Aaron Judge’s Injury Is Bad, But Not a Yankees Death Sentence | Evan & Tiki
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🗓️ 5 June 2026
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Aaron Judge’s rib injury has created real uncertainty for the Yankees, but Evan Roberts and Tiki Barber break down why this setback may not be the season ending blow fans feared. With Judge shut down and a reevaluation still weeks away, the conversation turns to how long he could be out, what the best case timeline looks like, and why this roster is better built to withstand his absence than past Yankees teams.
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| 0:00.0 | Late last night, maybe after you went to sleep, we got the diagnosis on Aaron Judge. |
| 0:06.5 | And yesterday was a very stressful day because throughout the day, there were reports based on who Judge was meeting with Doctor Wise that there was a real threat that this was going to be thoracic outlet syndrome, which a call brought up two days ago. |
| 0:19.7 | Right. And we were like, is that really a thing? |
| 0:21.6 | Maybe. |
| 0:22.6 | Maybe, I guess. |
| 0:23.6 | Some feels like it's coming out of nowhere, but it's not quite thoracic outlet syndrome, but it is something similar, and that he has a stress fracture and his right upper rib. |
| 0:35.6 | Now that rib is up near your collarbone. So it feels like your ribs are down |
| 0:39.5 | here where your belly is. It actually goes all the way up to your collarbone. And so that's |
| 0:43.6 | why he's getting shoulder pain. And the problem with the stress fracture is that you can't |
| 0:49.1 | really determine when it's going to heal. Like you can, some guys heal fast, some guys heal slow, and you don't know. |
| 0:55.3 | It's why when you get there, the prognosis, it's six, four to six weeks and then reevaluate. Right. So it doesn't mean he's back in four to six weeks. It means we're going to reevaluate this. And just based on his body, it may have healed. It may not heal. It was weird last night because I can't say it was good news because it's not, as we'll go |
| 1:15.0 | through, the uncertainty of an injury like this, but it's obviously not the worst news |
| 1:19.2 | because the worst news would have been thoracic outlet syndrome, which could really cause |
| 1:23.6 | the end of your career. |
| 1:24.6 | Like it's serious business, and it would have ended his season. And so the Yankee fan would have been dealing with a very different reality today if they were just put out of their misery with thoracic outlet syndrome, which is very serious. And he would have needed surgery. And we weren't going to see him again this season. So I guess based on that possibility when you got the news last night or earlier this morning, your reaction |
| 1:45.6 | as a Yankee fan could be like, okay, it's not as bad as that. |
| 1:48.6 | But it's also not good because of what you just laid out. |
| 1:51.3 | Like, he has shut down for four to six weeks. |
| 1:53.8 | All right, well, let's do the math. |
| 1:55.1 | What's four to six weeks from today? |
| 1:56.8 | That means he will be reevaluated between July 2nd and July 16th. |
| 2:02.4 | That's the four to six week window. |
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