Aaron Judge has officially taken the next step in his throwing program.
The Yankees star is still feeling the effects of the flexor strain suffered in his right arm earlier this season, but he was able to throw to bases for the first time on Sunday afternoon.
Aaron Boone called it a good step, but Judge remains without a potential timeline for a return to the outfield as the team continues taking the cautious approach.
"He continues to improve," the skipper said. "As far as when, I don’t know — the bottom line is we want to do this the right way. As much as he wants to be out there and we want him out there, we want to make sure we do everything to put ourselves in the best position to not reinjure this.
"So as the progression goes his body will tell us, but it was definitely another good step forward."
Judge landed on the IL on July 27, but he's been able to return to DH duties for the past 11 games.
With him limited the oft-injured Giancarlo Stanton has been forced to slide into more of a regular outfield role for the first time since late in the 2023 season.
Stanton has looked strong out there thus far, and Boone didn't rule out the possibility of the two splitting time when Judge is eventually ready to return to the field.
"It'll come down to how does it look, how is he responding, how is he bouncing back each day," he said. "It may still be a shared thing, I think it's tough to answer that at this point."
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