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Posted on 15 September 2018 at 06:03 | Updated on September 15, 2018 at 06:05
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Bill Kostroun | AP
Randy Miller | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
NEW YORK – Aaron Judge was surprised and appreciated on Friday night when he heard the Yankees react when his long awaited comeback came in the eighth inning of an explosive defensive replacement in the right field.
"They are transforming Yankee Stadium," he said. "It's amazing what these fans are doing."
During and after his long ovation, the judge was nervous.
He was on the disabled list with a broken right wrist for 50 days, so this two-run match at the end of the Yankees' 11-0 win over the Toronto Blue Jays was like a day out. opening. him.
The judge wished he could have a bat, but the Yankees were not going to allow it.
Not yet.
His surprise activation of the disabled list Friday was accompanied by a condition at least this weekend:
The Yankees think Judge is a good defensive player and batter, but not yet a batter.
Why is the judge not ready to hit?
Is he healthy or not?
How long will Judge be ready to start the games?
Which player is when the judge returns?
Here are the answers to all these questions are the others
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Bill Kostroun | AP
Why was the judge activated from the DL on Friday?
Momentum finally started building last weekend for Judge to leave the disabled list and return to Yankees training.
Being medically allowed to take a bat was a big step forward.
Taking swings on soft throws was a step.
Larger stages took the practice of batting for the first time since they were injured, felt no pain and repeated the process for a few days.
The Yankees being unobtrusive about their plans until Friday, it was assumed that the next steps, apparently, for the Judge to leave the DL, would make more progress towards his return as a batter.
Judge should strike fast balls in a kicking cage, then get at-bats in simulated games before returning.
The Yankees had other plans.
Even Judge was surprised Friday afternoon when he was summoned to a meeting and said his 50-day stint was over and he would be an available player for Friday's game against the Toronto Blue Jays.
There was a condition to this return:
The only potential action of the judge at least for this weekend would be a replacement pinch and / or defensive.
"I was excited to return to the field and be on the field with the team," said the judge.
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