Yankees' Aaron Judge out 4-6 weeks with stress fracture in rib

Aaron Judge has a stress fracture in his top right rib and will undergo imaging on the area in four to six weeks. Yet, nothing about the way the Yankees came to this conclusion was simple or straightforward.

The New York Yankees placed Aaron Judge on the 10-day injured list Friday, a day after announcing the slugger has a stress fracture in one of his ribs that will keep him off the field indefinitely. The Yankees said in a statement that Judge is expected to return “at some point this season.” Jones went 4 for 24 on May 8-21 after being called up to replace Jasson Domínguez, who injured the AC joint in his shoulder while crashing into the left-field fence on a catch against Brandon Nimmo on May 7 against Texas.

For two weeks, the story was that Aaron Judge had gone cold. Thursday night the Yankees gave the actual story: a stress fracture of the first rib on his right side, with no timetable beyond indefinite.

New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge sustained a stress fracture of a rib on his right side and is out indefinitely, the team announced.

Judge underwent a CT scan on Thursday morning and had an MRI earlier in the week when he met with a specialist. The bruise was first revealed when Judge underwent testing on the team’s off day on Monday.

The Yankees are going to be without Aaron Judge for a while as he has been diagnosed with a stress fracture of the first rib on his right side.

Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge has been diagnosed with a stress fracture of the first rib on his right side, the team announced on Thursday night.

The Yankees say Judge is 'expected' to play again this season, but it's unclear when

The New York Yankees will be without one of the best players in baseball for a while. It was announced Thursday night that slugger Aaron Judge has been diagnosed with a rib fracture. Judge Diagnosed With Rib Fracture The #Yankees say Aaron Judge has been diagnosed with a stress fracture of the first rib on …

The Yankees will be without their captain for quite some time.

The Yankees star has been very durable so far this year, but he's now set to miss an extended period.

The Yankees announced that Aaron Judge will be shut down for at least a month as he deals with a stress fracture in his rib.

The Yankees made sure to note they expect Judge to return this season.

The sport's best hitter will miss well over a month. MLB Trade Rumors has the unfortunate update on Aaron Judge and what's next for the Yankees.