Yankees’ Aaron Judge Faces Elbow Setback: Can Giancarlo Stanton Step Up or Will Risky Moves Define Their Season?
What to do with Stanton will be the biggest and most lasting question about Judge’s injury. If Judge is physically restricted to being the DH, he will play over Stanton, no doubt. That leaves perhaps the team’s second-most-potent bat as either a bench piece or the single worst defensive outfielder in baseball. Neither of those options is optimal.
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The sooner the Yankees can get Judge back in the outfield, the better. Still, having Judge as DH is far preferred to having him on the operating table or in street clothes. The Yankees are not in a good place right now; their chance at a division title is slipping away, and they are only two games clear of a playoff spot. Losing Judge obviously won’t help. But unlike in 2023, all hope is not lost.
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