Overview
- Team doctors cleared Judge to begin outdoor running and upper-body resistance after scans taken Tuesday showed enough healing to advance his program.
- Judge stretched, jogged and did light on-field work at Yankee Stadium the next day and told reporters he expects to return this season.
- He has not been cleared to swing a bat or throw and will need another scan and symptom-free progress before baseball activities are added.
- Yankees executives voiced guarded optimism about a September return but independent sports doctors say mid-to-late September is a more realistic estimate if healing continues.
- New York’s offense has dipped since Judge went on the injured list and the club made deadline moves and promotions to shore up the lineup while he rehabs.