Yankees Injury Updates: Bellinger & Rodon Set to Return Soon
Get the latest on Yankees' injury updates! Cody Bellinger and Carlos Rodon are set to return, with Stanton not far behind. When can we expect Judge back?
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As much as we've heard about injuries, the Yankees apparently have gotten some good news.
They got Bellinger they're hoping back by the weekend.
Mm-hmm.
Carlos Rodon is set to return to the Yankee- m- I didn't even remember about Carlos Rodon, actually still being a Yankee, but he's apparently set to come back to the rotation there.
And I believe the report was that Judge is actually throwing the ball now.
Somewhere in there- Right Stanton I know is on his way back.
He was supposed to be back first, so all of a sudden the Yankees could They got a lot of decisions to make.
Rotation, who's the DH, who's playing the field, what happens from here, Greg?
I think the Yankees reporters are saying that from the moment that Judge goes back on the field, meaning starts doing baseball activities, they think it's gonna be, think about this, one month.
Mm-hmm.
So look at the timeline.
We are at August, today is the 17th.
So let's say that happens- Right in the next few days, he probably would return, Joe, for the last week or the last two weeks of the season.
That's when they're looking at Aaron Judge coming back.
Stanton sooner because he's not gonna play the field, it doesn't matter.
He's just gonna hit.
It- it's possible the Yankees will have everybody back for, for that postseason run.
Now, I'm assuming- Wow that Judge, Joe, is gonna have to spend two weeks in triple A, right?
Like, I- I mean- Yep this can't be, like, four or five days in triple A.
He's gonna h- and by the way, the, the thing that they test you on, Joe, is that Aaron Judge is gonna start minor league games, and then he's not gonna play, and then he's going to have to play back to back days.
So until- Yep he can play in back to back days, he's not coming back.
So it's gonna be- Yep I would say probably w- weeks before he does.
So look for Judge, if he does return, last week of the season or close to it.
I, I, I don't think you're gonna see him for a while, but if, that would be such a huge boost if they got him back for the postseason.
I'm gonna be very interested what the Yankees are gonna do with the rotation with Rodon back because call me crazy, Ryan Weathers has been one of the, one of the best- He's been great starters in Major League Baseball for over- Yeah a month, Greg.
It, I mean, he has been lights out for them there, so you're not taking him out of the rotation for Carlos Rodon.
So they're gonna have some- Uh-uh decisions to make here.
Somebody's going to the bullpen, likely Will Warren I would imagine, but I'm not- Sounds right taking Ryan Weathers out of that rotation just yet here.
He has been lights out for the Yankees.
But it's an embarrassment of riches, right?
Get everyone back.
You'll figure it out once you get there.
In the meantime, you gotta win a couple of games here, and that's gonna start tomorrow against the Baltimore Orioles.
