruise — the same injury that cost him time earlier this season — while Giancarlo Stanton is nearing the end of his running program with no return timeline set. On the other side of the ledger, the club reinstated Carlos Rodón from the 15-day IL after he completed his rehab assignment.
For a rotation and lineup navigating that much uncertainty simultaneously, any forward movement on Judge is worth tracking closely.
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