Yankees act as if Aaron Judge didn't hurt team in right field return

Postgame questions yielded Orwellian responses following the Yankees’ 7-1 loss to the Blue Jays on Friday, as Aaron Boone and Aaron Judge told fans and reporters to reject the evidence of their eyes and ears.

This was the approach the two pinstriped leaders opted for after Judge’s long-awaited return to right field demonstrated that his throwing is still compromised by a right flexor strain. The proof came in the first inning as Nathan Lukes’ bases-loaded single to shallow right allowed the Blue Jays to score two runs.

One runner was always going to cross the plate on the play, but the Jays managed a second run off Cam Schlittler when Judge, making his first in-game throw since late July after being confined to DH duties, flipped a short, soft throw to cutoff man Jazz Chisholm Jr.