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TAMPA – A few hours after Aaron Boone said the quiet part out loud – that Aaron Judge may not get “back to throwing like he normally does” the rest of the season as he deals with a flexor strain – the Yankees manager backtracked from that a bit.

“Maybe that’s a little [overstated],” Boone said.

But Judge did not seem thrilled about the initial prediction.

“I don’t know why he said that,” the captain said after throwing in the outfield at Steinbrenner Field. “He hasn’t seen me throw the past two weeks. I’m pretty confident I’ll get back to that [100 percent].”

Boone had made the first comment

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