Yankees’ Aaron Judge returning to right field against Blue Jays

For the first time in a while, Aaron Judge won’t be a designated hitter.

The New York Yankees superstar is returning to right field for the first time since July 25 in Friday’s game against the Toronto Blue Jays.

Judge hit the 10-day injured list with a right elbow injury a day later. He returned Aug. 5 but has yet to play the field.

The slugger may have sustained the injury in a late-July series in Toronto when he winced after catching Alejandro Kirk’s seventh-inning fly in the right-field corner and throwing to second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. as Bo Bichette tagged up and went from second to third. Judge was shown on YES Network clenching his right hand in a fist.

“He had a throw in Toronto where it zinged him, it hurt,” manager Aaron Boone said.

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Still, the injury has not diminished his prowess at the plate.

Judge sits second in the AL with 43 home runs to go with 97 RBIs and a .322/.442/.663 slash line, putting him among the favourites for his third MVP trophy.

Meanwhile, Chisholm Jr. is also back in the lineup, batting fifth and playing second base, after bruising both knees and leaving early against the Houston Astros on Thursday.

Chisholm was banged up in a collision with Jose Altuve to end the third when he tagged Altuve out as he was attempting to steal second base.

He grabbed at his left knee before walking gingerly off the field after the play. But he remained in the game to bat in the top of the fourth and struck out. Chisholm was replaced by José Caballero for the bottom of the inning.

Boone said he bruised his right knee fielding a hard grounder hit by Ramón Urías to end the second inning.

Live coverage of the Blue Jays-Yankees tilt begins Friday with first pitch at 7 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. PT on Sportsnet and Sportsnet+.

–with files from The Associated Press

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