
Aaron Judge ‘penciled in’ to return to Yankees’ lineup on Saturday
NY Post
TAMPA — There is no concrete end date to Gerrit Cole Watch, as the ace undergoes more tests on his throwing elbow.
The Yankees are hoping to end Aaron Judge Watch on Saturday.
Manager Aaron Boone said Judge is “penciled in” to return to the lineup and center field Saturday, when the Yankees play the Blue Jays at Steinbrenner Field.
The Yankees captain has not swung a bat since Sunday and required an MRI exam on his abdomen Monday that came back “clean,” Judge and Boone have said.
On Sunday, Judge was pulled from the spring game following two at-bats, when most of the regulars received a third.
Judge and Boone have said the early exit had been planned.

Cade Cunningham, almost inarguably the best player in the East this season, is likely out for the remainder of the regular season. That’s the word out of Detroit following the depressing news that Cunningham punctured a lung when he took a knee to his side Tuesday from Washington’s Tre Johnson while chasing a loose ball.

Wednesday was another positive day at Yankees camp. For the first time since March 6, 2025 — an outing in which he knew “something wasn’t right,” which began a weeks-long saga that ended on the operating table for Tommy John surgery — Gerrit Cole was back on a mound and facing hitters in game action.











