Aaron Judge transferred to 60-day IL, will need another scan - ESPN

NEW YORK — Aaron Judge will need another scan before a major ramp-up of activity while his fractured rib heals, and the New York Yankees moved their captain to the 60-day injured list Saturday.

Sidelined since May 31, Judge had a scan during the All-Star break that was reviewed by Dr. Gregory J. Pearl, chair of the department of vascular surgery at Baylor Hamilton Heart and Vascular Hospital in Texas.

«Obviously, healing going on, which is good, but still not able to start any baseball activities or anything,» Yankees manager Aaron Boone said after a game against the Los Angeles Dodgers was rained out and rescheduled as part of a day-night doubleheader Sunday.

«He needs to get to a point to where he's asymptomatic to where you really start ramping up more upper-body stuff,» Boone said.

Judge, 34, is hitting .248 with 17 homers and 38 RBIs but had just one homer in his last 18 games before going on the injured list.

«The good news is, you know the pain is subsiding somewhat over the last couple weeks and changing from that sharp to more of that pull,» Boone said. «So hopefully he continues to improve there and then we can start upping things.»

Boone said how Judge feels will determine when he goes for another scan. New York was 36-23 when the outfielder last played but is 18-20 since.

His move to the 60-day IL was procedural to open a 40-man roster spot for right-hander Bradley Hanner, whose contract was selected from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Hanner then was optioned back to the RailRiders.

Schmidt could return in bullpen

Clarke Schmidt threw an inning of batting practice for the first time since Tommy John surgery July 11 last year and said he reached 95 mph.

A right-hander, Schmidt threw four-seamers, sinkers