New York Yankees Star Aaron Judge Rejects Aaron Boone’s Take on Elbow Injury

Aaron Judge usually doesn’t push back, but he did after New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone lobbed a curveball about his right elbow injury.

Essentially, Judge was forced to call out Boone’s comments as fake news.

Speaking with WFAN, Boone addressed Judge’s right flexor strain, which has kept the slugger parked at DH for a pair of weeks.

BRONX, NY - AUGUST 08: Aaron Boone #17 of the New York Yankees watches from the dugout during the game against the Houston Astros on August 8, 2025 at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York.  (Photo by Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - AUGUST 12:  Aaron Judge #99 of the New York Yankees stands on first base against the Minnesota Twins at Yankee Stadium on August 12, 2025 in the Bronx borough of New York City. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)

"I don't think we're going to see him throwing like he normally does at any point this year, but that's OK," Boone said. "We've got to feel like he can go out there and protect himself."

The unanimous 2024 AL MVP didn't agree with Boone's timeline. Judge fired back Tuesday, giving his skipper a major side-eye with a rebuttal.

"I don't know why he said that," Judge admitted.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - AUGUST 12:  Jazz Chisholm Jr. #13 and Aaron Judge #99 of the New York Yankees react in the dugout before the game against the Minnesota Twins at Yankee Stadium on August 12, 2025 in the Bronx borough of New York City. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)

"He hasn't seen me throw for the past two weeks, so I'm pretty confident I'll get back to [100%]."

Judge has been locked into DH since the Aug. 5 injury, and Boone suggested on air that fans shouldn’t expect him to be fully healthy again this season. On Tuesday, Boone sang a slightly different tune.

"Is he going to come back and be a 70-80 arm?" Boone asked. "I don't know that I'm expecting that necessarily. But when we get him back out there, I would expect him to be able to handle it." Boone had previously noted that Judge was in a rehab program, already stretching throws out to 150 feet.

Maybe Boone knows something the rest of us don’t … maybe he’s just trying to throw a knuckleball past his own clubhouse. Rain or shine, Yankee fans are counting the days till Boone is gone.

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