Overview
- Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said Thursday that Aaron Judge will receive follow-up imaging of a stress fracture in his right rib during the MLB All‑Star break.
- Cashman warned the team does not expect the scan to be fully clean but hopes it will show enough healing to permit more strenuous activity.
- Judge has been limited to lower-body workouts since going on the injured list on June 5 after CT and MRI tests identified the stress fracture.
- If imaging shows sufficient progress the club will add upper-body work and start a multi-week ramp that makes an August return the earliest realistic outcome.
- New York’s offense has struggled without Judge, and the scan’s result could influence the Yankees’ roster plans and trade-deadline thinking.