Who Is Aaron Judge? New York Captain, Right Fielder Who Has Stress Fracture In Ribs Who Has Landed On Injured List Who Is Going To Return During 2026 Season
Who is Aaron Judge?
New York the team that wears the pinstripes captain, right fielder who has stress fracture in ribs on right side who has landed on injured list who is going to return during 2026 season. The injury is going to require a period of rest & inactivity before being reimaged in four to six weeks to determine level of healing as well as next steps An absence that could stretch into August carries a sliver of good news, however, as the Yankees feared a season-ending injury. The diagnosis came after a consultation with Dr. Gregory Pearl of Dallas, who specializes in “thoracic outlet syndrome management in high-performance athletes,” according to his practice’s website.
Following it being announced that Aaron Judge has stress fracture in ribs Gerrit Cole who is starting pitcher for New York the team that wears the pinstripes who recently made his return to the mound from recovering, rehabbing from Tommy John Surgery shared his thoughts on his teammate Aaron Judge by saying Aaron obviously means a lot to us,”He just plays great baseball all the time and brings great energy. It’s tough when guys get hurt, but unfortunately, it’s part of the game. As a team, you’ve got to figure out how to step up in those situations, and so that’s what we’ll do.”
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Gerrit Cole wasn’t the one to express his thoughts on his teammate Aaron Judge as second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. was as well by saying I’ve never seen him negative, ever,”“To be honest with you, it’s the same guy every day. I think he’s handling it really well.”
According to Bryan Hoch MLB article https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/aaron-judge-diagnosed-with-stress-fracture-in-ribs
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Gerrit Cole, Jazz Chisholm Jr. weren’t the only players to share their thoughts on Aaron Judge’s injury as Aaron Judge himself did well well saying that stress fracture in right rib stems from him diving for a ball in late April and he played through the pain until the pain became unbearable over the weekend.
According Jorge Castillo ESPN article https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/48977766/aaron-judge-says-right-rib-initially-fractured-dive-late-april
When asked when does he expect to return? Aaron Judge’s response to Bryan Hoch who covers New York the team that wears the pinstripes for MLB.com I don’t like talking timetables . That’s stuff all made up.
According to https://x.com/BryanHoch/status/2062989567657955498
While Jeff Passan who covers MLB for ESPN shared his thoughts as well with Scott Van Pelt on Sportscenter saying the New York the team that wears the pinstripes are built around pitching. I think they’re going to be ok. In short they’re just glad it wasn’t Thoracic Outlet Syndrome that would require surgery.
With Aaron Judge hitting the injured list with stress fracture in ribs New York the team that wears the pinstripes has brought Spencer Jones back up from Scranton / Wilkies -Barre. Spencer Jones was up at the Major League level earlier in 2026 season contributing 0 runs, 4 hits, 0 home runs, 2 runs batted in 1 stolen base with batting average of 167.
According to https://www.mlb.com/player/spencer-jones-682987