For the first time since July 25, Aaron Judge will patrol right field for the New York Yankees on Friday. Judge had been limited to DH duty since suffering a flexor strain in his throwing arm late last month. He had started 27 consecutive games at DH since coming off the injured list on Aug. 5.

Judge suffered the flexor strain while making a throw on July 22. He stayed in that game, then DHed the next day. The day after that was a team off-day, and then he tried to play the field on July 25. Judge was clearly compromised with his throws; however, the Yankees placed him on the injured list the next day. Judge spent the minimum 10 days on the shelf.

Over the last few weeks, Judge has been on a throwing program that gradually increased from playing catch at short distances to throwing t

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