“It’s more like the agility, the quick movement, side to side, really pushing off the ball of that foot where most of the pain comes,” Judge said at the time. Judge doesn’t expect to be pain-free when he returns to the lineup, the slugger said Friday. That’s what we’ve got to get him to next.” “One of the biggest things, too, now is going to be building up that little bit of endurance of now doing it for a couple hours at a time. “He’s been running bases and starting to cut and do his side-to-side, and doing some defensive work side-to-side, so he’s getting to that point,” Boone said. The manager hopes Sunday’s session is a “springboard” for Judge, who could take part in simulated games, live at-bats or a minor-league rehab assignment. “It seemed like a good day all around.”īoone said the Yankees needed feedback from Judge before determining his next move. those are good tests that he’s got to go through in working his way back,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said afterward. “To have Aaron get in there and be able to have to take pitches. The development marked progress for the reigning American League MVP, who hasn’t played since tearing a ligament on a June 3 running catch that took him into the Dodger Stadium right field wall.

Judge took 11 pitches, fouled off four and swung through another during Loaisiga’s live bullpen session. Aaron Judge faced live pitching for the first time since injuring his right big toe, taking swings against rehabbing reliever Jonathan Loaisiga before Sunday’s game at Yankee Stadium.

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