Yanks' Judge has flexor strain in elbow, to hit IL

NEW YORK -- Yankees skipper Aaron Judge volition spell connected the injured database with a flexor strain successful his close elbow, but a scan showed nary harm to the ulnar collateral ligament of the two-time AL MVP.

Manager Aaron Boone said Judge volition person 10 days to 2 weeks of nary throwing and volition beryllium the designated hitter astatine archetypal erstwhile helium returns. Giancarlo Stanton, the team's superior DH, volition commencement to enactment retired successful the outfield.

"All successful all, we got bully quality today," Boone said aft Saturday's 9-4 loss to Philadelphia. "I deliberation each of america benignant of feared the worst."

Judge was sent for an MRI Saturday greeting and was retired of the starting lineup for conscionable the 2nd clip this season.

He leads the large leagues with a .342 batting mean and 1.160 OPS. He has 37 location runs and 85 RBI for a New York squad that opened a seven-game AL East pb by precocious May but started Saturday a season-high 5 1/2 games backmost of first-place Toronto.

Judge winced astatine Toronto connected Tuesday aft catching Alejandro Kirk's seventh-inning alert successful the right-field country and throwing to 2nd baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. arsenic Dante Bichette tagged up and went from 2nd to third. Judge was seen by a YES Network camera clenching his close manus successful a fist.

"He had a propulsion successful Toronto wherever it zinged him, it hurt," Boone said.

Judge was the DH the pursuing time successful Wednesday's bid finale, which Boone said past was planned. He was successful close tract for Friday's series-opening 12-5 nonaccomplishment to Philadelphia.

"Felt similar helium was good connected the disconnected time and past conscionable past nighttime was truly dealing with it," Boone said. "He couldn't truly propulsion good from the outfield."