Aaron Judge plays catch for the first time since picking up injury

[p]"[b]I know he threw and ran yesterday[/b]," [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/new-york-yankees/SrC4LDIT/"]Yankees[/a] manager Aaron Boone said on Saturday before their game against the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/toronto-blue-jays/zcDLaZ3b/"]Blue Jays[/a] at Toronto's Rogers Centre.[/p][p]"[b]Hopefully (he'll) continue to progress through this week and we'll see what else gets introduced,[/b]" Boone added in comments posted on the team's website.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/judge-aaron/WSFM7DfK/"]Judge[/a], who won his third American league Most Valuable Player award last season, had played through pain for several weeks before he was diagnosed with a stress fracture of the first rib on his right side.[/p][embed guid="a16c081b-08b9-4abf-b063-0321ff5f58c0" url="https://x.com/GJoyce9/status/2088677061263049055?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]He said he thought he was injured trying to make a diving catch and avoid colliding with teammate [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/chisholm-jazz/pGqQ2cQJ/"]Jazz Chisholm[/a] in an April 26 game.[/p][p]The 34-year-old has 17 home runs with a .248 batting average this season but last played on May 31.[/p][p]At 68-54, the Yankees are 6.5 games behind leaders [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/tampa-bay-rays/GCHgI4hp/"]Tampa Bay[/a] in the American League East division race.[/p][p]Since Judge has been sidelined they are 32-31 and they are eager for offensive reinforcements with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bellinger-cody/djPOZqzn/"]Cody Bellinger[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/stanton-giancarlo/jVqE0evF/"]Giancarlo Stanton[/a] also injured.[/p]