For most of the 2026 season, the New York Yankees had to make do without Aaron Judge, the team’s most influential player, as the slugger struggled with two major injuries.
First, Judge suffered a right rib stress fracture in late April, which sidelined him for 84 games. Just when it looked like he had made it back onto the field in time for the playoffs, a right soleus calf strain brought his campaign to an end.
Naturally, fans are quite keen to know about the Yankees captain’s road to recovery. On Monday’s episode of “The Injury Report,” Dr. Natasha N. Desai, a specialist in sports medicine and orthopedics at NYU Langone Health, offered some insight into how his rehab might go.
